作品情報
『No Good Deeds』は、受賞歴と著者の作風を手がかりに読み継がれる作品です。
『No Good Deeds』はローラ・リップマンの作品として、文学賞・芸術賞の文脈で注目された一作です。作品ページでは、受賞時の位置づけと書籍化の有無を分けて扱い、単独書籍として確認できる場合だけ書誌識別子を示しています。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- William Morrow
- 発売日
- 2006-06-27
- ページ数
- 352ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 15.24 x 2.87 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780060570729
- ISBN-10
- 0060570725
- 価格
- 6399 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Mystery & Thrillers/Mystery/British Detectives
New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippmans Tess Monaghan finds herself facing the most complicated case of her career When Tess Monaghan begins her new gig as a consultant to the local newspaper, shes handed the case of an unsolved homicide of a young federal prosecutor. But she never dreams the key to the sensational homicide will fall into her lap when her boyfriend, Crow, brings home a street kida juvenile con artist who unwittingly holds a crucial clue in the prosecutors murder. Tess agrees to protect the boys identity no matter what, especially when one of his friends is killed in what appears to be a case of mistaken identity. But as she soon discovers, her ethical decision to protect him has dire consequences. And with federal agents determined to learn the boys name at any cost, Tess finds out just how far even official authorities will go to get what they want. It isnt long before Tess finds herself facing felony charges. To make matters worse, Crow has gone into hiding with his young protégé. So Tess cant deliver the kid to investigators even if she wants to. Now her only recourse is to get to the heart of the sordid and deadly affair while they're all still free...and still breathing.
Since Laura Lippman’s debut, she has been recognized as a distinctive voice in mystery fiction and named one of the “essential” crime writers of the last 100 years. Stephen King called her “special, even extraordinary,” and Gillian Flynn wrote, “She is simply a brilliant novelist.” Her books have won most of the major awards in her field and been translated into more than twenty-five languages. She lives in Baltimore and New Orleans with her teenager.
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Five Stars
Love all her books.
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A chain of circumstances
Winner of the 2007 Anthony Award for the best mystery novel. As Crow puts it, if it had not snowed on that Monday in March. The snow led to a chain of circumstances with Crow bringing a homeless teenager home for dinner and a place to stay for the night. It turns out that the teenager, Lloyd, was a witness to a crime, and that draws Tess into the case when she connects Lloyd to a news reporter. Events disrupt her life as the case develops and federal agents demand that she reveal the name of the source. The story starts with a narration by Crow, and alternates between Crow, Tess, and other characters in the story. You will get a lot more Crow in this novel than in others. The story has an interesting ending, and you can wonder if Lloyd will show up again. You get some information along the way about Baltimore soup kitchens and the homeless, and a view of the underside of society where life is sometimes cheap.
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old friends
Tess Monaghan series #9- I am reading these in order and enjoying the character development and Baltimore and its environs. It's enjoyable to read a series with relatable characters who develop more each book. This one has a lot more about Crow than any other, and, of course, Tess continues to evolve. The story itself, as most of the Tess Monaghans, doesn't keep you on the edge of the chair (we're usually aware of what's going on) but it's a good solid story about helping some city kids while exposing some dirty cop business.
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Superb book!
I have read most, though not all, of Laura Lippman’s books. I love the Tess Monaghan series. No Good Deeds is the best, so far, in my opinion. I can experience the early spring in Baltimore, love the development of Tess’s boyfriend’s character, feel Tess’s weariness of the endless interrogations of three overzealous federal agents. I enjoyed Lippman’s gradual revelation of the characters and the secrets held in this truly good book. Tess Monaghan hasn’t been on the scene for a few years. Fortunately, I have a couple more in the series to read. I sincerely hope Lippman continues to write Tess Monaghan books. A new favorite character, that I really love.
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I like a good twisty story
I like a good twisty story, and Laura Lippman delivers it in spades, again. Her Tess Monaghan is a likable eery day type of person. She's usually someone you could relate to or have a beer with. I felt, in this story, that I'd missed a few things in Tess' life that happened off screen. I felt as if I was playing catch up with her personal relationship with Crow
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