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The Last Place by Laura Lippman

October 22, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is by far the most ambitious of the Tess Monaghan books so far, and I think it might be the longest. Tess is hired by a non-profit advocacy group to research homicides around the state looking for police inconsistencies and errors that might have led to unsolved murders. They are especially looking for situations in which domestic violence was ruled out, never considered, or dismissed in order to effect changes to Maryland law. Tess is especially earnest for this work because we start the […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Laura Lippman, The Last Place

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:577 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Laura Lippman, The Last Place ·
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Full Circle

The Last Place by Laura Lippman

March 25, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Wow. This was really good. We have Tess pulled into an investigation that has her in the crosshairs of someone that wants to show Tess how good he would be for her. That without him, she wouldn’t be who she is now. This whole book is a wonderful look at so many things I don’t even know where to start. With a case that lands Tess into mandatory anger management. With her realizing how great her relationship with her boyfriend is mostly because he’s not […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Laura Lippman, mystery, Tess Monaghan Novel #7, The Last Place

Classic's CBR11 Review No:72 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Laura Lippman, mystery, Tess Monaghan Novel #7, The Last Place ·
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