Cold Case - Carlotta Carlyle, Bk 7 Author:Linda Barnes A case almost a quarter of a century cold turns red hot again when Linda Barnes's detective and part-time cabby, Carlotta Carlyle, gets ensnared in the hunt for the source of a manuscript in the unmistakable voice of Thea Janis, the young literary sensation who disappeared twenty-four years ago at the height of her fame. — Now, pages from an ... more »inflammatory new manuscript are appearing, written in a voice that could be none other than Thea's. But a madman sits in a Massachusetts state prison, convicted of her murder. The "Cold Case" squad of the Boston Police won't touch this one -- they want to keep it irrevocably closed. Thea's brother, a dashing politician, is in the middle of a hotly contested gubernatorial race and has other problems, with a fiery young wife and a reputation for ruthlessness. Thea's older sister has withdrawn into her own oblivion. And her aristocratic mother finds her refuge in a bottle.
Who wrote the new manuscript? Who is sending it piecemeal to Thea's family, demanding chapter-by-chapter blackmail? Who is playing games with Carlotta with every loaded word? Is Thea alive or dead? Is the author a victim, a plagiarist,or a killer? Carlotta Carlyle confronts demons from the past and from the present as she peels back layer upon layer of a glittering family's dark secrets in Cold Case, her toughest and most intriguing assignment yet.« less
Carlotta is asked to find a girl who was supposed to have died 24 years ago and is now thought to be alive. Her rich brother is running for governor and does not want her found. Very good story
Boston P.I. Carlotta Carlyle is a delightful character, form her tall stature and bright red hair to her attempt to make a difference in the life of her Big-Sister-Program "little sister." In this book, Carlotta re-examines a cold case, the 24-year-old disappearance of a brilliant young writer.