- Hardcover: 214 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (1 Nov 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340488700
- ISBN-13: 978-0340488706
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"Carlotta [is] pure gold."?"Publishers Weekly"
"Beautifully plotted, exciting, moving, and leavened with wit."--Robert B. Parker
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"Carlotta Carlyle is one of the most refreshing private eyes to come along. [She] is the spunky sort of gal you'd like to have for a sister or best friend. She's loyal, warm, persistent, intelligent, savvy--all the right stuff...[a] challenging and inventive plot."--"Indianapolis"" News"
"Carlotta bristles with vitality and a slightly sardonic view of herself and the world. She's smart but not smart-alecky; the plot is bizarre but never beyond reason. Engaging and engrossing all the way."
--"Kirkus Reviews"
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"You will be caught up in Carlotta's adventures. For she is one of the most sparkling, most irresistible heroines ever to grace the pages of a whodunit it's top-drawer all the way."--"Chicago"" Sun-Times"
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"Even in the detective-glutted Boston area, it's hard to miss Carlotta Carlyle this is an author who's nobody's fool when it comes to writing a slick lively story that's all in good fun."--"St. Petersburg"" Times"
--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
"Beautifully plotted, exciting, moving, and leavened with wit."--Robert B. Parker
""
"Carlotta Carlyle is one of the most refreshing private eyes to come along. [She] is the spunky sort of gal you'd like to have for a sister or best friend. She's loyal, warm, persistent, intelligent, savvy--all the right stuff...[a] challenging and inventive plot."--"Indianapolis"" News"
"Carlotta bristles with vitality and a slightly sardonic view of herself and the world. She's smart but not smart-alecky; the plot is bizarre but never beyond reason. Engaging and engrossing all the way."
--"Kirkus Reviews"
""
"You will be caught up in Carlotta's adventures. For she is one of the most sparkling, most irresistible heroines ever to grace the pages of a whodunit it's top-drawer all the way."--"Chicago"" Sun-Times"
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"Even in the detective-glutted Boston area, it's hard to miss Carlotta Carlyle this is an author who's nobody's fool when it comes to writing a slick lively story that's all in good fun."--"St. Petersburg"" Times"
--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
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Ms Carlotta Carlyle, a 6'1", red-headed Boston cop, takes on an assignment from a nice little old lady, Mary Devens, and looks like earning some easy money at last. But, as she stumbles into the Mafia-ridden Boston underworld, it looks more like costing her her life. The author has written four "Michael Spraggue Mysteries", and "Lucky Penny" which won the Shamus Award for best P.I. short story and the Anthony Award for best short story.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Read these in order!
16 Jan 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
One does a disservice to an author/series if one reads book #3 or #4 or #5 and then goes back to read #1. Characters develop, relationships develop, and authors develop. I read this first Carlotta Carlyle book before I read the rest, and enjoyed it just fine. Yes, the following books get better as they go along, but you'll have missed out on several important relationship/character points if you don't read this one before you read the others.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Introduces Carlotta, pretty typical female PI book
13 Nov 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Having read and enjoyed several of the later Carlotta Carlye books, I thought I'd check out this first book. As a first book goes, it's solid but not stunning. Carlotta and her supporting cast (crazy artist roomie, cab drivers, "little sister") are all interesting enough. The plot seems a bit contrived. The blues music interest doesn't quite ring true. It's as if the author was told to give your character and interesting hobby.
Bottom line -- Don't go out of your way to read this book but at the same time, don't let it put you off from later books in the series, some of which are great reads.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Totally Satisfying
15 July 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
If this book were a film, it would definitely be noir. I imagined everything in black and white throughout my quick gallop through these wonderful pages.
Having never read a Linda Barnes mystery before, I was enthralled by the gritty language, the down-and-dirty description of the Boston streets, the no-nonsense tone, and above all, the main character, PI Carlotta Carlyle.
Written in the mid 80s, this book is not outdated in the least. The plot concerns a group of Irish-American cabbies, all over 50, who may be running money and guns for the now-severly-restricted IRA. Accidentally stumbling into their activities while investigating a missing persons case, Carlotta finds herself in very deep trouble--the kind that can easily end in murder.
This is a perfect book to devour one lazy afternoon while shutting the rest of the world out. I loved it, and intend to sample more Linda Barnes mysteries from now on.
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