Lie Down with the Devil, Linda Barnes
Lie Down with the Devil, Linda Barnes
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Lie Down with the Devil

Author: Linda Barnes

Narrator: C.J. Critt

Unabridged: 10 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/23/2008


Synopsis

A jittery bride-to-be draws the Boston PI into an “utterly compelling” case of betrayal and dangerous love (Publisher Weekly, starred review). 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). On the outs with her secretive mob boss lover, Sam Gianelli, Carlotta occupies herself with a seemingly routine case. She feels an immediate bond with her new client, Jessie Franklin. Right now, both women are dealing with issues of trust. For Jessie, it’s the man she’s soon to marry. Tipped off that he’s cheating on her, she wants Carlotta to tail him. No sooner does Carlotta get a track on the likely cad, than Jessie is killed by a hit-and-run driver. But when the accident is ruled a homicide, Carlotta discovers that Jessie has being lying about everything—including her name and her fiancé. But it’s the reason for roping Carlotta into the deception that has the sleuth on edge. Because Carlotta’s the number one suspect in the murder. Now she must investigate her own past—and Gianelli’s—to save her neck. Only one thing is certain: “The course of mobbed-up love never runs smooth [in this] startling new chapter in the heroine’s checkered personal life” (Kirkus Reviews).

About Linda Barnes

Linda Barnes is the author of sixteen previous novels, including her Carlotta Carlyle mystery series. Her work has won the Anthony and American Mystery Awards, and received numerous nominations for the Edgar and Shamus Awards. She was born in Detroit and now lives in the Boston area with her husband and son.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathy on April 09, 2018

Yet another enjoyable read, with such a satisfying ending I can put Carlotta on the shelf for now. The pace of these books makes it hard to put the book down once started. Carlotta is hired by a young woman who could have been an award-wining actress. She uses a false name and manages to slip by Roz......more

Goodreads review by Deborah on December 02, 2008

I'm not sure if Linda Barnes is ending this series, but the ending of the book-- a very satisfying ending, by the way -- feels a little like it. Though it could be that she's just moving in a new direction with the series. In a way, this reminded me a little bit of some of later books in Rick Riorda......more

Goodreads review by Jeannine on December 06, 2020

While I like this one, it's not my favorite of the ones I've read. Admittedly, I'm not reading them in order so that can sometimes have an effect. Carlotta takes on a new case for an upset young woman who believes her fiance is cheating on her. Turns out the woman is not who she says she is and when......more