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The award-winning author's Boston PI returns in a mystery "destined to secure Barnes' position in the hotshot ranks of detective fiction" (Arizona Republic). 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 is sorting through her junk mail when she finds a snapshot of a newborn baby she has never seen before. One week later, another arrives show more showing the same child one year older. The next week, a third arrives. As the deliveries continue, Carlotta becomes obsessed with this unnamed little girl and is drawn into one of the most dangerous assignments of her career. The girl was named Rebecca and she died of leukemia at the age of seven. Her grief-stricken mother has never been able to accept what happened, so she hires Carlotta to investigate the highly regarded hospital where someone on staff seems to have forgotten the most important lesson of a doctor's training: Do no harm. Snapshot is the 5th book in the Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. show lessTags
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Mysterious photographs lead to a grieving mother who may or may not have seen something suspicious when her daughter died. Add in medical intrigue, problems with P.I. Carlotta's Little Sister, seemingly unrelated murders, and, weirdly, the theft of her full trash cans, & the result is a mystery full of twists & turns & surprises. One quibble I had is that all the men in the book seem to find Carlotta irresistible. Irritating.
Another fun female detective series.
A series of photographs start off this, the 5th Carlotta Carlyle mystery, in which the pharmaceutical industry both legal and illegal plays a deadly hand.
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Linda Barnes is a writer and educator. She was born in Detroit, Michigan. Barnes graduated from Boston University's School of Fine and Applied Arts majoring in acting, theater education, and English. After graduation, Barnes taught theater in a Massachusetts high school. She wrote a one-act play that won a contest sponsored by the Boston Globe. show more The play Wings was published and performed across the country. Barnes' first crime novel was published in 1981 and featured an amateur detective named Michael Spraggue. She continued with a series of books that featured Spraggue until a short story featured a new detective named Carlotta Carlyle. The first book in that series, A Trouble of Fools, won the American Mystery Award for best private eye novel of 1987. Barnes won the Anthony Award for Best Short Story for Lucky Penny in 1986. Some of her other works include Deep Pockets, Heart Of The World and Lie Down With The Devil. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Snapshot
- Original title
- Snapshot
- Original publication date
- 1993
- People/Characters
- Carlotta Carlyle
- Important places
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Dedication*
- Para mi hermana, Carol
- First words*
- Alljährlich im April pflegte meine Mutter ihre eigene Version des Seder zum traditionellen Passahfest zu feiern.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Die Mülltonnen sind heimgekehrt."
- Original language*
- Amerikanisch
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