{"product_id":"hardware-9781504068468","title":"Hardware","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrivate investigator Carlotta Carlyle’s moonlighting job as a taxi driver turns into the most dangerous, high-octane case of her career\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Six-foot-tall, redheaded ex-cop and Boston-based private eye Carlotta Carlyle is “the genuine article: a straightforward, funny, thoroughly American mystery heroine” (\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Carlotta can’t sleep—or when money gets tight—she drives a cab. It’s always been a dangerous way to make a living, but lately it’s become truly terrifying. In the last two months, nine cabbies have been savagely beaten and robbed, and every time Carlotta gets behind the wheel, she knows that she could be next.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e How then can she refuse when a rival taxi company hires her to investigate the assaults? Thinking she will be making the world a safer place for cab drivers, Carlotta doesn’t suspect that this new case will push her even closer to the edge. The company she works for is co-owned by Sam Gianelli, her sometime lover and a mob-connected businessman whose family knows how to get tough. Drawn into a tangled conspiracy of mafia secrets and high-tech espionage, Carlotta will have to drive faster than ever to stay alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHardware\u003c\/i\u003e is the 6th book in the Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Carlotta is an engaging narrator with a brisk, easygoing style. . . . A worthy competitor in the private eye business.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The most refreshing, creative female character to hit mystery fiction since Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone.” —\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “One of the most sparkling and irresistible heroines ever to grace the pages of a whodunit.” —\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The genuine article: a straightforward, funny, thoroughly American mystery heroine.” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187917087063,"sku":"9781504068468","price":14.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hardware-9781504068468","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}