Linda Barnes (born 6 June 1949) is an American mystery writer who was born and raised in Detroit, and graduated from Boston University. 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.She is also a poet.
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)
