The Big Dig
By Linda Barnes
3.5/5
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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.
Linda Barnes
Linda Barnes is the award-winning author of the Carlotta Carlyle mystery series. Her witty, private investigator heroine has been hailed as “a true original” by Sue Grafton. Barnes has also written the Michael Spraggue mystery series and a stand-alone novel, The Perfect Ghost. A winner of the Anthony Award and an Edgar and Shamus Award finalist, she lives in the Boston area with her husband and son. You can visit her at www.LindaBarnes.com.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I’m sort of hit or miss with the Carlotta novels, I’ve read a few, but not all of them and not in order. As a character, I like Carlotta. She’s the same as other female P.I.s, but also like some of the men as she has a hell of a libido and isn’t ashamed of it. In this one she gives it a bit of reign with a hot construction guy. And of course she had a little personal danger on the way to solving the case, but came out OK. Maybe I’m getting too jaded and need to cut back on my detective genre novels because this one didn’t move me at all and I felt like I wasted my time reading it. I think I should intersperse other books more liberally in order to keep enjoying these.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5One of my favorite mystery series. Carlotta Carlyle is a good protag. This was not my favorite book in the series, though. Carlotta sets out to find the murderer at the Big Dig site in Boston.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5PRETTY STINKY!i don't like this series. will never read another. stupid character. stupid plot. stupid reader.