Another Thing to Fall: A Novel (Tess Monaghan Mysteries)

Another Thing to Fall: A Novel (Tess Monaghan Mysteries)
by Laura Lippman

Another Thing to Fall: A Novel (Tess Monaghan Mysteries)
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Author: Laura Lippman
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-01
ISBN: 0061128872
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: William Morrow

Book Reviews of Another Thing to Fall: A Novel (Tess Monaghan Mysteries)

Book Review: A Terrific Mystery
Summary: 5 Stars

This is Laura Lippman's fifteenth novel yet the tenth book in the series which has character Tess Monaghan, a Baltimore private detective, accepting a job as a bodyguard for a young actress. Lippman has a way of writing excellent mystery/suspense books in the old traditional way. They are well structured and well thought out, meaning they don't jump around or leave you confused until the very end, when you end up having to piece it all together in your head.

I like the way she uses characters that you can relate to - real people and real situations - people she has probably met along her way. In this book she writes about a filmed mini-series titled "Mann of Steel" but it's more about the behind-the-scenes drama with the characters than about the TV show. So Tess is taking a job to look after actress Selena Waites, a young up and coming star who recently was stalked, but that person ended up dead by means of suicide.

Tess has to deal with all the other multi-faceted actors, writers, producers and extras searching for anything weird or looking for secret agendas. Lippman nicely balances actual facts, the city of Baltimore and your typical Hollywood drama in a nice and cleverly structured plot, making Another Thing To Fall a terrific read.

Summary of Another Thing to Fall: A Novel (Tess Monaghan Mysteries)

The California dream weavers have invaded Charm City with their cameras, their stars, and their controversy. . . .

When private investigator Tess Monaghan literally runs into the crew of the fledgling TV series Mann of Steel while sculling, she expects sharp words and evil looks, not an assignment. But the company has been plagued by a series of disturbing incidents since its arrival on location in Baltimore: bad press, union threats, and small, costly on-set "accidents" that have wreaked havoc with its shooting schedule. As a result, Mann's creator, Flip Tumulty, the son of a Hollywood legend, is worried for the safety of his young female lead, Selene Waites, and asks Tess to serve as her bodyguard/babysitter. Tumulty's concern may be well founded. Not long ago a Baltimore man was discovered dead in his own home, surrounded by photos of the beautiful, difficult superstar-in-the-making.

In the past, Tess has had enough trouble guarding her own body. Keeping a spoiled movie princess under wraps may be more than she can handle-even with the help of Tess's icily unflappable friend Whitney-since Selene is not as naive as everyone seems to think, and far more devious than she initially appears to be. This is not Tess's world. And these are not her kind of people, with their vanities, their self-serving agendas and invented personas, and their remarkably skewed visions of reality-from the series' aging, shallow, former pretty-boy leading man to its resentful, always-on-the-make cowriter to the officious young assistant who may be too hungry for her own good.

But the fish-out-of-water P.I. is abruptly pulled back in by an occurrence she's all too familiar with-murder. Suddenly the wall of secrets around Mann of Steel is in danger of toppling, leaving shattered dreams, careers, and lives scattered among the ruins-a catastrophe that threatens the people Tess cares about . . . and the city she loves.

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