The Snake Tattoo (Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries) - Softcover

Barnes, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312993552 ISBN 13: 9780312993559

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2004

Synopsis

Carlotta Carlyle, ex-cop, struggling private eye, and 6'1" of long tall redhead, takes any case that walks through the door. This time the door opens twice. First in is her old partner, Lieutenant Mooney of the Boston police, unfairly charged with brutality, suspended, and desperate. The witness who can clear him is a hooker with a snake tattoo...and she's vanished.

The second client is a teenager with a missing wallet and a split lip. He's been roughed up on the Boston streets while searching for his runaway girlfriend. He's too young to be a client, and Carlotta should have turned him down. Shoulda, woulda, coulda...didn't.

Both investigation send Carlotta into Boston's Combat Zone and the dark alleys of the human heart. Hookers don't disappear and kids don't take off with good reason. Now Carlotta is coming face to face with the evil that men do, and what is she going to do about it? Tackle it head on....

About this title

From the Back Cover:

See No Evil...
Carlotta Carlyle, ex-cop, struggling private eye, and 6'1" of long tall redhead, takes any case that walks through the door. This time the door opens twice. First in is her old partner, Lt. Mooney of the Boston Police, unfairly charged with brutality, suspended, and desperate. The witness who can clear him is a hooker with a snake tattoo...and she's vanished.

Or Dare To Face It...
The second client is a teenager with a missing wallet and a split lip. He's been roughed up on the Boston streets while searching for his runaway girlfriend. He's too young to be a client, and Carlotta should have turned him down. Shoulda, woulda, coulda...didn't.

With Eyes Wide Open.
Both investigations send Carlotta into Boston's Combat Zone and the dark alleys of the human heart. Hookers don't disappear and kids don't take off without good reason. Now Carlotta is coming face to face with the evil that men do, and what is she going to do about it? Tackle it head on....

From the Inside Flap:

ivileged Emerson student and a hooker from the Combat Zone have in common? They are both missing--and both areta Carlyle in her Boston cab! "A riveting, well-told story."--Publishers Weekly. HC: St. Martin's.

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0312993552
• ISBN 13: 9780312993559
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320