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Vanishing Point [Large Print] (Hardcover)

de Marcia Muller (Author)
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MWA Grand Master Muller's richly layered 24th mystery to feature San Francisco PI Sharon McCone (after 2004's The Dangerous Hour) reminds us how much McCone has grown since she started as the lone investigator at a poverty law center in her first outing, Edwin of the Iron Shoes (1977). McCone now heads a well-respected agency with a talented staff and a strong track record. She maintains solid friendships with former colleagues, works hard to keep up with her large and complicated family, and recently surprised herself by agreeing to marry her longtime sweetheart, corporate security whiz Hy Ripinsky. Muller nicely plays the joy of McCone's new marriage against two others at the center of the present case, slowly revealing their rotten core. The story takes readers on a charming tour through the fishing villages of the California coast, while the tight, crisp plot surges relentlessly forward. The tension between light and dark, between surface happiness and hidden truths, raises this novel well above the common run of whodunits. (July)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.


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Returning from her honeymoon to a huge celebration, Sharon McCone, now head of her own detective agency, can't help but marvel at how different her life is from her days at the All Souls Legal Cooperative. But when it comes to mystery, there's still plenty to occupy her time. When she's approached to investigate a 22-year-old disappearance, Sharon sets her team to the task, and before long, they've picked up clues that suggest the woman in question wasn't exactly the devoted mother and wife her daughter remembers. As usual in Muller's mysteries, dialogue-driven narrative makes the story a quick read, and this time there's some underlying commentary about marriage, which dovetails nicely with Sharon's continuing anxieties about her future with new husband Hy. Suggest Margaret Maron's books to readers who like Muller. The settings may be different, but the interpersonal dynamics feel the same. Stephanie Zvirin
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Unraveling a Tangled Skein of Deception, Sep 26 2006
This review is from: Vanishing Point (Hardcover)

Long-time fans of the series will enjoy many elements of this book: Sharon and Hy finally marry; Sharon's birth mother and adopted mother meet one another; Sharon's agency expands with some new operatives; and Rae finds herself back doing some detection. In addition, there's a dark, detailed plot that builds from a very old, cold case.

One of the strengths of this story comes in Ms. Muller's deft handling of so many past characters and weaving them the on-going story line. It adds a rich texture to the book that builds depth. That texture is nicely developed also by Ms. Muller's strong ability to build a sense of place as almost another character in the story.

The cold case is quite complex and requires an extensive investigation using many resources. But it's not a classic mystery in that you'll be able to put three clues together in the beginning and figure out who did what to whom. Instead, you'll be able to figure out the next plot development in the procedural about 5-15 pages ahead of time.

The book's main drawback comes in its unappealing characters. Most readers like either sympathetic characters or disgusting villains. This book lacked both. The characters were either completely flat, highly superficial or just plain selfish. But there was nothing about them to attract our interest other than the role they played in the plot development.

Authors often have to choose between developing their plots and their characters. While we get lots of character development concerning the missing Laurel Greenwood, it's ultimately unrewarding. The plot's needs won, but its an unsatisfying victory.

The book's overall theme is about what it takes to make a good marriage. I thought that element was done well. I especially appreciated the nods to Bill Pronzini's nameless detective as part of that message.

But any long-time fan will enjoy the book. New fans should go back to the beginning of the series and delay this book.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 STERLING NARRATION OF AN INTRIGUING THRILLER, Juil 16 2006
Par Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Vanishing Point (Audio CD)

During her third year at the University of Michigan Marcia Muller's creative writing prof said she would never be a writer because she had nothing to say. How wrong he was! To date she has penned 32 novels and several short story collections. Among her most popular (and plentiful tales) are those featuring detective Sharon McCone, and here's the 24th, sure to keep us glued to our CD players.
At long last Sharon has tied the knot with erstwhile suitor Hy Ripinsky (he, too, is an investigator). They haven't even unpacked after their honeymoon before Sharon is asked to look into the 22-year-old disappearance of an artist, Laural Greenwood. It seems she had gone off one day to paint an outdoor scene and never returned leaving a husband and two young daughters.
Now, of course, the girls are adults and daughter Jennifer wants to know what happened to her mother whom she describes as a model mom, devoted to her family. However, as Sharon begins to investigate she has reason to believe that Laural was not the woman Jennifer describes. In fact, she's beginning to believe that Laural might have been leading a double life and that her marriage was not all it might have been. This raises more questions, very personal ones in the mind of the newly wed Sharon.
Voice performer Susan Ericksen gives her usual sterling narration of this story of a marriage gone awry and a woman who mysteriously vanished.

- Gail Cooke

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