The Resource In a strange city, Laura Lippman
In a strange city, Laura Lippman
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The item In a strange city, Laura Lippman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Brazil Public Library.
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- Summary
- It is a Charm City tradition-- an annual visit to the Baltimore gravesite of Edgar Allan Poe on the renowned author's birthday by a mysterious cloaked figure bearing gifts of three roses and a half bottle of cognac. This year Tess Monaghan witnesses the cherished rite and sees two caped visitors. One leaves his tribute and escapes, the other dies there, felled by an assassin's bullet. Someone wants Tess involved in the murder investigation and leaves roses and cognac and cryptic clues on her doorstep
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Harper Premium Printing
- Extent
- x, 401 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062070876
- Label
- In a strange city
- Title
- In a strange city
- Statement of responsibility
- Laura Lippman
- Subject
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- trueBaltimore, Maryland
- truePoe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
- trueMysteries
- trueMurder investigation
- trueMonaghan, Tess (Fictitious character)
- trueWomen private investigators
- Women private investigators -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Fiction
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Fiction
- trueSecrets
- trueLost articles
- Maryland -- Fiction
- Monaghan, Tess (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- trueStolen property recovery
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Tomb -- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- It is a Charm City tradition-- an annual visit to the Baltimore gravesite of Edgar Allan Poe on the renowned author's birthday by a mysterious cloaked figure bearing gifts of three roses and a half bottle of cognac. This year Tess Monaghan witnesses the cherished rite and sees two caped visitors. One leaves his tribute and escapes, the other dies there, felled by an assassin's bullet. Someone wants Tess involved in the murder investigation and leaves roses and cognac and cryptic clues on her doorstep
- Summary
- A bizarre graveyard celebration in honor of Edgar Allen Poe finds private investigator Tess Monaghan investigating a murder as strange and terrifying as the author's own fiction
- Award
- New York Times Notable Mysteries, 2001
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 065492
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1959-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lippman, Laura
- Dewey number
- 813.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Tess Monaghan mysteries
- Series volume
- 0006
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Monaghan, Tess (Fictitious character)
- Women private investigators
- Baltimore (Md.)
- Maryland
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- In a strange city, Laura Lippman
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20664253
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Edition
- First Harper Premium Printing
- Extent
- x, 401 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062070876
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Label
- In a strange city, Laura Lippman
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20664253
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Edition
- First Harper Premium Printing
- Extent
- x, 401 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062070876
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
Subject
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Fiction
- trueBaltimore, Maryland
- trueLost articles
- Maryland -- Fiction
- trueMonaghan, Tess (Fictitious character)
- Monaghan, Tess (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- trueMurder investigation
- trueMysteries
- Mystery fiction
- truePoe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Tomb -- Fiction
- trueSecrets
- trueStolen property recovery
- trueWomen private investigators
- Women private investigators -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Fiction
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