Cold Case

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Hired to find a missing novelist, Boston private investigator Carlotta Carlyle gets tangled up in a cutthroat political campaign

Six-foot-tall, redheaded ex-cop and Boston-based private eye Carlotta Carlyle is the genuine article: a straightforward, funny, thoroughly American mystery heroine (New York Post).

Thea Janis was a literary Mozart. She published her first novel at age fourteen, shocking the upper crust of Boston with her frank depiction of blue-blooded indiscretions, and she seemed to have a magnificent career ahead of her. But before Thea could publish her follow-up novel, she mysteriously disappeared and was eventually named as a victim of a serial killer.

Twenty-four years later, an admirer of Theas comes to Carlotta claiming to have evidence that Thea is aliveand still writing. He begs Carlotta to find the onetime prodigy, but there are powerful people, including Theas prominent family of Boston politicians, who want Theas second book to stay buried. As a take-no-prisoners gubernatorial race speeds to its climax, Carlotta discovers a secret that could upend the campaign, endanger peoples lives, and rewrite literary history.

Cold Case is the 7th book in the Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Reviews

With a stylish pro like Barnes doing the plotting, this chilling case wont leave you cold. People

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

Absorbing... Barnes keeps readers flipping pages. Orlando Sentinel

Barnes is a master storyteller, and her latestin a series that just keeps getting betteris a riveting read that is at once poignant, funny, sad, suspenseful, and hopeful. A must for every mystery fan! Booklist

A satisfying, complex tale. Entertainment Weekly

Author Bio

Linda Barnes is the award-winning author of the Carlotta Carlyle mystery series. Her witty, private investigator heroine has been hailed as a true original by Sue Grafton. Barnes has also written the Michael Spraggue mystery series and a stand-alone novel, The Perfect Ghost. A winner of the Anthony Award and an Edgar and Shamus Award finalist, she lives in the Boston area with her husband and son. You can visit her at www.LindaBarnes.com.