- Paperback: 1 pages
- Publisher: Pegasus Books (Mar 30 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1933648341
- ISBN-13: 978-1933648347
- Product Dimensions: 22.7 x 15.5 x 2.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,559,311 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Fans of hard-boiled PI Sharon McCone will welcome the first story collection from MWA Grand Master Muller, who shows she's just as adept at writing western and ghost tales as detective fiction. Several of the 19 selections feature McCone or her engaging apprentice, Rae Kelleher. In the harrowing title story, McCone seeks a mentally disturbed man trapped somewhere in the rubble of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. The volume's best tale, The Wall, focuses on the search for a missing teenager and the clues Kelleher unearths in a massive collage on the girl's bedroom wall. Notable among the western tales, mostly set in turn-of-the-20th-century California, is The Indian Witch, about a boy's brief encounter with a reclusive Native American woman. Muller's penchant for social commentary may strike some readers as too politically correct, but all will appreciate her gift for good storytelling. (Sept.)
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From Booklist
In this collection, acclaimed mystery novelist Muller (she holds the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award, the Private Eye Writers of America Life Achievement Award, and the Anthony Boucher Award) has assembled 30 years' worth of her short fiction, including vignettes, traditional short stories, and one novella. The 19 stories range from horror tales and westerns to a variety of crime fiction, including a Muller trademark, "place" mysteries, in which the action is confined to and defined by its setting, whether a Victorian home, or a decrepit hotel, or Fort Point, at the southern base of the Golden Gate Bridge. The novella, "The Wall," is a masterpiece of condensed place—the discovery of a missing teen girl hinges on the private eye's reading of the clues on the girl's bedroom bulletin board. The various investigators at the All Souls Legal Cooperative take star turns doing first-person narratives in several gripping mysteries.Wide-ranging and satisfying, with an introduction by the author that gives some fascinating insight into her work methods and sources of inspiration. Fletcher, Connie
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4.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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MANY REPEATS, Oct 6 2007
By Desert Woman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Somewhere In The City (Paperback)
I love Marcia Muller and hate to write anything negative, but I was excited about getting a book of new short stories, and so many are repeats. There are 19 stories in the book, and ten were already published in other collections: The Place that Time Forgot, Somewhere in the City, Final Resting Place, Silent Night, Benny's Space, The Lost Coast, and Deceptions are in "The McCone Files." The Holes in the System, The Wall, and Up at the Riverside are in "McCone and Friends."
I'm sure I'll enjoy the remaining nine stories, but I'm going to read them carefully and then give this book to someone for Christmas. At least I've started my holiday shopping!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Somewhere in the City, Sep 14 2007
By Sandra Cusack "biblioholic" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Somewhere In The City (Paperback)
I've been a fan of Marcia Muller for more than 15 years now and she continues to delight me! This collection of short stories fills in some of the holes in the McCone series that the novels sometimes don't address. A great read that can be enjoyed in small bites.
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Somewhere in the City by Marcia Muller, Feb 18 2008
By Mrs. M. Drennan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Somewhere In The City (Paperback)
Good reading because of the variety of stories included,and the different main characters,not always Sharon McCone.Gives you a chance to compare the authors writing style when different characters are speaking.Really good for picking up and leaving again which isn't always such a good thing to do with a novel.
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