” Laura Lippman writes mostly about private investigator Tess Monaghan. Monaghan is a made-up name and what she does is a matter of fiction. But when Lippman puts Baltimore on the page, she’s got to get it right.”

Fans of Lippman’s novels will want to read or listen to this piece on the setting for her Tess Monaghan novels. This is the third in a four part series on Crime in the City.