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| Author: Laura Lippman
Publisher: HarperLuxe
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
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Format: Large Print
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0061469173
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780061469176
ASIN: 0061469173
Publication Date: March 1, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Hollywood Charm May 3, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this latest in the series, although it was less of a page turner.
It had more development of new characters and less about those who have been featured in other books. I missed hearing about her romance with Crow, although he is briefly in the book. I also missed hearing about her Aunt.
Her plot is rich and well layered and more than makes up for the loss of info on what is going on with her personal life. The denouement scene was more interesting and complex than the typical one wrought with danger. I liked the way she used empathy.
 Boring book with a great audiobook performance May 2, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have enjoyed previous Lippman books, but this story was quite a bore. The audiobook failed to engage me at all. The set up involving a TV production crew on location in Baltimore seemed really forced and fake. Lippman tries too hard to be hip and modern with her Hollywood and entertainment industry references.
Linda Emond does another great job as a narrator. Her performance is dynamic enough to be engaging, yet subtle enough to not be distracting. She doesn't distract the listener with falsetto voices for male characters which I appreciate. My only critique is that (being from Baltimore myself) she doesn't do an accurate Baltimore accent. Since the author draws specific attention to one character's Baltimore accent this shortcoming is more noticeable. Too bad Linda Edmonds didn't have a better story to perform.
 Fantastic read April 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was an enjoyable read, I hadn't read any of Laura Lippman's books before this one but I love the characters I read about in this book, Tess seems like she would be an amazing person to be around. I am planning on reading many more Laura Lippman's book. I also thoroughly enjoyed Love Returns Through The Portal Of Time.
A Week in Baltimore April 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Tess Monaghan returns for the 10th time in this Baltimore-based series when she is retained to babysit an obstreperous starlet, who is featured in a television show being produced in the city. A series of mishaps--a fire, a suicide and various other pranks and events--are hampering progress on the show, and the producer, fearing for the safety of his leading lady, asks Tess to protect her.
Then a murder takes place late one night near the production office, and Tess warms to her specialty. The task becomes more and more difficult amid the egos and foibles of the actors and writers, lies and hidden motives.
Laura Lippman is a skilled craftsman, using her native city as a backdrop, and her recently learned knowledge of the television industry (her husband was the writer/producer of a wonderful TV series) to good advantage. She has written about people with a deep insight into human emotions and, as usual, told a sparkling tale.
Not as engaging as her others, but still an enjoyable read April 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm a huge fan of Laura Lippman, especially the Tess Monaghan books. I found this book to be a slow starter. In the beginning, there are a lot of chapters from the point of view of the minor characters in the book and little about Tess. Once Tess is brought into the story more, the book starts to have a better flow because Tess is the one we really care about. I would have liked to have seen more of the supporting characters in the series. Tess's aunt is completely absent and Crow is barely in the story at all. Even though it doesn't have the suspense of the other books, the plot kept me interested in the outcome and I will eagerly await the next book in the Tess series.
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