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The Lost Coast and Other Sharon McCone Stories
The best of the Sharon McCone stories…
Follow Sharon’s investigations at Fort Point beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, to some of the seamy and prosperous areas throughout San Francisco … from Russian River to the Mammoth Lakes in isolated Inyo County … around the Bay Area and all the way up the coast to the windswept Pacific coast near the Oregon border.
Re-live the San Francisco Earthquake of 1990, experience the turf-wars in the Mission District. Visit old friends like Ted Smalley, the All Souls Legal Cooperative secretary and later officer manager of McCone Investigations; Hank Zahn, founder of the San Francisco based law firm; best friend Rae Kelleher, who joined the cooperative as Sharon’s assistant and later followed her when she set up her own firm.
And, of course, there are the characters who provide grist for Sharon McCone’s many and varied cases—the rich and the poor, criminals and victims, honest and conniving, peaceable and murderous, evil and altruistic. These characters are the heart and soul of Sharon McCone’s investigations.
“Read Muller for her multilayered plot, for the tension, for her San Francisco setting, and, perhaps above all else, for Sharon McCone.”—Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Follow Sharon’s investigations at Fort Point beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, to some of the seamy and prosperous areas throughout San Francisco … from Russian River to the Mammoth Lakes in isolated Inyo County … around the Bay Area and all the way up the coast to the windswept Pacific coast near the Oregon border.
Re-live the San Francisco Earthquake of 1990, experience the turf-wars in the Mission District. Visit old friends like Ted Smalley, the All Souls Legal Cooperative secretary and later officer manager of McCone Investigations; Hank Zahn, founder of the San Francisco based law firm; best friend Rae Kelleher, who joined the cooperative as Sharon’s assistant and later followed her when she set up her own firm.
And, of course, there are the characters who provide grist for Sharon McCone’s many and varied cases—the rich and the poor, criminals and victims, honest and conniving, peaceable and murderous, evil and altruistic. These characters are the heart and soul of Sharon McCone’s investigations.
“Read Muller for her multilayered plot, for the tension, for her San Francisco setting, and, perhaps above all else, for Sharon McCone.”—Santa Rosa Press Democrat
260 pages, Paperback
Published December 31, 2025
About the author
Marcia Muller
168 books739 followersMarcia Muller is an American author of mystery and thriller novels.
Muller has written many novels featuring her Sharon McCone female private detective character. Vanishing Point won the Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel. Muller had been nominated for the Shamus Award four times previously.
In 2005, Muller was awarded the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master award.
She was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Birmingham, Michigan, and graduated in English from the University of Michigan and worked as a journalist at Sunset magazine. She is married to detective fiction author Bill Pronzini with whom she has collaborated on several novels.
Muller has written many novels featuring her Sharon McCone female private detective character. Vanishing Point won the Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel. Muller had been nominated for the Shamus Award four times previously.
In 2005, Muller was awarded the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master award.
She was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Birmingham, Michigan, and graduated in English from the University of Michigan and worked as a journalist at Sunset magazine. She is married to detective fiction author Bill Pronzini with whom she has collaborated on several novels.
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March 30, 2026
A collection of sixteen Sharon McCone stories. I picked this up because I'm a fan and have been on a bit a McCone nostalgia trip of late. I didn't recognize most of the titles on sight, but turns out most of them were previously published in the short story collections, McCone and Friends and The McCone Files. Then there's Tell Me Who I Am (which I did recognize by the title) that was published as an eBook original back in the day. Of the 16 stories, four were completely new to me although previously published in places where I just hadn't discovered them yet (Irrefutable Evidence, Telegraphing, April 13 and Scamming the Scammer).
A solid collection. Although I had previously read most of these there were only a few that I had total recall on. Quick and snappy. Ideal for fans, assuming they don't already own these in other collections.
A solid collection. Although I had previously read most of these there were only a few that I had total recall on. Quick and snappy. Ideal for fans, assuming they don't already own these in other collections.
June 6, 2026
Good stories but some repeats
I love her books but wish I'd known I had already bought half of them previously as short stories, might not have bought the book. Good anyway
I love her books but wish I'd known I had already bought half of them previously as short stories, might not have bought the book. Good anyway
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