Burn Out

by Marcia Muller

Published 1 October 2008

Traumatised by the events that took place in The Ever-Running Man, Sharon McCone decides to take an extended holiday at her ranch in California's high desert country. Though she plans to contemplate her future, McCone soon becomes distracted by a troubled yet highly secretive Native American woman.
When traces of violence at an abandoned resort lead directly back to the mysterious woman, the county sheriff's deputy handling the case asks McCone for assistance. The investigation leads McCone across the state and back to her own ranch where imminent danger lies closer than she ever expected and where her future and her life itself may hang in the balance.


City Of Whispers

by Marcia Muller

Published 1 January 2011
Private eye Sharon McCone receives an e-mail asking for help from her emotionally disturbed half brother Darcy Blackhawk. She replies ...but gets no response. As Sharon digs deeper, she discovers that Darcy sent his message from an Internet cafe in San Francisco, a city he's never been to before. Sensing that her brother is in terrible danger, Sharon begins a search for him throughout the city. The investigation leads her to the body of a woman at the Palace of Fine Arts, where a witness had told her that Darcy was headed. Then, as she digs deeper, Sharon uncovers a connection to the unsolved murder of a young heiress to a multimillion-dollar banking fortune. Now Sharon must race to solve both murders and ensure her brother's safety, despite the imminent danger that lurks within her own family.

Locked In

by Marcia Muller

Published 1 October 2009

Shot in the head by an unknown assailant, Sharon McCone finds herself trapped by locked-in syndrome: almost total paralysis but an alert, conscious mind. Since the late-night attack occurred at her agency's offices, the natural conclusion was that it was connected to one of the firm's cases. As Sharon lies in her hospital bed, furiously trying to break out of her body's prison and discover her attacker's identity, all the members of her agency fan out to find the reason why she was assaulted.
Meanwhile, Sharon becomes a locked-in detective, sorting through the clues her colleagues discover. As the case draws to a surprising and even shocking conclusion, Sharon's husband, Hy, must decide whether or not to surrender to his own violent past and exact fatal vengeance when the person responsible is identified.