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"[A] vivid puzzler and a walloping good read lay in the supply of midnight oil before you pick up this book." --"Albuquerque"" Journal"
"A satisfyingly complex tale!" --"Entertainment Weekly"
"A must for every mystery fan. Barnes is a master storyteller, and her latest--in a series that just keeps getting better--is a riveting read that is at once poignant, funny, sad, suspenseful, and hopeful." --"Booklist"
"Barnes continues to write some of the best female detective mysteries on the market today. Readers will dive into the action from start to finish. Carlotta is a great female sleuth and the supporting cast adds dichotomous local color to the tale." --Harriet Klausner, "Painted Rock Reviews"
"Engrossing .The pages keep turning." --"Publishers Weekly"
"Compelling." --"Kirkus Reviews"
"Absorbing . . . Barnes keeps readers flipping pages....The quickly paced tale neatly balances thought and action, past events and present consequences." --"Orlando"" Sentinel"
"Cold Case is as good as it gets! Linda Barnes is one of today's best authors, mystery or not. Each new book gives us the best in writing, plot and character development." --"Kate's Mystery Books"
"A satisfyingly complex tale!" --"Entertainment Weekly"
"A must for every mystery fan. Barnes is a master storyteller, and her latest--in a series that just keeps getting better--is a riveting read that is at once poignant, funny, sad, suspenseful, and hopeful." --"Booklist"
"Barnes continues to write some of the best female detective mysteries on the market today. Readers will dive into the action from start to finish. Carlotta is a great female sleuth and the supporting cast adds dichotomous local color to the tale." --Harriet Klausner, "Painted Rock Reviews"
"Engrossing .The pages keep turning." --"Publishers Weekly"
"Compelling." --"Kirkus Reviews"
"Absorbing . . . Barnes keeps readers flipping pages....The quickly paced tale neatly balances thought and action, past events and present consequences." --"Orlando"" Sentinel"
"Cold Case is as good as it gets! Linda Barnes is one of today's best authors, mystery or not. Each new book gives us the best in writing, plot and character development." --"Kate's Mystery Books"
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Twenty-four years ago, teen prodigy Thea Janis vanished from her upper crust Boston prep school. At first, called a runaway, she's later named among the victims of a serial killer, a man doing life in Walpole Prison. Then, a new manuscript appears in her family's mailbox. The words cry out from the printed pages, Thea's voice unmistakable even a quarter century since the girl's mysterious disappearance. A new client bearing a dead man's name turns up in the office of P.I. Carlotta Carlyle, looking for her help in finding whoever is sending the book - even if it turns out to be Thea herself. The investigation leads Carlotta to a prominent Boston family, with deep connections and even deeper pockets, and which badly wants the tragic past to stay buried. But, after a hit man tries to write his own ending to the saga, the cold case suddenly goes white hot - and Carlotta may be the one who ends up getting burned.
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
cold case is exciting and magnifying in all the right places. Has a tendency to babble but the writting style of Barnes makes it worth reading reguardless. Has all energy of fast moving thriller but also makes you feel at home with the characters. 4 star stunner, and it's not even the best of her work.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Interesting plot
22 Oct 2004
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Intrepid private investigator Carlotta Carlyle is approached by a man who claims that he has received a manuscript written by a girl who disappeared as a young teenager some 24 years ago. The girl, Thea Janis, wrote a brilliant and successful book at a very early age and then disappeared. When Carlotta begins to investigate, she finds that Thea was reported dead many years ago. She begins to investigate Thea's wealthy and politically-active family and begins to uncover some skeletons in the closet. She works with her old police buddy, Mooney, and after several red herrings, begins to unravel a tangled web of lies and deceit that run very deep in Thea's family. Some of the familiar elements of this series are missing in this book. Carlotta plays nary a game of volleyball and her little sister Paolina is absent until the very end of the book. A parting of the ways occurs between Carlotta and her current lover with suddenness and fury over a seemingly minor matter. Also, the presence of Paolina's father lurks furtively in the shadows, but never really makes an impact on the story. Other than this, readers should enjoy this entry in the series.
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Bad Girl
30 Oct 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Having worked with numerous investigators over the past 16 years, I am sure I would have lost my license to practice law if Carlotta was working on my cases. I don't expect mysteries to be "true", but at least they should not border on science fiction. I was tempted to start a count of how many criminal laws the ex cop turned investigator broke but gave up. Don't even mention ethics.
I know that lawyers, especially criminal defense lawyers, are supposed to be the slime of the earth. Maybe so, but Carlotta was way slimier than any attorney I have ever known.
Great mystery writer
25 Jun 2011
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is another great Linda Barnes mystery. I enjoy her books - plots are well-done, characters are developed, plus the stories take place in Boston, where I lived for many years. Fun reading!
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