- Paperback: 253 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group; Reprint edition (Jan 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0440212685
- ISBN-13: 978-0440212683
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,283,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Carlotta Carlyle and Dee Willis once sang in harmony. Now Dee has a skyrocketing music career, while Carlotta drives a cab, dates a mafia scion, and looks for missing persons in Boston. But the miles they've traveled can't change what they once had, or keep it from coming back to haunt them.
Dee wants Carlotta to find the man who once worked magic with a guitar, but now dabbles in blackmail -- claiming to be the author of three of Dee's hit songs. When Carlottas stats searching Boston's backwaters she finds a pattern of corruption that leads back to Dee's entourage . . .and then to a dead body in Dee's swank hotel room. Carlotta knows that this gig isn't just about song titles, money, or even murder. Instead, this is the kind of stuff the saddest songs are made of: the past, and what happens when the innocence dies forever.
Dee wants Carlotta to find the man who once worked magic with a guitar, but now dabbles in blackmail -- claiming to be the author of three of Dee's hit songs. When Carlottas stats searching Boston's backwaters she finds a pattern of corruption that leads back to Dee's entourage . . .and then to a dead body in Dee's swank hotel room. Carlotta knows that this gig isn't just about song titles, money, or even murder. Instead, this is the kind of stuff the saddest songs are made of: the past, and what happens when the innocence dies forever.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
My favourite Carlotta Carlyle,
By gwensi (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Steel Guitar (Carlotta Carlyle Mystery) (Mass Market Paperback)
I love this book - it's definitely my favourite from the series. In this one we learn a bit about Carlotta's past and meet her ex-husband. If you're new to the series think Stephanie Plum with heart instead of silliness, or Sue Grafton with good writing and an engaging heroine. All the other books in the series are good, but I'd particularly recommend The Snake Tattoo.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews) 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Deserves a Reprint!,
By Wendy Kaplan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Steel Guitar: A Carlotta Carlyle Mystery (Hardcover)
If you can find this book, grab it. Number four in the Carlotta Carlyle mystery series, it offers a great deal of interesting background into Carlotta's life, none of which has been discussed in any depth in the previous three books.The plot centers around an old friend/enemy, Dee Willis, now a blues/rock superstar. In Boston for a major gig, Dee looks up her old pal Carlotta, not for old times' sake, but to help find a missing mutual friend from long ago, a fine blues guitarist who fell into a life of drugs and booze. There's a serious reason why Dee wants Carlotta to find Davey--but doing so unlocks emotions for Carlotta that she'd rather keep buried. Emotions due to the fact that, way back when she and Dee were in the same band, Dee stole Carlotta's husband, bass guitarist Cal. Carlotta agrees to find Davey, but in doing so, she has to slog through old business and old feelings--and confront Cal, something she has never been able to do since he left her. A good mystery, a good story, and a real key into Carlotta. I don't know why it's out of print! 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Carlotta confronts her past,
By Karen Potts - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Steel Guitar (Paperback)
Carlotta Carlyle gets a surprise customer in her taxi one night. It's Dee Willis, a famous singer, who used to be Carlotta's best friend until she stole Carlotta's husband from her. Dee now needs Carlotta's help in finding Davey, a mutual friend of theirs. Davey is accusing Dee of stealing songs which he wrote and passing them off as her own. Carlotta's investigation brings her in contact with several old friends, including her ex-husband. As usual, she is conflicted about her love life, which in this book includes three different men. As in her other books, Linda Barnes writes an interesting tale with a good plot and well-defined characters.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun Read with Female Sleuth,
By Bonnie Brody "Book Lover and Knitter" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Steel Guitar (Carlotta Carlyle Mystery) (Mass Market Paperback)
I'll make this review short and sweet.
This is another book in the 'Carlotta' series. I found it fast-moving with a likeable female private eye. The novel deals with rock and roll, plagiarism, the blues, blackmail and past secrets. It is juicy and fun. I recommend for the beach or plane. It's a good page-turner. |
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