- Mass Market Paperback
- Publisher: Fawcett; Reissue edition (Sep 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0449216403
- ISBN-13: 978-0449216408
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 9.9 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,847,762 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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It's the kind of case that has "NO!" written all over it. But ex-cop Carlotta Carlyle has a p.i. license getting moldy from disuse, so she takes on the search for a little old lady's missing brother. After all, how much trouble could an aging cabbie get into?
Plenty, Carlotta learns, as she uncovers a scam of laundered money and drug running, all mixed together in that dangerously powerful brew known as Boston-Irish politics.
"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
Plenty, Carlotta learns, as she uncovers a scam of laundered money and drug running, all mixed together in that dangerously powerful brew known as Boston-Irish politics.
"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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3.9 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Read these in order!, 16 Jan 2001
By A. L. Rubinkowski "alr3" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Trouble of Fools (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:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Introduces Carlotta, pretty typical female PI book, 13 Nov 2000
By Carol Peterson Hennekens - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Trouble of Fools (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:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Totally Satisfying, 15 July 2002
By Wendy Kaplan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Trouble of Fools (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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