Description: "PI Tess Monaghan is ecstatic to hear the news that business tycoon Gerard 'Wink' Wynkowski wants to bring pro-basketball back to Baltimore. But when Wink's checkered past--which runs the gamut from domestic abuse and compulsive gambling to armed robberies and even manslaughter--makes the front page of the Baltimore Beacon-Light, aka the 'Blight, his project is jeopardized. No one is more surprised at the exposae than the editors of the paper who were certain they killed the piece. Hoping to uncover who hacked into their computers, the newspaper hires Tess. But soon after the story on Wink runs, he's found asphyxiated in his garage with his cars engine running"--Page 4 of cover.
Brief description:
Since Laura Lippman's debut, she has been recognized as a distinctive voice in mystery fiction and named one of the "essential" crime writers of the last 100 years. Stephen King called her "special, even extraordinary," and Gillian Flynn wrote, "She is simply a brilliant novelist." Her books have won most of the major awards in her field and been translated into more than twenty-five languages. She lives in Baltimore and New Orleans with her teenager.
Review Quotes:
"Both entertaining and unexpectedly touching. More Please." - Baltimore Sun
Mystery fans can anticipate an engrosising series. - Publishers Weekly
Praise for Laura Lippman: "Lippman is a writing powerhouse." - USA Today
"She's one of the best novelists around, period." - Washington Post
"I love her books." - Harlan Coben
"I never miss Laura Lippman's novels." - Anna Quindlen, New York Times bestselling author
"Lippman has enriched literature as a whole." - Chicago Sun-Times