![]() The next morning, Tess reads the local paper at her aunt’s bookshop and is shocked to find that Darryl has been accused of murdering Abramowitz. And, although Tess is annoyed by this, she considers the matter solved. Ava then manages to get her side of the story across to Darryl before Tess can talk to him. After a while, she begins to suspect that Ava is having an affair with prominent local lawyer Michael Abramowitz and confronts her about it. ![]() Since she needs the money, Tess agrees and starts tailing Ava. ![]() His fiance, Ava, has been acting strangely recently and he offers to pay Tess to follow her and learn what is going on. He insists on racing her to a nearby bridge, before suddenly bursting into tears afterwards. ![]() And, like every morning, she meets her fitness fanatic friend called Darryl “Rock” Paxton on the water. Ever since she was made redundant by the Star and has had to take up a few strange odd jobs, these early-morning rowing trips have become part of her daily routine. The novel begins in Baltimore, with ex-journalist Tess Monaghan getting up early to go rowing on the Patapsco river. This is the 2005 Orion Books (UK) paperback edition of “Baltimore Blues” that I read. ![]()
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