Ronald Tierney
The Carly Paladino and Noah Lang Mysteries
Death in Pacific Heights
A turn of events, personal and professional, causes Carly Paladino, a high-ranking investigator for a large and prestigious San Francisco security firm, to reevaluate her life. She decides, with uncharacteristic impetuosity, to strike out on her own. Her first job involves the death of the young daughter of an old and moneyed Pacific Heights family. An itinerant young man has been arrested for the murder, but Carly sees things that make her wonder if the murderer is really someone inside the Hanover mansion?
Before he was hired to investigate the Pacific Heights murder by the suspect's defense attorney, Noah Lang worked for a lobbyist who believed his wife was having an affair. While Lang is staked out at lobbyist's home, the woman kills herself — at least that's what the police think. Lang isn't so sure and wonders if he was hired to provide an alibi for a murderous husband? He juggles both cases, one of which puts his own life in jeopardy.
The two private eyes come together on the Hanover case and they each discover that this meeting might lead to something more permanent. Or not. The first novel in this new series brings a new and an especially colorful cast of characters to life, including the city itself, in the funny and suspenseful Death in Pacific Heights.
Leaving her job at a large security firm, successful PI Carly Paladino is hired by a wealthy San Francisco family to find their missing daughter. Noah Lang, a far cry from her former employer, offers her space to set up shop, and they form a partnership that has all of the makings for a superior series. Tierney, author of the Deets Shanahan series, has a winner here. —Library Journal
This reviewer really enjoyed this book and can't wait to read the next book in the series. —Marc Filippelli, Sacramento Book Review
Given the writing muscle of the author, Ronald Tierney, who's also given us the long-running and acclaimed series about septuagenarian shamus Deets Shanahan, this could be the start of a beautiful friendship. —Thrilling Detective
Interesting and fully realized characters flesh out clever plot lines. —George Easter, Deadly Pleasures
...highly entertaining. [Noah Lang and Carly Paladino] ...could easily become a 21st-century version of Nick and Nora Charles. —Sacramento News & Review