2011: #9 – Charm City (Laura Lippman)

Book #9 was Charm City, the second book in Laura Lippman’s Tess Monaghan series.  The back of the book reads: Reporter-turned-PI Tess Monaghan loves every inch of her native Baltimore—a quirky city where baseball reigns and homicide seems to be the second most popular sport. Business tycoon "Wink" Wynkowski wants to change all that by bringing pro basketball back to town—a laudable mission that’s greeted

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2006: #40 – All the Flowers are Dying (Lawrence Block)

Book #40 was All the Flowers are Dying , the 16th(!) book in Lawrence Block’s Matthew Scudder series. Yet another instance of me jumping into a series at some indeterminable point. I’ll likely be putting the rest of this series on my list. This was enjoyable, though sometimes I got tired of reading in the killer’s point of view. Book count: 40 Pages in book:

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