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    Flashpoint
    Flashpoint
    Flashpoint
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    Flashpoint

    Written by Linda Barnes

    Narrated by Tavia Gilbert

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    When six-foot redhead ex-cop and Boston-based private investigator Carlotta Carlyle agrees to help an elderly recluse burglar-proof her apartment, the last thing she expected was that the woman would turn up dead. Now Carlotta must find out why the eccentric yet seemingly harmless Valentine Phipps isolated herself—and needed protection.

    Who would want to hurt Valentine? What was she hiding behind closed doors? Is there a connection between her murder and an age-old mystery that the city’s top brass—and its real-estate moguls—want to keep buried? But the most troubling question of all involves the victim’s home health aide, Gwen: Why did she introduce Valentine to Carlotta in the first place? The race to catch one of Boston’s most ruthless and ambiguous criminals has just begun.…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 14, 2013
    ISBN9781469299266
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    Linda Barnes

    Linda Barnes is the award-winning author of the Carlotta Carlyle mystery series. Her witty, private investigator heroine has been hailed as “a true original” by Sue Grafton. Barnes has also written the Michael Spraggue mystery series and a stand-alone novel, The Perfect Ghost. A winner of the Anthony Award and an Edgar and Shamus Award finalist, she lives in the Boston area with her husband and son. You can visit her at www.LindaBarnes.com.

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    • 3/5
      Good solid chick-friendly suspense - she doesn't go too heavy on the terrorist stuff but she also doesn't dumb it down so much that it's silly. I also have a soft spot for these "we hate each other but have to pretend to be married, hot sex ensues" sort of books.
    • 4/5
      Setting: Washington D.C. and Kazbekistan / Timeframe: Summer 2004 / Main Characters: Tess and Nash / Secondary Relationships: Sophia and Decker; friendship between Decker and Nash / WWII Subplot: NoneStory Arc Alert: Sophia and Decker’s story arc is introduced. Tom Paoletti’s new personal and corporate security company, Troubleshooters Incorporated, is introduced.POINT OF VIEW CHARACTERS: – James “Diego” Nash (Decker’s Second in Command) – Tess Bailey (Team Computer Specialist) – Lawrence Decker (Team Leader) – Sophia Ghaffari (An American who stayed in Kazabek a little too long)
    • 4/5
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    • 5/5
      One of my favorites of the series. I was hesitant at first because the characters, for the most part, were previously undeveloped. Didn't matter! It had a good plot and kept me interested up until the end.
    • 5/5
      Nash and Tess feel realer than my next door neighbors. LOVE.