num_pages: 336
description: In a city where someone is murdered almost every day, attorney Michael Abramowitz's death should be just another statistic. But the slain lawyer's notoriety—and his taste for illicit midday trysts—makes the case front-page news in every local paper except the Star, which crashed and burned before Abramowitz did.A former Star reporter who knows every inch of this town—from historic Fort McHenry to the crumbling projects of Cherry Hill—now-unemployed journalist Tess Monaghan also knows the primary suspect: cuckolded fiancé Darryl "Rock" Paxton. The time is ripe for a career move, so when rowing buddy Rock wants to hire her to do some unorthodox snooping to help clear his name, Tess agrees. But there are lethal secrets hiding in the Charm City shadows. And Tess's own name could end up on the ever-expanding list of Baltimore dead.
language: English
title: Baltimore Blues
titlecomplete: Baltimore Blues (Tess Monaghan, #1)
characters: Darryl "Rock" Paxton, Tess Monaghan
genres: Audiobook, Crime, Suspense, Thriller, Adult, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Detective, Contemporary, Mystery
ratings_count: 13531
places: Baltimore, Maryland, Maryland
series: Tess Monaghan
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best First PI Novel
publisher: William Morrow