HEART OF THE WORLD. Copyright © 2006 by Linda Appelblatt Barnes. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Barnes, Linda.

Heart of the world / Linda Barnes—1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 0-312-33287-4

AN 978-0-312-33287-7

1. Carlyle, Carlotta (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Women private investigators— Massachusetts—Boston—Fiction. 3. Missing children—Fiction. 4. Teenage girls— Fiction. 5. Kidnapping—Fiction. 6. Boston (Mass.)—Fiction. 7. Bogotá (Colombia)— Fiction. I. Title.

PS3552.A682H43 2006

813'.54—dc22

2006041708

First Edition: May 2006

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