Except for #2 in the series (Charm City), I think Lippman grows stronger in her craft in each. Tess usually takes on a social issue (secondary to the plot), which may put off some readers. Lippman almost does for Baltimore what Rankin does for Edinburgh. contemporaries because of the *poor quality of prose *over-the-top plots *even more over-the-top action heroes and Barbie heroines who can run in designer shoes *campy dialogue *even campier formulaic gratuitous sex and violence scenes and *overall dumbness factor This series avoids the above and has the strength of quirky characters (but not TOO quirky) and a strong city setting. Why can't more "gentle" contemporary detective novels like this series be created? I usually avoid U.S.
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