Lippman, Laura. No good deeds.LIPPMAN, Laura. No good deeds. Read by Linda Emond. 8 cds. 10 hrs. Harper Audio. 2006. 0-06-089793-7. $39.95. Cardboard; plot, author, reader notes. SA Lippman's Baltimore detective, Tess Monaghan, shares center stage with her live-in love interest, Edgar "Crow" Ransome, whose narrative voice opens and closes this novel. The result is a mystery much closer to home than others in this series. When, on a snowy snow·y adj. snow·i·er, snow·i·est 1. a. Abounding in or covered with snow: a snowy day. b. Subject to snow: a snowy climate. night, Crow decides to take in a homeless African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. teenager to give him a warm place to sleep, little does he know that his good deed will enmesh en·mesh also im·mesh tr.v. en·meshed, en·mesh·ing, en·mesh·es To entangle, involve, or catch in or as if in a mesh. See Synonyms at catch. him in a chain of murders and expose everyone he holds dear to an especially persistent and officious of·fi·cious adj. 1. Marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others: an officious host; officious attention. 2. Informal; unofficial. 3. trio of federal investigators. But a federal prosecutor was killed two weeks before, and Tess and Crow's guest knows more about it than his host and hostess could have ever had reason to suspect. Lippman's protagonists have strong social consciences, and her novels not only entertain but also skillfully skill·ful adj. 1. Possessing or exercising skill; expert. See Synonyms at proficient. 2. Characterized by, exhibiting, or requiring skill. incorporate contemporary issues; in this case, the multiple pressures upon disadvantaged urban youths. A better than average mystery writer, Lippman avoids stereotyping and heavy-handed preaching. Emond does very little character differentiation, and makes no effort at all to make Ransome's voice distinctive from Tess's. Her strength is in her pacing and expressiveness. Francine Levitov, Attorney, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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