The Big Dig, Linda Barnes
The Big Dig, Linda Barnes
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The Big Dig

Author: Linda Barnes

Narrator: Bernadette Quigley

Unabridged: 8 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/16/2017

Synopsis

The Boston PI excavates her city’s buried secrets in this “shrewd . . . smartly told” thriller by the Anthony Award–winning author (The New York Times). 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). Boston’s largest urban renewal undertaking in modern history draws Carlotta into an undercover gig at the site. It comes at the request of a disgruntled hardhat who suspects the multibillion-dollar project has set off a groundswell of graft, kickbacks, and fraud. The case hasn’t unearthed anything but dirt, so Carlotta is tempted into moonlighting on another: a Beacon Street socialite who’s deeply concerned about her vanishing tenant, a dog groomer named Veronica James. Since there’s no possible way Veronica would run off without her beloved Norwegian wolfhound, Carlotta’s suspicions are definitely aroused. And when her big-dig informant falls to his death in a highly dubious accident, Carlotta’s torn between two disparate investigations: an unlikely kidnapping and a likely murder . . . Until they begin to converge, “and watching Carlotta tease out their deep, disturbing connections is pure pleasure” (Kirkus Reviews). The Big Dig is the 9th book in the Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

About Linda Barnes

Linda Barnes is the author of eight previous Carlotta Carlyle mysteries and the winner of the Anthony and American Mystery Awards. She lives in the Boston area with her husband and son.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on June 10, 2008

I've read one other mystery written by this author and featuring this female private investigator. This one features the P.I. going undercover on a big freeway tunnel project in Boston. First, regarding the setting. I don't get the same feel for Boston as I do in Dennis Lehane's novels. Perhaps Leha......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on June 22, 2010

Well, I'm sorta on the fence about this book. I might be at a disadvantage because there are other books in this series I haven't read. (I didn't know that until I was half way into this one though). It was good, espically the ending. However, I am on the fence about the main character. I plan on st......more

Goodreads review by Chuck on March 13, 2022

The Big Dig is a mystery novel that is perhaps more interesting for its location than the actual story. Author Linda Barnes features a 6'1", red-headed female private investigator in Boston. Carlotta Carlyle is tough as nails, but funny and compassionate. In this story she is hired to infiltrate a co......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on October 14, 2021

As a big fan of the Carlotta Carlyle novels this feels very much like a change in direction for the main characters with several of the familiar characters reduced to minor roles. Carlotta is now employed by Eddie Conklin to go undercover to look into a possible fraud on the real life Boston buildin......more

Goodreads review by Phyllis on February 16, 2023

I picked this book up at the library because I had heard the main character described as another Kinsey Millhone. I really liked Sue Grafton's alphabet series, so I had to read at least one of Linda Barnes' Carlotta Carlyle books. The Big Dig was very good, but I enjoyed the Grafton books more. Mayb......more

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