By Laura Lippman

As a practiced reporter until eventually her newspaper went to that groovy pressroom within the sky, P.I. Tess Monaghan is familiar with and loves each inch of her local Baltimore, even the components being slobbered on by means of the sad-sack greyhound she's minding for her uncle. it is a quirky urban the place baseball reigns, yet in recent times murder seems the second one most well liked neighborhood activity. enterprise mogul "Wink" Wynkowski is attempting to alter all that via bringing professional basketball again to city, and everybody's rooting fro him -- until eventually a devastating, muckraking reveal of his lurid previous appears to be like at the entrance web page of the Baltimore Beacon-Light. it is a shock even to the Blight's editors, who proposal they might killed the piece. as an alternative, the piece killed Wink -- who is present in his storage with the automobile operating. Now the Blight desires to nail the unknown computing device hacker who planted the deadly tale, and the task is true up the alley of a former newshound like Tess. however it does not take lengthy for her to find deeper, darker secrets and techniques, and to gain that this example is actually extra approximately whacking than hacking. it really is simply homicide in Baltimore nowadays -- and Tess Monaghan herself will be subsequent at the record. As a practiced reporter till her newspaper went to that fab pressroom within the sky, P.I. Tess Monaghan understands and loves each inch of her local Baltimore, even the elements being slobbered on through the sad-sack greyhound she's minding for her uncle. it is a quirky urban the place baseball reigns, yet in recent years murder looks the second one most well liked neighborhood game. enterprise magnate "Wink" Wynkowski is making an attempt to alter all that via bringing professional basketball again to city, and everybody's rooting for him -- till a devastating, muckraking divulge of his lurid prior appears to be like at the entrance web page of the Baltimore Beacon-Light. it is a shock even to the Blight's editors, who proposal they might killed the piece. in its place, the piece killed Wink -- who is present in his storage with the auto operating. Now the Blight desires to nail the unknown desktop hacker who planted the deadly tale, and the project is true up the alley of a former newshound like Tess. however it does not take lengthy for her to find deeper, darker secrets and techniques, and to gain that this example is admittedly extra approximately whacking than hacking. it truly is simply homicide in Baltimore nowadays -- and Tess Monaghan herself could be subsequent at the checklist.