Baltimore Blues

This was probably more a 2.5 star book, but it helped to know that this was Lippman's first novel. I thought it was pretty clunky, with a few sections that worked very well. I am also not so sure how I feel about Tess (and all the side-kick characters), but I'd give the series another try and read the second.

Que surpresa boa! Super envolvente, bem escrito, realista (sem aquelas descobertas mirabolantes ou detetives gênios do espiritismo, tirando fatos do céu).

3.5

This book was written over 20 years ago at this point, so there are definitely some outdated thoughts in this (especially about sexual assault) but I really did enjoy this. It's a good who dunnit type series, and I find those charming. I usually figure out the culprit pretty early on, but this one I really never did figure out the story until it was revealed.

Also, how could I ever not love the little touches of Charm City throughout this book. IYKYK.