Author: Linda Barnes Year: 1997 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery
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ISBNs: 9780312932664 0312932669 |
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Hired to find a missing novelist, Boston private investigator Carlotta Carlyle gets tangled up in a cutthroat political campaign 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 Thea's comes to Carlotta claiming to have evidence that Thea is alive'and still writing. He begs Carlotta to find the onetime prodigy, but there are powerful people, including Thea's prominent family of Boston politicians, who want Thea's 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 people's 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.
This book is part of the "Carlotta Carlyle" series. Here are some other books from this series:
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 | "Deep Pockets" First published in 2004 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Big Dig" First published in 2002 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Flashpoint" First published in 1999 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Hardware" First published in 1995 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Snapshot" First published in 1993 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Steel Guitar" First published in 1991 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Snake Tattoo" First published in 1989 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "A Trouble of Fools" First published in 1987 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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