The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 21 books · 1997 to 2024 · Set in Baltimore

Laura Lippman

Crime and mysteryThriller and suspenseLiterary and generalPrivate eyePsychological suspenseLiterary fiction

Laura Lippman's Baltimore belongs to Tess Monaghan, a reporter turned private investigator, and to the standalone novels that made her name, from What the Dead Know to Lady in the Lake.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip.

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Laura Lippman books in order

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Tess Monaghan

12 books · Set in BaltimorePrivate eye
  1. 1Baltimore Blues1997With Tess MonaghanBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Charm City1997With Tess MonaghanBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Butchers Hill1998With Tess MonaghanBuy on Amazon
  4. 4In Big Trouble1999With Tess MonaghanBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Sugar House2000With Tess MonaghanBuy on Amazon
  6. 6In a Strange City2001With Tess MonaghanBuy on Amazon
  7. 7The Last Place2002With Tess MonaghanBuy on Amazon
  8. 8By a Spider's Thread2004With Tess MonaghanBuy on Amazon
  9. 9No Good Deeds2006With Tess MonaghanBuy on Amazon
  10. 10Another Thing to Fall2008With Tess MonaghanBuy on Amazon
  11. 11The Girl in the Green Raincoat2011With Tess MonaghanBuy on Amazon
  12. 12Hush Hush2015With Tess MonaghanBuy on Amazon

Standalone

9 books · Set in BaltimorePsychological suspenseLiterary fiction
  1. 1What the Dead Know2007Buy on Amazon
  2. 2I'd Know You Anywhere2010With Eliza BenedictBuy on Amazon
  3. 3After I'm Gone2014Buy on Amazon
  4. 4Wilde Lake2016Buy on Amazon
  5. 5Sunburn2018With PollyBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Lady in the Lake2019With Maddie SchwartzBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Dream Girl2021With Gerry AndersenBuy on Amazon
  8. 8Prom Mom2023Buy on Amazon
  9. 9Murder Takes a Vacation2024With Muriel BlossomBuy on Amazon

Characters

10 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Tess Monaghan

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