"Lie Down With The Devil" by Linda Barnes was more cut and paste mystery. There must be a mad-libs for writing mystery fiction with a female detective as the main character. Still I continue to read them. A woman with the unlikely name of Carlotta Carlyle lives in Boston and drives a taxi to make ends meet between detective clients. She has a love interest who is in the mob. She has sexual tension with her former partner. Her mob boyfriend may/may not be in trouble with the law, and she has to sort it all out. Throw in a "little sister" who is from Colombia and a group of people who are trying to establish themselves as a Native American tribe to bring in gambling into Massachusetts. Add a little binding and hitting and blood and alakazam, the hero saves the day.
Still it got me back into wanting to read so what's the harm?
