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) | |