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Title details for The Girl in the Green Raincoat by Laura Lippman - Available

The Girl in the Green Raincoat

#11 in series

by Laura Lippman
Linda Emond
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In this modern twist on Rear Window, Tess Monaghan has been put on bed rest for the last two months of her pregnancy. Day after day she watches a girl in a green raincoat in the park with her greyhound, until one day Tess ominously notices the dog running loose. Convinced some harm has befallen its owner, Tess becomes dangerously obsessed with learning the girl's fate—and her inquisitiveness is about to fling open a dangerous Pandora's box of past crimes and troubling deaths—and she's not only putting her own life in jeopardy but also her unborn child's.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Tess Monaghan

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    January 18, 2011

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792774891
      • File size: 127950 KB
      • Duration: 04:26:33

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 1, 2010
      Originally serialized in the New York Times Magazine, Lippman's Tess Monaghan novella turns the intrepid Baltimore PI's at-risk late-pregnancy bed rest into a compellingly edgy riff on Hitchcock's Rear Window. Lovingly tucked up on her winterized sun porch, Tess marshals her forces—doting artist boyfriend Crow, best friend Whitney Talbot, middle-aged assistant gumshoe Mrs. Blossom, and researcher Dorie Starnes—to probe the disappearance of a chic blonde green-raincoated dog walker she'd been watching from her comfy prison. Tess also takes in the missing woman's abandoned green-slickered Italian greyhound from hell, a miniature canine terrorist whose anti-housebreaking vendetta offers comic relief from Tess's threatened pre-eclampsia, her obsessive unraveling of a complex scam, and her last-trimester spats with Crow about their future. Though postpartum Tess turns alternately weepy and shrill, that condition won't last, and this entertaining romp leaves plenty of hints of detective-mother exploits to come.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      As Baltimore P.I. Tess Monaghan endures her pregnancy, which turns out to be a literal confinement, work is out of the question. Her only connection to the outside world comes from email, cell phone, and her trusty binoculars. In an homage to Hitchcock's REAR WINDOW and Tey's DAUGHTER OF TIME, Lippman's new mystery has the bed-bound Tess spending much of her time peeping at dog walkers in the park outside her window. When one of them disappears, Tess suspects the woman's husband of being up to no good. Linda Emond's performance makes the smart-alecky, introspective Tess sound appropriately cranky and terrified. She also creates spot-on voices for other characters, such as the florid, breathy Mrs. Blossom and sharp-edged, loyal best friend Whitney. Emond makes Lippman's engaging mystery a great listen. S.J.H. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      Starred review from April 1, 2011

      Lippman's (www.lauralippman.com) 11th Tess Monaghan title, which follows Another Thing To Fall (2008) and was originally serialized in the New York Times, is a novella featuring the popular Baltimore PI in a very different role from previous series entries. Here, two months pregnant and homebound, Tess watches the world from her window (similarities to Rear Window are intentional), regularly spying a girl in a green raincoat walking her dog. When she sees the dog running loose one day, she relies on her familiar supporting cast of characters to help her determine the girl's fate. Masterfully narrated by actress Linda Emond (www.lindaemond.com), this title will especially please series fans, who will be eager to see what's next for Tess following some major life changes. Highly recommended. [See Major Audio Releases, LJ 12/10; the Avon pb original was recommended as "an essential addition to a winning series," LJ Xpress Reviews, 12/10/10.--Ed.]--Mary Knapp, Madison P.L., WI

      Copyright 2011 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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