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Someone is bent on getting revenge on Ricky Savage, Sharon McCone's brother-in-law and a two-time Grammy Award-winning country singer. The danger escalates as Sharon realizes that more than one person has been playing underhanded games--and that the music industry is truly a broken promise land.Tags
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I really liked this book, but Muller lost me with the ending. SPOILER: The culprit was someone that hadn't been talked about in forever and never talked about all that much during the entire book. It seemed to come out of nowhere and seemed really contrived. Other than that, the characters really showed development and I enjoyed that. Plus the story was compelling. Just that ending. Didn't work for me.
San Francisco PI Sharon McCone, now the head of her own small firm, is investigating hate letters sent to her brother-in-law, country music megastar Ricky Savage. During the investigation, Sharon and her partner, Hy Ripinsky, find Ricky and Sharon's sister, Charlene, are on the verge of divorce. When Sharon digs into Ricky's past, she discovers people who might want to hurt him because of questionable acts on his part. Sharon's associate and friend Rae Kelleher is involved in the case -and with Ricky. This is really fast-paced with a lot of action. At the same time it explores stardom, family life, and conflicting loyalties with a lot of emotional content.
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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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- Original title
- The Broken Promise Land
- Original publication date
- 1996
- People/Characters
- Sharon McCone; Ricky Savage; Hy Ripinsky; Rae Kelleher; Mick Savage; Charlotte Keim (show all 22); Charlene Savage; Chris Savage; Jamie Savage; Vic Christiansen; Kurt Girdwood; Ethan Amory; Patricia Terriss; Arletta James; Norm O'Dell; Forrest Curtin; Jerry Jackson; Pete Sherman; Linda Toole; Jenny Gordon; Virgil "Rats" Rattray; Don Del Boccio
- Important places
- San Francisco, California, USA; San Diego, California, USA; Los Angeles, California, USA; Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- Epigraph
- In the broken promise land
They tell you you're in big demand
But come the brutal light of day
The dreams you have just slip away
They lure you with their talk of fame
They swear you're sure to make a name<... (show all)BR>The lies you're living take their toll
And in the end they own your soul
In the broken promise land
They make you jump at their command
They use you up, throw you away
And soon your hopes are yesterday
From "The Broken Promise Land" by Ricky Savage - Dedication
- For Marilyn Wallace with thanks for a wonderful piece of advice
Thanks also to:
Joe Bradley, Bertelsmann Music Group, for his insights into the recording industry
Mary DeYoe, Winterland Productions, for merchandi... (show all)sing lore and South Beach companionship
Jan Grape, for use of Jenny Gordon's name and her own persona
Linda Toole, for use of her name, and for her friendship for Sharon McCone
And to Bill, for many reasons, including for giving me one of the best lines in the book.
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