It’s not Linda Emond’s fault that most of Lippman’s women who kill are white, middle-class and between the aged 30–40. Almost all live in the corridor between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., and eradicate men who have it coming to them. No wonder they tend to speak alike. The talented Emond strives with some success to individualize these murderers’ first-person narratives. In the short story “My Baby Walks the Streets of Baltimore,” Emond, who has previously read Lippman’s Another Thing to Fall, performs Tess Monaghan as the crisp and efficient detective she is meant to be. While Francois Battiste is given comparatively little to do, he shines in his reading of “Pony Girl” as the too-smooth and confident man-on-the-make who is no match for two beautiful Mardi Gras celebrants. This collection is both entertaining and forgettable, but Lippman fans will not be disappointed by these talented performances. A Morrow hardcover (Reviews, Aug. 25). (Oct.)
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-USA Today
New York Times bestselling author and winner of every major prize awarded for crime fiction-including the Edgar®, Anthony, Shamus, Agatha, and Nero Wolfe Awards-Laura Lippman brilliantly demonstrates her astonishing agility as a short story writer with Hardly Knew Her. A sterling collection of sixteen suspenseful short fictions and novellas-most set in and around her beloved Baltimore and several featuring her popular series character private investigator Tess Monaghan-Hardly Knew Her was called, “Riveting...One of the best collections released in some time” by the Boston Globe. The Seattle Times says, “something in the short-story form brings out the wicked in Laura Lippman,” and this exceptional collection is indisputable proof that Lippman is without peer as she walks boldly on the dark and dangerous side.
“Lippman is a writing powerhouse.”
-USA Today
New York Times bestselling author and winner of every major prize awarded for crime fiction-including the Edgar®, Anthony, Shamus, Agatha, and Nero Wolfe Awards-Laura Lippman brilliantly demonstrates her astonishing agility as a short story writer with Hardly Knew Her. A sterling collection of sixteen suspenseful short fictions and novellas-most set in and around her beloved Baltimore and several featuring her popular series character private investigator Tess Monaghan-Hardly Knew Her was called, “Riveting...One of the best collections released in some time” by the Boston Globe. The Seattle Times says, “something in the short-story form brings out the wicked in Laura Lippman,” and this exceptional collection is indisputable proof that Lippman is without peer as she walks boldly on the dark and dangerous side.
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Product Details
BN ID: | 2940169978384 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins |
Publication date: | 10/07/2008 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |