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  • In a Strange City

  • Tess Monaghan Mysteries
  • By: Laura Lippman
  • Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
  • Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (383 ratings)

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In a Strange City

By: Laura Lippman
Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
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Publisher's summary

In a Strange City stars PI Tess Monaghan in a chilling thriller.

When a murder occurs during the annual visit of a cloaked individual to Edgar Allan Poe's grave, Tess is drawn into unearthing a killer.

©2001 Laura Lippman (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC
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"Lippman's second Tess Monaghan novel is a perfectly good mystery, but even more, it's an homage to the city of Baltimore." ( Booklist)

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Disappointment

Narrator is not that great. Hard to keep characters dialog straight. Story was so so.

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Ugh the narrator

The narrator was hard to listen to, I’ve listen to a lot of Tess Monaghan books and this narrator was my least favorite. Her voice was distracting and a lot of the characters sounded the same but yet it felt over acted.

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Great story with literary allusions

One of my favorite Lippmann books yet! The narrator was excellent (I didn't let myself be dissuaded by the negative reviews of this narrator--I really liked her), and the story is inventive and smart.

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Excellent

Not a thriller (which is good). The pace is a bit slow, but a rich and interesting mystery is laid out in a leisurely rate. The character development is outstanding. The narration is outstanding and greatly enhances each character, and the city itself.

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Best One Yet!!!

I’m a true Baltimorean and love the Tess Monaghan series, but this one really hit home...I grew up in the Poe Homes on Amity Street!!! I loved this one...can’t wait to start on my next book in this series!

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Another great book in the series

I enjoy each of the books in the series. Each book keeps adding to make more enriched universe. Each book has so much Baltimore history and facts. This book was particularly fun.

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More “ACTING!” than narrating

Enjoyable, especially if you’re a fan of Mr. Poe — and of Ms. Lippman. I am fond of both the authors, yet I found this production annoyingly narrated: too much acting and sometimes a slurring delivery with way too much attitude. She also mispronounced a few names, such as Ayn Rand. Is it so hard to look up the pronunciation?

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Interesting

I like the author. I started the Tess Monaghan series after listening too When she was good. I loved the narrator on the first 3 books from my local library but I was really offputting by the narration of Sugar House & In a Strange City. I am going to try one more but I may not be able to fi ish if they all have the same narrator as the last 2.

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Great wit and great way to learn some history while being thoroughly entertained

One of Laura Lippman's best Tess Monagham story lines. Really enjoy Rosenblatt's contribution in relaying the wit & humor of Laura's writing

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Would be so much better with a reader from Baltimore

Great story - but the (rather famous) reader didn’t bother to find out how things are pronounced in Baltimore. Distracting and annoying.

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