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Fiction. Literature. Mystery. Upon the death of her father, San Francisco-based PI Sharon McCone discovers she's adopted and is determined to find her biological parents. She journeys to Idaho's Flathead Reservation for answers but discovers some locals who will stop at nothing to keep certain secrets hidden.Tags
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OK, so I don't recall ever having read this book before. But I do highly recommend it. It's quite a departure from the other books in the series, in that it really (and I mean, REALLY) delves in Sharon McCone's personal life. Some might find the lack of traditional "mystery" plot difficult to deal with, but I find it refreshing, especially as we watch Sharon peel away the layers of the past. Wonderful reading!!
Another solid read in the McCone series. In this one, the mystery is in the past and it's personal.
Different, but excellent.
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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
- Listen to the Silence
- Original publication date
- 2000
- People/Characters
- Sharon McCone; Hy Ripinsky; Mick Savage; John McCone; Katie McCone; Jim McCone (show all 16); Susan McCone; Elwood Farmer; Austin DeCarlo; Joseph DeCarlo; Saskia Blackhawk; Robin Blackhawk; Darcy Blackhawk; Jimmy D. Bearpaw; Fenella McCone; Joey McCone
- Important places
- San Francisco, California, USA; San Diego, California, USA; Saint Ignatius, Montana, USA; Monterey, California, USA; Boise, Idaho, USA; Modoc County, California, USA
- Dedication
- For Cathy Pronzini and Jim Moen (Csoda and Kiro too!)
- First words
- The phone receiver began a series of staccato beeps.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The drive south to Anchor Bay was a pretty one---well worth making if I could find some lead on my missing brother.
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- Popularity
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- Reviews
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- Rating
- (3.76)
- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 18
- ASINs
- 4
