Linda Barnes crea narrativas de misterio cautivadoras que profundizan en tramas intrincadas y la profundidad psicológica de sus personajes. Su voz distintiva y su enfoque innovador la han establecido como una contribuyente significativa al género. Los lectores se sienten atraídos por su habilidad para crear historias llenas de suspense y memorables que exploran las complejidades de la naturaleza humana. El trabajo de Barnes ofrece una lente única para examinar los aspectos más oscuros e intrigantes del mundo.
There's a mysterious woman who speaks broken English sitting in Carlotta's office with a newspaper clipping about a mutilated corpse. Suddenly Carlotta is plunged into the desperate world of illegal aliens, the cold-hearted immigration agents who hunt them down, and the deadly "coyotes" who bring the innocents across the border.
A case almost a quarter of a century cold turns red-hot again as Linda Barnes's detective and parttime cabbie, Carlotta Carlyle, searches for the source of a manuscript in the unmistakable voice of Thea Janis, the stunning literary sensation who disappeared twenty-four years ago at the height of her fame. Who wrote the new manuscript? Who is sending it piecemeal to Thea's family, demanding chapter-by-chapter blackmail? Who is playing games with Carlotta with every loaded word? Is Thea alive or dead? Is the author a victim, a plagiarist...or a killer? Carlotta Carlyle confronts demons from the past and from the present as she peels back layer upon layer of a glittering family's dark secrets in Cold Case, her most gripping investigation yet.
A Carlotta Carlyle Mystery
The first installment in the Carlotta Carlyle series introduces readers to ex-Boston cop and private investigator Carlotta Carlyle, who recognizes trouble when it appears—like the elderly lady offering cash to locate her missing brother. After being dismissed from the Boston police for insubordination, Carlotta has become a private investigator, handling cases from lost pets to serious crimes. Standing six feet tall with striking red hair, she operates her business from home, where unexpected clients are rare. However, when the genteel Miss Margaret Devens approaches her about her brother Eugene's disappearance, Carlotta decides to take the case, despite her financial struggles and light caseload. She remembers Eugene from their time at Green and White Cab, thinking the investigation will be straightforward. But things take a turn when two thugs targeting her client send Miss Devens to the hospital. As Carlotta delves deeper, she uncovers that Eugene's involvement is far more dangerous than anticipated. Determined to find him, she is willing to work with the police, assume different identities, and even return to driving a cab to solve the mystery before it’s too late.
Tall, redheaded PI Carlotta Carlyle faces two cases of family obsession--a mother tormented by the suspicious death of her daughter and a daughter determined to find her elusive father--in her latest outing from the acclaimed author of Steel Guitar.
Boston P.I. Carlotta Carlyle's allegedly unfaithful fiancé disappears right after his supposed mistress turns up dead.
Written by the author of four Michael Spraggue Mysteries and the short story "Lucky Penny", featuring Carlotta Carlyle, which won the Shamus Award for Best P.I. Short Story and the Anthony Award for Best Short Story, this is another story involving Carlotta Carlyle.
Carlotta thinks shes doing a friend a simple favor when she agrees to burglar-proof an elderly recluses apartment. But twenty-four hours later the woman turns up dead, her apartment ransacked, and Carlotta is left with entertainment moguls and real estate magnates breathing down her neck, as well as a lot of questions. Filled with gripping plot twists and razor-sharp dialogue, Flashpoint confirms Carlottas place as the hottest leading lady in detective fiction.
Carlotta Carlyle--part-time cab driver, full-time private eye--returns, taking on the night shift and a case that turns into a matter of life and death
Harvard professor Wilson Chaney's position in life is hanging by a thread; his marriage, his reputation, not to mention his tenure at Harvard are in the hands of a blackmailer, someone threatening to sell Chaney's secrets at very high prices. His enviable life could disappear into thin air should the blackmailer's evidence - proof of his affair with a young student - become public knowledge.So he hires Boston private investigator Carlotta Carlyle to track down the blackmailer and put a stop to the scheme. Can she do it? Of course, but should she? The professor doesn't inspire much loyalty-after all, he did commit adultery with one of his own students-but Carlotta agrees. Digging into the case, nosing around Harvard and the possible suspects from the rest of Dr. Chaney's life, she uncovers a suspicious death as part of the backstory to Dr. Chaney's situation. Suddenly Carlotta's sixth sense is telling her the case might be more complicated-and more dangerous-than it first seemed. Fresh from the success of The Big Dig, the masterful Linda Barnes delivers a bold and engaging novel infused with the deft touch and intricate suspense that have become her trademarks.
Carlotta's friend, Mooney, one of the few honest cops around in Boston, was buying a drink in a bar when he was attacked by a man with a knife. In self-defence he knocked him into a coma. His only hope is now to find the only witness he can remember. The author also wrote A Trouble of Fools.
