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Fiction. Literature. Mystery. HTML:The extraordinarily popular Sharon McCone, the female private eye who showed Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton, and company how it's done, takes on a deadly missing persons case.Sharon McCone's flight instructor Matty confides that her boyfriend, John Seabrook, is missing and asks Sharon to find him. Shortly afterwards, Matty is killed in an "accidental" plane crash. More determined than ever, Sharon discovers that, a decade ago, Seabrook was placed in the show more Federal Witness Protection Program after testifying against a man who has been missing for the last 10 years. Following sinister leads, Sharon travels to a frozen wilderness — and comes face-to-face with Matty's killer. show less
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I can't imagine how it happened but I totally had forgotten about Sharon McCone. Muller's long running series (I think, actually, she started the whole female private eye craze) has long featured Sharon McCone - a totally likable private detective. I read all of the early ones (there are about 18) but somehow fell off the wagon about 4 books ago. So, even though, I'm sadly lacking in background details, I found Both Ends of the Night an excellent story. Sharon is asked by her flight instructor to find her missing boyfriend. How do you find someone who not only is hiding but has no past? But he does have a small son whom he left behind. Muller passes up many many cheap shots and plot ploys and I really appreciate that. Can't wait to read show more the 3 I missed! show less
The extraordinarily popular Sharon McCone, the female private eye who showed Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton, and company how it's done, takes on a deadly missing persons case.
Sharon McCone's flight instructor Matty confides that her boyfriend, John Seabrook, is missing and asks Sharon to find him. Shortly afterwards, Matty is killed in an "accidental" plane crash. More determined than ever, Sharon discovers that, a decade ago, Seabrook was placed in the Federal Witness Protection Program after testifying against a man who has been missing for the last 10 years. Following sinister leads, Sharon travels to a frozen wilderness -- and comes face-to-face with Matty's killer.
Sharon McCone's flight instructor Matty confides that her boyfriend, John Seabrook, is missing and asks Sharon to find him. Shortly afterwards, Matty is killed in an "accidental" plane crash. More determined than ever, Sharon discovers that, a decade ago, Seabrook was placed in the Federal Witness Protection Program after testifying against a man who has been missing for the last 10 years. Following sinister leads, Sharon travels to a frozen wilderness -- and comes face-to-face with Matty's killer.
Another solid effort from Marcia Muller. This one revolves around flying and aviation and Hy is present for a lot of the action. Maybe McCone is finally learning that she can't do it all on her own.
Sharon McCone and her lover track down killer of a acrobatic pilot who had been their friend.
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Marcia Muller, novelist, short-story writer and anthologist, was born in Detroit in 1944. She attended the University of Michigan, where she studied writing. Edwin of the Iron Shoes (1977) was her first book featuring Sharon McCone, a female private eye strong enough to compete in the male-dominated crime genre. In 1993, Muller was given the show more Private Eye Writers of America Life Achievement Award, and the following year her novel Wolf in the Shadows won the Anthony Boucher Award and was nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Crime Novel. Muller is the co-author of the Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery series with Bill Pronzini. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Both Ends of the Night
- Original publication date
- 1997
- People/Characters
- Sharon McCone; Matty Wildress; Hy Ripinsky; Rae Kelleher; John Seabrook; Zach Seabrook (show all 18); Ricky Savage; Habiba Hamid; Mick Savage; Charlotte Keim; Hank Zahn; Gray Selby; Ash Walker; Craig Morland; Winthrop Reade; Calder Franklin; Iona Fowler; David Stirling
- Important places
- San Francisco, California, USA; Sacramento, California, USA; Glen Haven, Florida, USA; Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA; Chisholm-Hibbing, Minnesota, USA; USA (show all 10); Arkansas, USA; California, USA; Florida, USA; Minnesota, USA
- Epigraph
- Night means the time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight, as published in the American Air Almanac, converted to local time.
---Part I.I, Federal Aviation Regulation... (show all)s
But there so much more that the regulations can't tell you. . . . - Dedication
- In memory of Collin Wilcox, who urged me to take to the skies, and for Peggy Bakker, who kept me up there
Many thanks to:
The folks at Petaluma Municipal Airport and Aeroventure, who mae an inquisitive writer and fl... (show all)edgling pilot feel welcome;
Bonnie and Mike Fredrick and Tiffany Knight, my Arkansas connections;
Victoria and Ted Brouillette, in Minnesota;
Bob Gardner, CFI, whose gift of Say Again, Please made radio communication explicable;
Melissa Ward, extraordinary researcher;
And Bill, who never for a moment doubted that I could learn to land Cessna 7232S. - First words
- "Well, how about that, McCone? You've lost your engine. Now what're you gonna do?"
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"I say, how soon can we lay the cornerstone?"
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