Harvard professor Wilson Chaney’s position in life is hanging by a thread; his marriage, his reputation, not to mention his tenure at Harvard are in the hands of a blackmailer, someone threatening to sell Chaney’s secrets at very high prices. His enviable life could disappear into thin air should the blackmailer’s evidence—proof of his affair with a young student—become public knowledge.
So he hires Boston private investigator Carlotta Carlyle to track down the blackmailer and put a stop to the scheme. Can she do it? Of course, but should she? The professor doesn’t inspire much loyalty-after all, he did commit adultery with one of his own students—but Carlotta agrees. Digging into the case, nosing around Harvard and the possible suspects from the rest of Dr. Chaney’s life, she uncovers a suspicious death as part of the backstory to Dr. Chaney’s situation. Suddenly Carlotta’s sixth sense is telling her the case might be more complicated—and more dangerous—than it first seemed.
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“With a skillful hand that does not waver she has writtenthe best book in this series and one I believe will stand the test of beinglisted as a classic in the P.I. field.”
— Mystery News Review
“[There is] plenty to keep a reader chasing after the delightful Carlyle while she chases after the bad guys.”
— Entertainment Weekly“Barnes can turn a phrase well enough to make even Paretsky and Grafton jealous.”
— Houston Chronicle“The twists and turns in this nail-biter are at once startling without ever becoming absurd.”
— Publishers Weekly“Slick, winning prose and a nifty plot.”
— Library Journal“[Deep Pockets] sends out a shower of fresh sparks that make it bold, powerful, and shattering.”
— Kirkus Reviews“Lifelike characters, great sense of location, and page-turning suspense are among Barnes’ many strengths as a writer.”
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Linda Barnes is the author of the Carlotta Carlyle mysteries and winner of the Anthony and American Mystery Awards. She lives in the Boston area with her family.
Tavia Gilbert is an acclaimed narrator of more than four hundred full-cast and multivoice audiobooks for virtually every publisher in the industry. Named the 2018 Voice of Choice by Booklist magazine, she is also winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. She has earned numerous Earphones Awards, a Voice Arts Award, and a Listen-Up Award. Audible.com has named her a Genre-Defining Narrator: Master of Memoir. In addition to voice acting, she is an accomplished producer, singer, and theater actor. She is also a producer, singer, photographer, and a writer, as well as the cofounder of a feminist publishing company, Animal Mineral.