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Linda Barnes

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in Detroit, Michigan, The United States

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Mystery & Thrillers

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Linda Barnes is an American mystery writer, born and raised in Detroit, and graduated from Boston University"s School of Theater. She is best known for her series featuring Carlotta Carlyle, a 6'1" redheaded detective from Boston. Carlotta Carlyle is often compared to the hard-boiled female detectives created by Sue Grafton and Sara Paretsky. Her new novel, "The Perfect Ghost," which will be published in April, 2013, is her first stand-alone mystery.

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I adore the mystery series: for the reader, it's an opportunity to get to know a character or characters in a variety of situations and settings; for the writer it's a chance to grow those characters, to create people whose arcs extend over a period of years rather than days. I hate it when my favorite writers decide to go "out of series." And yet. . .
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	A Trouble of Fools (A Carlotta Carlyle Mystery #1) 3.87 avg rating — 3,914 ratings — published 1987 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Dig (A Carlotta Carlyle Mystery #9) 3.91 avg rating — 1,995 ratings — published 2002 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Snake Tattoo (A Carlotta Carlyle Mystery #2) 3.84 avg rating — 1,677 ratings — published 1989 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Steel Guitar (A Carlotta Carlyle Mystery, #4) 3.89 avg rating — 1,463 ratings — published 1991 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snapshot (A Carlotta Carlyle Mystery, #5) 3.88 avg rating — 1,405 ratings — published 1993 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Perfect Ghost 3.14 avg rating — 1,651 ratings — published 2013 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coyote (A Carlotta Carlyle Mystery, #3) 3.76 avg rating — 1,173 ratings — published 1990 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cold Case (A Carlotta Carlyle Mystery #7) 3.82 avg rating — 1,154 ratings — published 1997 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lie Down with the Devil (A Carlotta Carlyle Mystery #12) 3.87 avg rating — 1,054 ratings — published 2008 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flashpoint (A Carlotta Carlyle Mystery #8) 3.83 avg rating — 1,010 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)

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“If life can end in one minute - so damn quickly with no damn warning - you better do what you want to do now right this minute. Because your next minute might not happen.”
― Linda Barnes, Steel Guitar

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“Good-bye to my Juan, good-bye Rosalita, Adiós, mis amigos, Jesús y María, You won’t have a name when you ride the big airplane, All they will call you will be deportees.”
― Linda Barnes, The Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries Volume One: A Trouble of Fools, The Snake Tattoo, Coyote, and Steel Guitar

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“With a stranger’s hands, you can tie a string around a cat’s neck.” In other words: If you care about the results, do it yourself.”
― Linda Barnes, A Trouble of Fools

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