Coyote - Hardcover

Barnes, Linda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385300123 ISBN 13: 9780385300124

Publisher: Delacorte Press, 1990

Synopsis

The visit of a mysterious Hispanic woman requesting aid in discovering her missing green card embroils Boston private detective Carlotta Carlyle in the dangerous world of illegal aliens, the "coyotes" who prey on them, and murder

About this title

From the Publisher:

A blazing redhead, a loner with a cabbie's license and a mean volleyball spike, Carlotta Carlyle has a talent for trouble. Tonight her mysterious client speaks broken English and clutches a newspaper detailing the discovery of a mutilated body in the Boston Fens. The corpse has an immigrant's green card and that card, the client claims, belong to her. She wants it back. But who is she? Where has she gone? And why do all the leads connect her to Paolina, Carlotta's charming urban "little sister"? Paolina won't talk. And suddenly Carlotta is plunged deep inside the desperate world of illegal aliens, the cold-hearted immigration agents who hunt them down, and the deadly "coyotes" who lead even innocent young girls to the slaughter.

"Move over Spenser. Make permanent room on the streets of Boston for another sleuth who's big (six foot one), strong, and tough as nails but soft at the core." -- Entertainment Weekly

"One of the most sparkling and irresistible heroines ever to grace the pages of a whodunit!" -- Chicago Sun-Times

"[Carlotta is] the genuine article: a straightforward, funny, thoroughly American mystery heroine." -- New York Post

From the Back Cover:

"Carlotta Carlyle is better than ever and Coyote is the perfect vehicle." -Sue Grafton

No-nonsense Boston P.I. Carlotta Carlyle is back, and her latest job is taking her into a dark new world just beyond her front door...

Hidden In Plain Sight
When a mysterious woman asks Carlotta to help locate her missing immigration card, it looks to be a pretty straightforward assignment. That is, until the lady disappears, and the card turns up in the possession of another woman...who just happens to be dead. Suddenly the case is far too intriguing for Carlotta to drop-and when her investigation indicates that her client was somehow connected to her inner-city "little sister" Paolina, Carlotta's got an even bigger stake in seeing it through. Alongside a handsome immigration agent with some secrets of his own, she follows her leads into the treacherous underground world of illegal aliens and those who mercilessly prey upon them. It's a lawless, dangerous territory: a place where the only thing Carlotta can rely on is her own wits, and where nothing-from innocence to life itself-is sacred...

"Move over, Spenser. Make permanent room on the streets of Boston for another sleuth who's big, strong, and tough as nails but soft at the core." -Entertainment Weekly

"One of the most sparkling and irresistible heroines ever to grace the pages of a whodunit!" -Chicago Sun-Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0385300123
• ISBN 13: 9780385300124
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 257