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By a Spider's Thread
- Narrated by: Linda Emond
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
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Summary
Mark Rubin's family is missing, and the police won't do a thing because all the evidence indicates his wife left willingly. The successful furrier turns to Tess Monaghan, hoping she can help him find his wife and three children. Tess doesn't know what to make of Rubin, a wealthy Orthodox Jew who doles out vitally important information in grudging dribs and drabs. According to Rubin, he and his beautiful wife, Natalie, had a flawless, happy marriage. Yet one day, without any warning or explanation, Natalie gathered up their children and vanished.
Tess is able to locate the runaway wife and her stolen progeny, moving furtively from state to state, town to town, but the Rubins are not alone. A man is traveling with them, a stranger, described as "handsome" and "charming" but otherwise unremarkable to casual observers who have no way of sensing the fury beneath his smooth surface.
An intricate web of betrayal and vengeance is already beginning to unravel, as memory begets rage and rage leads to desperation...and murder. Suddenly much more than one man's future happiness and stubborn pride are in peril; the lives of three innocent children are dangling by the slenderest of threads.
©2004 Laura Lippman (P)2004 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
Critic reviews
"Lippman delivers a smart, fast-paced, nuanced story that features a well-drawn supporting cast, including the endearing if dangerous city of Baltimore itself." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Laura Lippman in her series featuring Baltimore private investigator Tess Monaghan just keeps getting better and better." ( Houston Chronicle)
"Tess is feisty...And it is a joy to watch her come alive." ( Washington Times)
"Laura Lippman in her series featuring Baltimore private investigator Tess Monaghan just keeps getting better and better." ( Houston Chronicle)
"Tess is feisty...And it is a joy to watch her come alive." ( Washington Times)
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