{"product_id":"by-a-spiders-thread-a-tess-monaghan-novel-9780060858445","title":"By a Spider's Thread: A Tess Monaghan Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning and\u003cem\u003e New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan--first introduced in the classic \u003cem\u003eBaltimore Blues--\u003c\/em\u003emust track down a missing wife and unravel the secrets in her marriage that led her to flee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A hair raising ride.\"--\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Rubin's family is missing--and the police won't get involved because all the evidence indicates that his wife left willingly. So the successful Baltimore furrier turns to Tess Monaghan, hoping she can help him find his wife and three children. Tess doesn't quite know what to make of Rubin, who doles out vitally important information in grudging dribs and drabs. According to her client, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTapping into a network of fellow investigators spread across the country, Tess is soon able to locate the runaway wife and the children who have been moving furtively from state to state, town to town. But the Rubins are not alone. A mysterious man is traveling with them, a stranger described by witnesses as \"handsome\" and \"charming\" but otherwise unremarkable. And the deeper Tess digs, the more she suspects that the motive behind Natalie's reckless flight lies somewhere in the gap between what Rubin will not say and what he refuses to believe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn intricate web of betrayal and vengeance is already beginning to unfold, as memory begets rage, and rage begets desperation...and murder. Suddenly, much more than one man's future happiness and stubborn pride are in peril. For the lives of three innocent children are dangling by the slenderest of threads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Lippman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060858445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLippman, Laura:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince \u003cstrong\u003eLaura Lippman's\u003c\/strong\u003e debut, she has been recognized as a distinctive voice in mystery fiction and named one of the \"essential\" crime writers of the last 100 years. Stephen King called her \"special, even extraordinary,\" and Gillian Flynn wrote, \"She is simply a brilliant novelist.\" Her books have won most of the major awards in her field and been translated into more than twenty-five languages. She lives in Baltimore and New Orleans with her teenager.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43110565249139,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":20.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f6754669-0b2c-4ebc-a91e-7eb3fd0e7fb4.jpg?v=1748979574","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/by-a-spiders-thread-a-tess-monaghan-novel-9780060858445","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}