May 2010
About the Author
LAURA LIPPMAN was a Baltimore Sun reporter for twelve years. Her novels have been awarded every major prize in crime fiction. A firstever recipient of the Mayor’s Prize for Literary Excellence, she lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
www.lauralippman.com
Visit www.AuthorTracker.com for exclusive information on your favorite HarperCollins author.
By Laura Lippman
THE GIRL IN THE GREEN RAINCOAT
I’D KNOW YOU ANYWHERE
LIFE SENTENCES
HARDLY KNEW HER
ANOTHER THING TO FALL
WHAT THE DEAD KNOW
NO GOOD DEEDS
TO THE POWER OF THREE
BY A SPIDER’S THREAD
EVERY SECRET THING
THE LAST PLACE
IN A STRANGE CITY
THE SUGAR HOUSE
IN BIG TROUBLE
BUTCHERS HILL
CHARM CITY
BALTIMORE BLUES
Copyright
THE GIRL IN THE GREEN RAINCOAT. Copyright © 2008 by Laura Lippman. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
FIRST EDITION
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lippman, Laura, 1959–
The girl in the green raincoat : a novel / by Laura Lippman.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-06-193836-8 (pbk.)
1. Monaghan, Tess (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Women private investigators—Maryland—Baltimore—Fiction. 3. Pregnant women—Fiction. 4. Baltimore (Md.)—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3562.I586G57 2011
813'.6—dc22
2010036799
EPub Edition © 2010 ISBN: 9780062042378
11 12 13 14 15 OV/RRD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
About the Publisher
Australia
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
25 Ryde Road (PO Box 321)
Pymble, NSW 2073, Australia
http://www.harpercollinsebooks.com.au
Canada
HarperCollins Canada
2 Bloor Street East - 20th Floor
Toronto, ON, M4W, 1A8, Canada
http://www.harpercollinsebooks.ca
New Zealand
HarperCollinsPublishers (New Zealand) Limited
P.O. Box 1 Auckland,
New Zealand
http://www.harpercollinsebooks.co.nz
United Kingdom
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
77-85 Fulham Palace Road
London, W6 8JB, UK
http://www.harpercollinsebooks.co.uk
United States
HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
10 East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022
http://www.harpercollinsebooks.com
The Girl in the Green Raincoat Page 13