Heart of the World: A Carlotta Carlyle Novel (Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries)

Heart of the World: A Carlotta Carlyle Novel (Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries) by Barnes, Linda. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780312362737.

When private investigator Carlotta Carlyle is wakened by a late-night phone call, she discovers that her "little sister," Paolina, the child with whom she was paired years ago by a local mentoring program, is missing. Carlotta combs the Boston streets looking for Paolina, torn between anger at the thoughtless teenage runaway and anxiety that something has really happened to her. Paolina is more than a sister to Carlotta. Shes the daughter she never had, or never owned up to having. Shes the one constant in Carlottas life, more reliable than Sam Gianelli, her mob boss lover, a man whose always unpredictable behavior has become increasingly mysterious. Heart of the World, Linda Barness most intense, personal, and suspenseful Carlotta Carlyle novel yet, follows Carlottas trail from New England to Miami to Bogotá and beyond as she probes the connection between Paolinas disappearance and the corresponding disappearance of the Colombian drug lord father Paolina has never met. A breathless and shocking read, Heart of the World is perhaps Barness best.