No Good Deeds

A Tess Monaghan Novel

By: Laura Lippman

Narrated by: Linda Emond

Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman’s Tess Monaghan—first introduced in the classic Baltimore Blues—becomes involved in a complicated investigation that will force her to question her loyalties.

For Tess Monaghan, the unsolved murder of a young federal prosecutor is nothing more than a theoretical problem, one of several cases to be deconstructed in her new gig as a consultant to the local newspaper. But it becomes all too tangible when her boyfriend, Crow, brings home a young street kid who’s a juvenile con artist and who doesn’t even realize he holds an important key to the sensational homicide.

Tess agrees to protect the boy’s identity no matter what, especially when one of his friends is killed in what appears to be a case of mistaken identity. But as she soon discovers, her ethical decision to protect him has dire consequences. And with federal agents determined to learn the boy’s name at any cost, Tess finds out just how far even official authorities will go to get what they want.

It isn’t long before Tess finds herself facing felony charges. To make matters worse, Crow has gone into hiding with his young protégé. So Tess can’t deliver the kid to investigators even if she wants to. Now her only recourse is to get to the heart of the sordid and deadly affair while they're all still free...and still breathing.

Good story, good narrator, obnoxious music

Would you consider the audio edition of No Good Deeds to be better than the print version?

I switch between print and audio versions, so I can continue with the book throughout my day.

Any additional comments?

The story, as with others in this series, was entertaining, and the narration was excellent. The periodic music interludes, however, were unnecessary and distracting. If other audio books by this publisher also have this "feature" I will stop purchasing them.

Not enough comic relief between tense hours

Other Tess books have been more enjoyable, to me, when involve her family, espresso alt Aunt Kitty and close friends(Whitley, Crow )

Weirdly added music

This story was well written and read. The issue I had was with the added music between scenes or I am guessing CDs. It was very distracting. As someone who gets immersed in the book I am listening to, the switch from story to music was starteling. If you can get past that, which I did, it is a great story.

Description flawed

The story is great!! but This book is about 9 hours long, NOT 16 hours.
The music between sections is VERY Distraction from the narration.

I don't know what it is...

I really enjoy this series. I finished this book in two days. I have been listening to these out of order, but there is no doubt in my mind that I will eventually get them all. I am going to start at the beginning. I can hardly wait for the next adventure with Tess Monaghan and friends.