HEART OF THE WORLD
(Eleventh in the Carlotta Carlyle series)
St. Martin's Minotaur
ISBN: 0312997280
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Most kids who run away turn up.
Most kids who disappear reappear.
But there are girls who vanish and never come back, girls whose clean white bones are dug up years later in vacant lots and distant forests. Carlotta Carlyle's latest case — investigating the disappearance of her adopted little sister Paolina — could change her life forever.
Did Paolina run away, or was she kidnapped? How involved is Paolina's estranged father, a notorious Colombian drug lord? Carlotta's frantic search takes her from the underbelly of Boston to the streets of Miami, and then finally to the mountains of Colombia — the heart of the world.
Reviews
HEART OF THE WORLD
Linda Barnes has for long been one of the most
skilled and artful writers of the crime novel. With HEART OF THE WORLD she
proves it and takes it up to a new level. This is her best.
— Michael Connelly
The breakout book of the series…that will shock and surprise the reader. Essential reading.
— Library Journal
This mystery has both timeless and contemporary appeal…a winner.
— Boston Herald
With every novel, Linda Barnes reminds us of two key
facts -- she was one of the first and she remains one of the best. HEART OF
THE WORLD has everything that Carlotta Carlyle fans have come to expect from
this seminal series. Barnes has never been better, and that's saying a lot.
— Laura Lippman
With sensitivity and grace, Linda Barnes demonstrates why Carlyle [is] a treasured mainstay in the field of crime.
— Robert Crais
An astonishing installment in what was already one of the best private eye series ever.
— Harlan Coben