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Indlæser... The Snake Tattoo (original 1989; udgave 2004)af Linda Barnes
Værk informationSyndebuk af Linda Barnes (1989)
   Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.   derailer | Jan 25, 2024 |  V I Warshawski, and Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Milhone. Another member of that group, although one who seemed to draw less recognition than her counterparts, was Carlotta Carlyle, the tall, flame-headed, guitar playing protagonist of an entertaining series of novels by Linda Barnes. Based in Boston, Carlotta is, like many of her fictional PIs, a former cop. One of the pitfalls of the private sector is that the work doesn’t always flow smoothly, so to help make ends meet, Carlotta can often be found on the night shift driving a cab, which also gives her access to unconventional sources of information. She has also maintained friendships with several of her former colleagues on the local force, although one of the reasons she had quit was the all too prevalent spectre of corruption, and the influence of local politics. After a relatively lean period, she suddenly finds herself with two cases to follow. One is brought to her by a former colleague who has been suspended following allegations tat he beat up a suspect arrested after an altercation in a bar. The other is to find a teenaged girl who seems to have run away from home and her exclusive private school. The stories are related in the first person by Carlotta, and she has an engaging style. The action moves at a brisk pace, peppered with Carlotta’s wry observations on the city around her and the shady characters whom she encounters. The plots are well constructed, and watertight. There are no frills, just clear, concise storytelling. (  ) Eyejaybee | Dec 5, 2022 | ) raizel | Aug 4, 2015 | SuziQoregon | Mar 31, 2013 | ) Fernandame | Oct 21, 2010 | ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Tilhører serienCarlotta Carlyle (2)
Hailed by Sue Grafton as "a true original," ex-cop turned private eye Carlotta Carlyle risks her neck in Boston's Combat Zone for two very different clients Carlotta Carlyle is halfway through a pizza when her former boss, Lieutenant Mooney of the Boston Police, shows up at her door needing help even more than Carlotta needs a case. In a Combat Zone bar, Mooney got into a scrap with a stranger over a woman. Now the stranger is comatose, the woman has vanished, and Mooney has been suspended. He wants Carlotta to find the blond hooker with a snake tattoo who witnessed the brawl, and who can exonerate him. Doing surveillance in the Zone, Carlotta gets a second case. A ritzy prep school kid with a bloody lip hires her to find his missing girlfriend. Drawn into two different yet equally dangerous worlds where dead bodies are showing up, Carlotta has only two weeks to save the most honest cop in Boston from going to jail, and to find a girl whose privileged parents don't seem to care that she's run away. The Snake Tattoo was named an outstanding book of the year by the London Times. The Snake Tattoo is the 2nd book in the Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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