Sugar House

New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippmans Tess Monaghan must solve one of the most baffling murders in her PI career.When Tess Monaghan agrees to talk to Ruthie Dembrow, she senses shell regret it. If theres anything Tess has learned in her work both as a newspaper reporter and then as a PI, its to trust your instincts. Still, she cant deny shes intrigued when Ruthie asks her to investigate the fatal stabbing of her brother, Henry, while he was locked away for murdering a teenage runaway over a bottle of glue. Henrys death at the hands of fellow convicts doesnt surprise Tess, but what does is that he was convicted for murdering a Jane Doesomething that rarely happens in the judicial system.No ID was found on the victims body, and her fingerprints didnt match up to any in the national database. How could anyone escape all the identity nets of the modern world? Ruthie is convinced if she learns the identity of her brothers victim, maybe she can also find out why he was killed.Tesss search takes her on a harrowing journey from Baltimores exclusive Inner Harbor to the seedy neighborhood of Locust Point. But its the shocking discovery of the runaways true identity that turns Tesss hunt deadly. Suddenly, her supposedly solved murder case keeps turning up newer, fresher corpses and scarier versions of the Sugar Houseplaces that look so sweet and safe, but only from the outside.