From Publishers Weekly
In Muller's 23rd page-turner about scrappy, smart PI Sharon McCone (
Dead Midnight, etc.), McCone now heads her own firm, McCone Investigations, a successful, established agency with a growing staff and more work than they can keep up with. But someone from her past would like to see her fail and is willing to take out her close associates to do so. When Julia Rafael, a young investigator whom McCone decided to take on despite her checkered youth, is accused of stealing the credit card of Supervisor Alex Aguilar, the man being groomed to be San Francisco's first Hispanic mayor, the criminal investigation could have dire implications for McCone Investigations. McCone's initial doubts about her employee quickly give way to a determination to discover who's trying to sabotage her company. Muller has a knack for painting a full picture of McCone's life without getting too cutesy (even when discussing cat health care), and readers with a taste for romance will enjoy the direction her relationship with the dashing Hy Ripinsky is taking. While the plot is a bit by-the-book and the high-stakes confrontations could be more compelling, fans should be well satisfied.
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Sharon McCone's San Francisco private investigation firm is threatened by the arrest of an employee and a baffling Better Business Bureau complaint. Susan Ericksen gives the various characters in Muller's long-running series solid audio portraits, but Muller's writing does most of the work. Listeners are treated to a nice portrait of San Francisco's Mission District, and the Hispanic characters have considerable spark. As fans know, Sharon is a relentless investigator, and Ericksen's pace retains this intensity. The narrative never lets up, even when Sharon allows herself to examine personal loyalties and commitments. An excellent continuation in a series that listeners can drop into at any point. R.F.W. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine--
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