Snapshot

by Linda Barnes Narrated by C. J. Critt

Overview

The photograph-of a raisin-faced baby wearing something pastel-arrives in a blue envelope. There's no identification or return address, just an unfamiliar postmark. But something in the baby's face makes Carlotta keep the snapshot. Three weeks later, she finds out why.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Female PI Carlotta Carlyle investigates the death of a young leukemia victim in this adroitly plotted and entertaining novel. (Mar.)

Library Journal

Carlotta Carlyle, Boston's snappy, redheaded PI, investigates the suspicious death of a woman's daughter after receiving a series of snapshots in the mail. Carlyle also attempts to locate the biological father of her own ``little sister'' Paolina. Both cases ultimately involve drugs and conspiracy. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 2/15/93.

School Library Journal

YA-Every Friday for five weeks, Carlotta Carlyle receives an identical blue envelope containing a different photograph of the same child. On the sixth Friday, she is hired by Emily Woodrow, the child's mother, to investigate Rebecca's death. By the seventh week, Emily has disappeared. Carlotta's investigation, including sufficient telling detail to allow readers a sense of participating in the events, moves briskly through the medical world of a research hospital to a satisfying resolution. Teens are offered a pleasant escape from their daily lives as they accompany Carlotta in her fifth mystery.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169332032
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	09/28/2012
Series:	Carlotta Carlyle Series , #5
Edition description:	Unabridged

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