Linda Barnes, Author Hyperion Books $32.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-7868-6317-4 With eight appearances in the last 12 years, Barnes's PI Carlotta Carlyle has the full-bodied presence of an old friend.

Barnes's fast-paced 11th mystery (after 2004's Deep Pockets) finds Boston PI Carlotta Carlyle involved in a deeply personal case: Paolina, a spunky teen whom Carlotta loves like a daughter, has ...

Novelist Linda Barnes will be the next guest speaker in the Ipswich Public Library’s Massachusetts Author Series. Barnes has written 16 mystery novels, 12 of which feature tall, Boston-based ...