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It did not catch me in a big way. It was so easy to stop reading and pick something else up m

I really enjoyed this book. There is a wide variety of characters, and I like them all. The mystery and Carlotta's way of figuring it out and resolving it is entertaining. I love the poetry mixed in here and there and Linda Barnes' way with words throughout the book. I will be reading more in this series.

I read this many years ago, and enjoyed meeting Carlotta then. She is a unique heroine, a former cop, and a part-time cab driver as well as a PI. She interacts with eccentric, colorful cast of recurring characters while solving mysteries. I found I so much enjoyed meeting Carlotta again that I bought the next book in the series, and will buy more.

I'm a long-time fan of mysteries, and have every one of JD Robb's "In Death" Eve Dallas series. I've been trying other female cop/PI series, but haven't found anything so far I like better, or even as much, as the Eve Dallas books. This very definitely did not even come close, IMHO.

If you're a Bostonian you'll enjoy the driving into different neighborhoods with their pithy descriptions by the protagonist Carlyle. I personally got tired of the endless series of tailing cabs, nor was I much interested in Ms. Carlyle's depressing personal and romantic life.

The one bright spot was Paolina, Carlyle's assigned Little Sister. She was delightful. But it's a part of Carlyle's life she keeps separate from her work life, so only limited glimpses of Paolina are shown, although the story uses Carlyle's personal commitment to Paolina as a motivation reason for solving not just the murder, but a bigger mystery involving the IRA and the Mafia.

I managed to plow through the story, but none of the characters (save for Paolina) grabbed my interest. Deleting this from my Kindle and not interested at all in any further stories in the series.

When I was young I played cab