The Sugar House: A Tess Monaghan Mystery

A mix of popular genres from top-selling American authors. Readers will relish themes of love, glamour, politics, perseverance, resilience, innovation and the pioneer spirit from some of the best-loved writers of modern fiction, nonfiction and biography.Baltimore locals recognize the Sugar House as a stubborn legacy of the past that competes with Charm City's glitzy present. Tess Monaghan thought she knew it, too -- until she's forced to take on the most disturbing case of her accidental career. Former barmaid (and friend of Tess's father) Ruthie Dembrow wants Tess to investigate a Jane Doe murder. Fourteen months ago, her low-life brother killed a runaway over a bottle of glue. His confession put him in prison, where he met the same fate as his victim. Ruthie wants Tess to find out why. But the shocking discovery of the runaway's identity turns Tess's hunt deadly . . .Laura Lippman is the author of 'The Sugar House: A Tess Monaghan Mystery' with ISBN 9780786232888 and ISBN 0786232889.