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Carlotta Carlyle Books in Order

Carlotta Carlyle by Linda Barnes contains 16 books, published between 1987 and 2015. The first book is A Trouble of Fools (1987) and the newest is Further Adventures of Carlotta Carlyle (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1987–2015
Pages on record
3,995 in 12 of 16 books
Reading time
67–100 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,995 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

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Carlotta Carlyle is Linda Barnes's private investigator, a Boston woman who drives a taxi between cases. A Trouble of Fools (1987) opens the series, followed by The Snake Tattoo (1989), Coyote (1990), Steel Guitar (1991), Snapshot (1993), Hardware (1995), Cold Case (1997), Flashpoint (1999), The Big Dig (2002) and Deep Pockets (2004). Sixteen titles are catalogued, the last being Further Adventures of Carlotta Carlyle (2015).

How many Carlotta Carlyle books are there?

Carlotta Carlyle has 16 books, released between 1987 and 2015.

Carlotta Carlyle Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Carlotta Carlyle books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of A Trouble of Fools by Linda Barnes, book 1 of the Carlotta Carlyle series (1987)
  2. Cover of The Snake Tattoo by Linda Barnes, book 2 of the Carlotta Carlyle series (1989)
  3. Cover of Coyote by Linda Barnes, book 3 of the Carlotta Carlyle series (1990)
  4. Cover of Steel Guitar by Linda Barnes, book 4 of the Carlotta Carlyle series (1991)
  5. Cover of Snapshot by Linda Barnes, book 5 of the Carlotta Carlyle series (1993)
  6. Cover of Hardware by Linda Barnes, book 6 of the Carlotta Carlyle series (1995)
  7. Cover of Cold Case by Linda Barnes, book 7 of the Carlotta Carlyle series (1997)
  8. Cover of Flashpoint by Linda Barnes, book 8 of the Carlotta Carlyle series (1999)
  9. Cover of Deep Pockets by Linda Barnes, book 10 of the Carlotta Carlyle series (2004)
  10. Cover of Heart of the World by Linda Barnes, book 11 of the Carlotta Carlyle series (2006)
  11. Cover of Lie Down with the Devil by Linda Barnes, book 12 of the Carlotta Carlyle series (2008)
  12. Cover of Lucky Penny by Linda Barnes, book 13 of the Carlotta Carlyle series (2013)
  13. Cover of Miss Gibson by Linda Barnes, book 14 of the Carlotta Carlyle series (2013)
  14. Cover of Stealing First by Linda Barnes, book 15 of the Carlotta Carlyle series (2013)
  1. 1
    A Trouble of Fools1987 · 207 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987207
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  2. 2
    The Snake Tattoo1989 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989290
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  3. 3
    Coyote1990 · 257 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990257
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  4. 4
    Steel Guitar1991 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991272
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  5. 5
    Snapshot1993 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993400
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  6. 6
    Hardware1995 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995400
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  7. 7
    Cold Case1997 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997496
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  8. 8
    Flashpoint1999 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999384
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  9. 9
    The Big Dig2002 · 341 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002341
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  10. 10
    Deep Pockets2004 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004292
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  11. 11
    Heart of the World2006 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006336
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  12. 12
    Lie Down with the Devil2008 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008320
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  13. 13
    Lucky Penny2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  14. 14
    Miss Gibson2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  15. 15
    Stealing First2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  16. 16
    Further Adventures of Carlotta Carlyle2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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Is there a chronological order for Carlotta Carlyle?

No separate chronological order is on record for Carlotta Carlyle, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Carlotta Carlyle books in order?

You should read the Carlotta Carlyle books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Carlotta Carlyle book also stands alone.

Where to start with Carlotta Carlyle

Start with A Trouble of Fools (1987), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Carlotta Carlyle book?

Further Adventures of Carlotta Carlyle (2015) is the newest Carlotta Carlyle book released so far.

Is there a new Carlotta Carlyle book coming?

No next Carlotta Carlyle book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Carlotta Carlyle at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Carlotta Carlyle title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Carlotta Carlyle books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,995 pages across the 12 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 328 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Carlotta Carlyle books, 6 of 16, were published in the 1990s.

What the Carlotta Carlyle books are about

11 of the 16 Carlotta Carlyle books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: carlyle, carlotta (fictitious character) is tagged on 7 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Linda Barnes

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.