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Stalwart heroine Sharon McCone is back in one of the most extraordinary detective stories Marcia Muller, a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, has ever conceived in this long-running series.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
There is no doubt that Marcia Muller is one of the top mystery writers working today. She has the Grand Masters Award from the Mystery Writers of America plus a host of other honors to prove it. However, her army of readers don't need these affirmations to know that a Muller book is going to intrigue and entertain them.
Best known for stories featuring private investigator Sharon McCone this author suprises us with her latest, Locked In. McCone has been a top favorite since her debut in 1977; we think we know her pretty well. Nonetheless, this title's opener is a real shocker: on a misty July night in San Francisco McCone's vintage MG runs out of gas. Fortunately, she's not too far from her office on the Pier and she takes off for it on foot. Once at the security grille to the Pier she called for the security guard, Lewis, a problem alcoholic. He's not to be found. She uses her security code to open the door to the Pier's entrance, climbs the stairs to the office's catwalk, and finds the door unlocked. It's dark inside, there's a sudden motion -she is shot.
The bullet has entered her brain leaving her in a comatose state known as locked-in syndrome. She cannot speak or move, totally paralyzed and can communicate only by blinking her eyes in response to a question. So, for once McCone is not at the leader of a crime investigation but the center of it as her team rallies, scurrying for clues, determined to find out who shot McCone and why.
What this scenario does in the talented hands of author Muller is allow the reader not only to be fascinated as the reasons for the shooting are revealed but also to become better acquainted with the major players in this series as each one turns over every rock searching for the assailant.
Of course, McCone series readers are familiar with Hy Ripinsky, partner and husband to McCone yet here he is revealed in utter anguish as he remembers his past and articulates his hopes for a future with McCone. There is Latina Julia Rafael who'd "been hooking and dealing on the tough streets of the Mission district when she was a teenager,"but McCone saw so much more and placed confidence in her, helping Julia to turn her life around.
There's Mick Savage, McCone's nephew who had pulled some pretty dumb stunts, but his aunt "had been solid as a rock, taking him seriously, treating him like a man when he was only a kid." He loved her and he owed her.
These and others are united by their determination to catch whoever had almost killed McCone. Revelations of what they are finding are interspersed with thoughts running through McCone's mind as she is by turns discouraged, enraged, and bent on somehow escaping the prison that her body has become.
For this reader Locked In is the best of the McCone series, and that's saying quite a bit!
- Gail Cooke
Best known for stories featuring private investigator Sharon McCone this author suprises us with her latest, Locked In. McCone has been a top favorite since her debut in 1977; we think we know her pretty well. Nonetheless, this title's opener is a real shocker: on a misty July night in San Francisco McCone's vintage MG runs out of gas. Fortunately, she's not too far from her office on the Pier and she takes off for it on foot. Once at the security grille to the Pier she called for the security guard, Lewis, a problem alcoholic. He's not to be found. She uses her security code to open the door to the Pier's entrance, climbs the stairs to the office's catwalk, and finds the door unlocked. It's dark inside, there's a sudden motion -she is shot.
The bullet has entered her brain leaving her in a comatose state known as locked-in syndrome. She cannot speak or move, totally paralyzed and can communicate only by blinking her eyes in response to a question. So, for once McCone is not at the leader of a crime investigation but the center of it as her team rallies, scurrying for clues, determined to find out who shot McCone and why.
What this scenario does in the talented hands of author Muller is allow the reader not only to be fascinated as the reasons for the shooting are revealed but also to become better acquainted with the major players in this series as each one turns over every rock searching for the assailant.
Of course, McCone series readers are familiar with Hy Ripinsky, partner and husband to McCone yet here he is revealed in utter anguish as he remembers his past and articulates his hopes for a future with McCone. There is Latina Julia Rafael who'd "been hooking and dealing on the tough streets of the Mission district when she was a teenager,"but McCone saw so much more and placed confidence in her, helping Julia to turn her life around.
There's Mick Savage, McCone's nephew who had pulled some pretty dumb stunts, but his aunt "had been solid as a rock, taking him seriously, treating him like a man when he was only a kid." He loved her and he owed her.
These and others are united by their determination to catch whoever had almost killed McCone. Revelations of what they are finding are interspersed with thoughts running through McCone's mind as she is by turns discouraged, enraged, and bent on somehow escaping the prison that her body has become.
For this reader Locked In is the best of the McCone series, and that's saying quite a bit!
- Gail Cooke
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
First Sentence: A typical July night in San Francisco.
