Order of Tess Monaghan Books

Order of Tess Monaghan Books


Tess Monaghan is a fictional character created by American author Laura Lippman. She is the protagonist in a series of detective fiction novels set in Baltimore, Maryland. Tess started out working as a reporter, but has switched fields in favour of becoming a private investigator.

The Tess Monaghan character debuted in the novel Baltimore Blues, published in 1997. The series is ongoing. Below is a list of Laura Lippman’s Tess Monaghan books in order of when they were originally published (and in chronological order):

Publication Order of Tess Monaghan Books

Baltimore Blues

(1997)

Charm City

(1997)

Butchers Hill

(1998)

In Big Trouble

(1999)

The Sugar House

(2000)

In a Strange City

(2001)

The Last Place

(2002)

By a Spider’s Thread

(2004)

No Good Deeds

(2006)

Another Thing to Fall

(2008)

The Girl in the Green Raincoat

(2008)

The Book Thing

(2012)

Hush Hush

(2015)

Publication Order of Tess Monaghan Collections

The Tess Chronicles

(2018)