The Shoeshine Man's Regrets (From the Short Story Collection, Hardly Knew Her)

"Lippman shows herself to be a master of short fiction....read them fast, like a glutton, or slowly to savor each one. Either way, this is a treasure. " - Library JournalThe Shoeshine Man's RegretsTess Monaghan and Whitney Talbot witness an altercation between a boorish restaurant patron and a shoeshine man. When it is discovered that the mild-mannered shoeshine man is wanted for a murder that occurred forty years in the past, a friend of Tess's asks her to investigate and the case turns out to be full of surprises. "Lippman fans won’t be disappointed with these small treasures. "- Kirkus Reviews