Cold Case - Carlotta Carlyle, Bk 7 Author:Linda Barnes Cold hearts.... — Boston at night ebbs and flows with shadows of things deadly: A hit man with a gun...a new client with old money telling lies in P.I. Carlotta Carlyle's office...the searing truth behind the long-ago disappearance of a brilliant young writer. — Cold blood.... — Thea Janis vanished twenty-four years ago, but her cold case steal... more »s into Carlotta's life like an illicit lover. The new manuscript pages a sad-eyed man lays on Carlotta's desk are mesmerizing, written in Thea's unmistakable voice, and the story he tells draws Carlotta in as surely as the notes of a haunting blues riff just beyond her grasp.
Cold case....
Is Thea alive or dead? Who is sending the new manuscript piecemeal to Thea's family, demanding chapter-by-chapter blackmail? Is the author a victim, a plagiarist...or a killer? In Carlotta's business, blind spots lead to blind sides-and looking over her shoulder can keep her from seeing where she's going...into a past as dark and evil as they come, where old secrets turn lethal and the words of a poet can kill.« less
Carlotta is asked to find a girl who was supposed to have died 24 years ago and is now thought to be alive. Her rich brother is running for governor and does not want her found. Very good story
Boston P.I. Carlotta Carlyle is a delightful character, form her tall stature and bright red hair to her attempt to make a difference in the life of her Big-Sister-Program "little sister." In this book, Carlotta re-examines a cold case, the 24-year-old disappearance of a brilliant young writer.