Linda Barnes' Carlotta Carlyle series is excellent. Set in Boston, tall ex-cop Carlotta is tough, bright, and interesting to follow.

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A very good read!!

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This is the first book in the series. I really, really liked it. I will definitely read the rest in the series. Something about the main character grabbed me, I just really liked her! Well written, couldn't put it down!

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First in the series of Carlotta Carlyle mysteries, my FAVORITE mystery series, set in Boston, with terrifically-drawn characters. (Roz, Carlotta's edgy young assistant, could have been the idea behind Lizbeth Salander, had these books been Swedish :-).

Carlotta is a strong, gorgeous, 6-ft tall cab-driving (to help pay the bills when the PI work isn't pouring in), volleyball-paying, former Boston cop, whose friendship with a former cop partner provides tension with her love affair with the son of a mafia boss.....yes, she's SUCH A PROTAGONIST. She has "little sister," the bright daughter of a Columbian immigrant single mother.

Oh yes, she loves The Blues and Mary Chung's (the cult favorite restaurant of the MIT crowd) and if you have been around Boston a while you will recognize where she drives that cab.

If you love strong but feminine detective protagonists, you won't be disappointed, and if you haven't started the series yet, you have 10 of these great little novels after this one! Having read all 11, I am eagerly hoping for another one soon!

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The first in the Carlotta Carlyle series, the author takes a little time at the beginning to introduce us to the main character who will anchor the series. She is interesting and fun, smart and adventurous. She takes a case of a missing brother, but the plot has more twists and turns, with surprises along the way, just the way a good mystery book should. I will surely read more in this newly-found series.

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I have always loved this series, but I had never read this particular book. Strong, well-developed characters, good dialogue, and tight plot.

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1st book of Carlotta Carlyle series. Carlotta is an ex Boston cop now a private investigator. She is asked by Miss Margaret Devens to help find her missing brother, Eugene, who is a cab driver. Carlotta finds a scam of laundered money and drug running among Bostin-Irish politics. I listened to the audio version and found this book to be very entertaining. I'll be listening to the 2nd book very shortly. Recommend.

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nice mystery .. also a series.. not really a cozy ..more hard-boiled

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