Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Hard-boiled Baltimore

My favorite character in the Tess series is Baltimore. Lippman carefully maps out a city every bit as complex as any of the human characters. If you like Peretsky's Chicago or Grafton's Santa Theresa, then you'll love the Tess Monaghan mysteries. While the ending is just a bit too pat, Tess and her city are very convincingly portrayed.