Lie Down with the Devil (The Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries Book 12)

Carlotta Carlyle, a six-foot-tall redheaded ex-cop and Boston-based private investigator, takes on a case from a bride-to-be named Jessie Franklin. Both women are grappling with trust issues—Jessie suspects her fiancé is cheating and asks Carlotta to follow him. Meanwhile, Carlotta is estranged from her mob boss lover, Sam Gianelli. When Carlotta locates the suspected cheater, Jessie is struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver. The death is ruled a homicide, and Carlotta learns that Jessie has been lying about her identity, her fiancé, and her reasons for hiring Carlotta. The deception puts Carlotta in a precarious position: she becomes the prime suspect in the murder. To clear herself, Carlotta must investigate her own past and Gianelli's connections to organized crime. This is the 12th book in the Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries series, though the books can be read independently.