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A Trouble of Fools

A Trouble of Fools( )
Author: Barnes, Linda
Series title:Carlotta Carlyle Mystery Ser.
ISBN:978-0-449-21640-8
Publication Date:Oct 1988
Publisher:Random House Publishing Group
Imprint:Fawcett
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $5.99
Book Description:

It's the kind of case that has "NO!" written all over it. But ex-cop Carlotta Carlyle has a p.i. license getting moldy from disuse, so she takes on the search for a little old lady's missing brother. After all, how much trouble could an aging cabbie get into? Plenty, Carlotta learns, as she uncovers a scam of laundered money and drug running, all mixed together in that dangerously powerful brew known as Boston-Irish politics. "You will be caught up in Carlotta's adventures. For she is...
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Book Details
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / City Life
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):4.21 x 6.84 x 0.63 Inches
Book Weight:0.25 Pounds
Author Biography
Barnes, Linda (Author)
Linda Barnes is a writer and educator. She was born in Detroit, Michigan. Barnes graduated from Boston University's School of Fine and Applied Arts majoring in acting, theater education, and English.

After graduation, Barnes taught theater in a Massachusetts high school. She wrote a one-act play that won a contest sponsored by the Boston Globe. The play Wings was published and performed across the country.

Barnes' first crime novel was published in 1981 and featured an amateur detective named Michael Spraggue. She continued with a series of books that featured Spraggue until a short story featured a new detective named Carlotta Carlyle. The first book in that series, A Trouble of Fools, won the American Mystery Award for best private eye novel of 1987. Barnes won the Anthony Award for Best Short Story for Lucky Penny in 1986.

Some of her other works include Deep Pockets, Heart Of The World and Lie Down With The Devil.

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