Laura Lippman, Butchers Hill

David C. Dougherty (Loyola University Maryland)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

First circulation or publication Jul 1998

Places

United States (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Crime and Detective
Novel

Resources

Third in the “Tess Monaghan” series of detective novels by Laura Lippman, Butchers Hill sends Tess on quests that will challenge her assumptions about her past and the way it prepared her for being a detective. She steps into the future by launching a new venture in professional independence, and, as consequences proliferate, this step will bring doubts about the rightness of her task. And her new clients will force her to re-examine the past, of both her new community, and her Jewish-Irish family. As a result of these quests, she’ll come to a new understanding of the family she suffers and loves, and she’ll learn how supportive and resourceful that family can be. Moreover, her professional search will engage her in …

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Citation: Dougherty, David C.. "Butchers Hill". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 16 March 2015 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=34266, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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