Linda Barnes

Linda Barnes

Linda Barnes (born 6 June 1949) is an American mystery writer who was born and raised in Detroit, and graduated cum laude from the School of Fine and Applied Arts at Boston University. She then went on to become a drama teacher and director at Chelmsford and Lexington, Massachusetts schools. While teaching drama, Barnes wrote two plays, the award-winning "Wings" and "Prometheus" but went on to write highly successful mystery novels.

She is best known for her series featuring Carlotta Carlyle, a 6'1" redheaded detective from Boston. Carlotta Carlyle is in the tradition of the hard-boiled female detectives created by Sue Grafton and Sara Paretsky. Linda Barnes is also a poet.

Linda Barnes lives near Boston with her husband and son.

Novels

Michael Spraggue series:

* Blood Will Have Blood (1981)
* Bitter Finish (1982)
* Dead Heat (1984)
* Cities Of The Dead (1985)

Carlotta Carlyle series:
*A Trouble Of Fools (1987)
*The Snake Tattoo (1989)
*Coyote (1990)
*Steel Guitar (1991)
*Snapshot (1993)
*Hardware (1995)
*Cold Case (1997)
*Flashpoint (1999)
*The Big Dig (2002)
*Deep Pockets (2004)
*Heart Of The World (2006)
*Lie Down With The Devil (2008)

External links

* [http://www.lindabarnes.com/ Official site]


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