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| The Snake Tattoo (Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries) | 
 enlarge | Author: Linda Barnes
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 575598
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0312993552
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780312993559
ASIN: 0312993552
Publication Date: February 16, 2004
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A series that's growing on me April 10, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I wasn't so sure about Carlotta when I read the first book, but she's really starting to grow on me. I'm not reading them in any particular order - which might be helpful, but isn't really necessary because the focus of the book is really the mystery, not the side bits of fluff (though in this book, the side bits were really good). Barnes creates great characters, good plot lines and a nice pace - pretty much all you can ask for in a mystery. I would recommend her Carlotta Carlisle series to anyone who likes a laid back, good ole armchair mystery.
Cops on the Take! December 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Carlotta Carlyle from A TROUBLE WITH FOOLS, gets stuck with a none functioning bathroom, her little sister in Columbia, a mentor who makes the papers as a crooked cop and a young teen who finds life on the streets preferable to home.
A fine continuance for a budding detective who knows no other way than to keep plugging away until all the layers of Boston sleaze are stripped away. Into her life comes Sam, an old flame but balanced by Lt. Mooney who needs a friend against his own kind who intend to destroy his testimony before Internal Affairs. Complicated personal relationships move this second entry and make a smooth read. Enjoy Charlotte and The Brothers who owe her roommate a favor.
Nash Black, author of TRAVELERS and SINS OF THE FATHERS.
 Cliche-packing PI cracks smart! September 5, 2003
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Snake Tattoo runs only 220 pages or so in hardcover, but it seemed like 520, given the number of PI/police procedural cliches packed into this formulaic little number. See! I'm doing it too--Linda Barnes has clearly infected me with her paint-by-numbers attempt . . . I just can't stop it! Turn the cliche machine off, now!This book is full of calculatedly 'quirky' characters right from central casting, but with a little side trip to marketing to give them 'edge': the sexy but emotionally volatile girl PI. The outwardly tough but soft-hearted cop. The politically correct cast of supporting characters who exhibit all the right attributes of 'diversity' except any remotely interesting characterization. The plot is predictable and overwrought. Finally, Barnes insists on using her protagonist to spout off what are obviously her own ideological biases: just a hint, Linda -- intelligent readers find this boring and insulting. Don't waste your time on this one.
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