Henry Carter Hull

Contains sixteen short stories and one novella by crime writer Laura Lippman, many set in her native Baltimore.

Police superintendent Richard Jury travels to Baltimore to investigate the murder of a former British subject.

Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan-first introduced in the classic Baltimore Blues-must protect an up-and-coming Hollywood actress, but when murder strikes on a TV set, the unflappable PI discovers everyone's got a secret. When private investigator Tess Monaghan literally runs into the crew of the fledgling TV series Mann of Steel while sculling, she expects sharp words and evil looks, not an assignment....

Laura Lippman is a top-tier mystery novelist. This thrilling stand-alone mystery reveals the author writing at the top of her game. A tragic school shooting brings to scrutiny the secret troubles of three affluent high school girls, best-friends since the third grade. But as homicide Sgt. Harold Lenhardt's investigation builds momentum, difficult questions arise that must be answered.

Beck Davitch, a fifty-three-year-old party planner, suddenly questions her identity and attempts to regain the youthful wisdom she had before she was swept into marriage by a charismatic older divorcee--and father of three--thirty years ago.