Cold Case (A Carlotta Carlyle mystery) - Softcover

Barnes, Linda

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9780340640227: Cold Case (A Carlotta Carlyle mystery)

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ISBN 10: 0340640227 ISBN 13: 9780340640227

Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks, 1997

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Private investigator and Boston taxi driver Carlotta is searching for the truth about the disappearance of a young author, Thea Janis, who vanished more than 20 years ago. Then a new manuscript arrives, which could only have been written by Thea. But a madman has been convicted of her murder.

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Review:

"[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] 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] 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] 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] 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� 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"

From the Back Cover:

LOST SO YOUNG
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.

A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE
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.

A TRAIL GONE COLD IGNITES ANEW
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.

"An intricate, whodunit-and-why...Barnes is an adroit storyteller and she makes her large cast of interesting characters come alive."
--Chicago Tribune

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