Flashpoint: A Carlotta Carlyle Novel (The Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries #8)

By: Linda Barnes

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Synopsis: The Boston PI tries not to get scorched when an arsonist targets her. &“I&’m crazy about Carlotta! More! More! More!&” (Sue Grafton). 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). Carlotta Carlyle knows all about urban survival. That&’s why she&’s happy to do her neighbor, Valentine, a favor like this one. The elderly recluse needs help burglar-proofing her rent-controlled apartment. But it seems Valentine&’s fears are more immediate and threatening than she&’s letting on. Because just twenty-four hours later, the old woman turns up dead in her ransacked home. Finding out who&’d want to kill a nice old lady lands Carlotta on the heels of a hotshot music executive claiming to be Valentine&’s last living relative, a real-estate mogul with a knack for eviction, and Valentine&’s terrified healthcare worker. But when Carlotta becomes the target of an arsonist, she knows she&’s on to something hot: a city-wide conspiracy that Beantown&’s top brass want dead and buried—along with the woman who knew too much. Delivering a &“twisty plot, colorful language, and even more colorful characters&” (The Dallas Morning News), &“Flashpoint further cements Carlotta&’s place in the pantheon of contemporary P.I.s&” (Chicago Tribune).