That typical July night ends up as anything but when private investigator Sharon McCone returns to her office late one evening, and is shot. But bullet has lodged in her head and left her, not in a coma, but locked-in. She can hear, see and think, but neither talk nor move. Her husband, Hy, and her McCone Investigation team are focused on finding the shooter.
The story definitely starts with a bang. From there, each chapter is narrated by a different characters, but it is very effectively and clearly done. Muller effectively conveys each person's emotions, but particularly Sharon's.
I felt her transition from confusion to fear, anger, frustration, rage, hopelessness, and determination. It was also the first time I felt the real connection between McCone and Hy. The plot is well constructed, building as a puzzle, one piece at the time.
Odd as it sounds, the only reason I didn't rate it excellent is know from the beginning what Sharon's outcome will be thereby diminishing some of the impact and suspense. Other than that, this may be one of my favorite McCone books.
LOCKED IN (Priv Inves-Sharon McCone-No. Cal-Cont) - VG+
Muller, Marsha - 26th in series
Grand Central Publications, 2009, US Hardcover - ISBN: 9780446581059
That typical July night ends up as anything but when private investigator Sharon McCone returns to her office late one evening, and is shot. But bullet has lodged in her head and left her, not in a coma, but locked-in. She can hear, see and think, but neither talk nor move. Her husband, Hy, and her McCone Investigation team are focused on finding the shooter.
The story definitely starts with a bang. From there, each chapter is narrated by a different characters, but it is very effectively and clearly done. Muller effectively conveys each person's emotions, but particularly Sharon's.
I felt her transition from confusion to fear, anger, frustration, rage, hopelessness, and determination. It was also the first time I felt the real connection between McCone and Hy. The plot is well constructed, building as a puzzle, one piece at the time.
Odd as it sounds, the only reason I didn't rate it excellent is know from the beginning what Sharon's outcome will be thereby diminishing some of the impact and suspense. Other than that, this may be one of my favorite McCone books.
LOCKED IN (Priv Inves-Sharon McCone-No. Cal-Cont) - VG+
Muller, Marsha - 26th in series
Grand Central Publications, 2009, US Hardcover - ISBN: 9780446581059
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
"When I kept silent, my bones grew old
Through my groaning all the day long." -- Psalm 32:3
Imagine that you are the victim of a terrible crime and awake from the trauma to find that no one knows you are conscious. How could you track down the people who did it to you?
That's the fascinating premise of this latest entry in the distinguished Sharon McCone mystery series. It opens the doors for using the little gray cells, as M. Hercule Poirot would say. It also opens the doors for Sharon McCone's family and friends to take center stage in doing the sleuthing to find out who broke into the agency and attacked Sharon.
Like most detective agencies, there is more than the average number of sleazy characters among the clientele. Can running down the agency's cases turn up the criminal? Everyone surely hopes so.
At the same time, each person finds himself or herself tested by the desire for making things right or for seeking revenge. The result is a fascinating series of character studies that will only be appealing to those who are long-time fans of the series and know the characters well. Otherwise, the delicate developments may not mean much to you as a reader.
Although I liked the story very much, it felt a little contrived and a little too neat in the plot development for me. There needed to be more blind alleys and frustrations than the plot offered to make the reader feel as frustrated as the fictional McCone should have felt.
I admire, as always, Marcia Muller's astonishing ability to involve lots of continuing characters into a single story in meaningful ways. It's no wonder that her colleagues view her as a Grand Master. I heartily concur.
Through my groaning all the day long." -- Psalm 32:3
Imagine that you are the victim of a terrible crime and awake from the trauma to find that no one knows you are conscious. How could you track down the people who did it to you?
That's the fascinating premise of this latest entry in the distinguished Sharon McCone mystery series. It opens the doors for using the little gray cells, as M. Hercule Poirot would say. It also opens the doors for Sharon McCone's family and friends to take center stage in doing the sleuthing to find out who broke into the agency and attacked Sharon.
Like most detective agencies, there is more than the average number of sleazy characters among the clientele. Can running down the agency's cases turn up the criminal? Everyone surely hopes so.
At the same time, each person finds himself or herself tested by the desire for making things right or for seeking revenge. The result is a fascinating series of character studies that will only be appealing to those who are long-time fans of the series and know the characters well. Otherwise, the delicate developments may not mean much to you as a reader.
Although I liked the story very much, it felt a little contrived and a little too neat in the plot development for me. There needed to be more blind alleys and frustrations than the plot offered to make the reader feel as frustrated as the fictional McCone should have felt.
I admire, as always, Marcia Muller's astonishing ability to involve lots of continuing characters into a single story in meaningful ways. It's no wonder that her colleagues view her as a Grand Master. I heartily concur.
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