Charm CityAuthor :
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Published : Tuesday 9 June 2015
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In New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippmans electrifying thriller, PI Tess Monaghan discovers she mightve gotten herself into a dangerous situation for which theres no way out. . . .
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 Winks checkered pastwhich runs the gamut from domestic abuse and compulsive gambling to armed robberies and even manslaughtermakes the front page of the Baltimore Beacon-Light, aka the Blight his project is jeopardized. No one is more surprised at the expos 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, hes found asphyxiated in his garage with his cars engine running. Suicide appears to be the cause of his deathand everyone is blaming the Blight for airing his dirty laundry and sending him into the downward spiral that led to his demise. But the more Tess uncovers about Wink, the more shes convinced that someone with an axe to grind wanted him dead and was willing to go as far as murdering him.
And if this all werent enough to keep her plate full, Tess must also find the lowlifes who roughed up her unclethe same men who are intent on getting back a prized Greyhound dog which shes currently looking after while her uncle recuperates. Now as Tesss PI skills are put to the ultimate test, she must stay one step ahead of a diabolical
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