Steel Guitar

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A Boston PI tries to help a musician friendand find a murdererin this gripping mystery by an Anthony Awardwinning author (Publishers Weekly).

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).

She may be Bostons most tenacious private detective, but by night, Carlotta Carlyle is just another cab driver hustling for an honest buck. When blues superstar Dee Willis climbs into her cab, Carlotta isnt starstruckshes shocked. The two women were friends in college, right up until the day Dee ran off with Carlottas husband. Now Dee is back in town to play a sold-out concert and Carlotta is too surprised to introduce herselfor to wonder why her old pal is asking to be dropped off in one of Bostons roughest neighborhoods.

After saving the blues diva from being ripped to shreds, Carlotta agrees to help her track down an old friend. Soon, a blackmail plot concerning stolen song lyrics is uncovered and a corpse is found in Dees hotel room. Carlotta will have to work fast to keep her old friend from becoming yet another casualty of the blues.

Steel Guitar is the 4th book in the Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Reviews

Another of Barness superb mixes of warmth, enthusiasm, clever plotting, vivid characters, and overall brio. Kirkus Reviews

The most refreshing, creative female character to hit mystery fiction since Sue Graftons Kinsey Millhone. People

Cleverly plotted and zestfully related.... A characteristically gripping tale, packed with taut, energy-charged images. Publishers Weekly

Carlottatall, vivacious, sensitiveunravels all the knots with breathtaking verve, leaving the reader gasping for more. Super. Library Journal

Carlotta is terrific company. The New York Times

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.