Colene A. (colene) reviewed on 7/22/2010 + 44 more book reviews

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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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