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Tess Monaghan

Former reporter turned private investigator · Laura Lippman

Tess Monaghan is a former reporter turned private investigator.

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Character facts

First appearance
Baltimore Blues (1997)
Latest appearance
Hush Hush (2015)
Books
12 (12 as lead)
Series
Tess Monaghan
Author
Laura Lippman
Circle
Tess Monaghan

Where to meet Tess Monaghan

Tess Monaghan first appears in Baltimore Blues (1997), as the lead, book 1 of the Tess Monaghan series.

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Every book with Tess Monaghan

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1997LBaltimore Blueslead · Tess MonaghanBuy
  2. 1997LCharm Citylead · Tess MonaghanBuy
  3. 1998LButchers Hilllead · Tess MonaghanBuy
  4. 1999LIn Big Troublelead · Tess MonaghanBuy
  5. 2000LThe Sugar Houselead · Tess MonaghanBuy
  6. 2001LIn a Strange Citylead · Tess MonaghanBuy
  7. 2002LThe Last Placelead · Tess MonaghanBuy
  8. 2004LBy a Spider's Threadlead · Tess MonaghanBuy
  9. 2006LNo Good Deedslead · Tess MonaghanBuy
  10. 2008LAnother Thing to Falllead · Tess MonaghanBuy
  11. 2011LThe Girl in the Green Raincoatlead · Tess MonaghanBuy
  12. 2015LHush Hushlead · Tess MonaghanBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Kitty MonaghanTess's aunt12
Tyner GrayLawyer and Tess's mentor12
Whitney TalbotTess's rich college friend12
CrowMusician and Tess's partner9