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Sharon McCone Series

35 primary works • 41 total works
Sharon McCone is a private investigator in San Francisco.

Book 1

Edwin of the Iron Shoes
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3.85 · 6654 Ratings · 268 Reviews · published 1977 · 37 editions
It's Sharon McCone's first case as staff investiga…

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    Book 2

    Ask the Cards a Question
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    3.65     · 1872 Ratings · 114 Reviews · published 1982 · 26 editions
    There's trouble in Sharon McCone's quiet San Franc…

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    Book 3

    The Cheshire Cat's Eye
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    3.75     · 1763 Ratings · 104 Reviews · published 1983 · 25 editions
    Investigating her friend's murder, private eye Sha…

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    Book 4

    Games to Keep the Dark Away
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    3.80     · 1509 Ratings · 69 Reviews · published 1984 · 24 editions
    Picture Salmon Bay: an isolated, run-down northern…

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    Book 5

    Leave a Message for Willie
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    3.83     · 1428 Ratings · 65 Reviews · published 1984 · 33 editions
    "A further paperback mystery featuring private eye…

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    Book 5.5

    Double
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    3.80     · 632 Ratings · 50 Reviews · published 1984 · 14 editions
    Sharon McCone has come home to her warm, troubled …

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    Book 6

    There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of
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    3.80     · 1102 Ratings · 54 Reviews · published 1985 · 3 editions
    The Globe Apartments, six stories of decaying bric…

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    Book 7

    Eye of the Storm
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    3.83     · 1401 Ratings · 83 Reviews · published 1988 · 17 editions
    Appleby Island, once the magnificent home of a tyc…

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    Book 8

    There's Something in a Sunday
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    3.81     · 1279 Ratings · 64 Reviews · published 1990 · 26 editions
    Private eye Sharon McCone takes on a routine surve…

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    Book 9

    The Shape of Dread
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    3.86     · 1102 Ratings · 47 Reviews · published 1989 · 25 editions
    Bobby Foster, car-hop at the chic Cafe Comedie, is…

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    Book 10

    Trophies and Dead Things
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    3.98     · 2059 Ratings · 59 Reviews · published 1990 · 30 editions
    When a former sixties radical is murdered during a…

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    Book 11

    Where Echoes Live
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    3.90     · 1363 Ratings · 49 Reviews · published 1991 · 26 editions
    Private eye Sharon McCone's twelfth mystery now in…

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    Book 12

    Pennies on a Dead Woman's Eyes
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    3.89     · 1530 Ratings · 70 Reviews · published 1992 · 24 editions
    It looked like a lost cause. Convicted of a brutal…

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    Book 13

    Wolf in the Shadows
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    3.98     · 1545 Ratings · 65 Reviews · published 1993 · 23 editions
    Successful in her investigative work for All Souls…

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    Book 14

    Till the Butchers Cut Him Down
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    3.94     · 1470 Ratings · 52 Reviews · published 1994 · 25 editions
    In the biggest professional move of her life, Shar…

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    Book 15

    A Wild and Lonely Place
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    4.08     · 2245 Ratings · 59 Reviews · published 1995 · 27 editions
    It's worth a $1 Million reward to Sharon McCone if…

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    Book 15.5

    The McCone Files
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    3.74     · 257 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 1995 · 8 editions
    The contemporary female private eye story began in…

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    Book 16

    The Broken Promise Land
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    4.09     · 3393 Ratings · 60 Reviews · published 1996 · 26 editions
    Someone is bent on getting revenge on Ricky Savage…

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    Book 17

    Both Ends of the Night
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    4.00     · 1741 Ratings · 57 Reviews · 27 editions
    McCone's flying instructor Matty asks for help whe…

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    Book 18

    While Other People Sleep
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    3.98     · 1617 Ratings · 65 Reviews · published 1998 · 33 editions
    With her agency going great guns, Sharon McCone is…

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    Book 19

    A Walk Through the Fire
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    3.87     · 1162 Ratings · 65 Reviews · 27 editions
    ALOHA MURDER

    Accidents are plaguing a documentary f…

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    Book 19.5

    McCone & Friends
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    3.73     · 261 Ratings · 22 Reviews · 11 editions
    Creator of the modern female private eye story, Ma…

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    Book 20

    Listen to the Silence
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    3.96     · 1338 Ratings · 58 Reviews · published 2000 · 39 editions
    Very RARE edition!! UNIQUE offer!! Don’t wait to b…

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    Book 21

    Dead Midnight
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    3.86     · 1271 Ratings · 68 Reviews · published 2002 · 18 editions
    Sharon McCone has decided to throw herself into wo…

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    Book 22

    The Dangerous Hour
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    3.86     · 1314 Ratings · 66 Reviews · published 2004 · 29 editions
    Marcia Muller's beloved heroine Sharon McCone is b…

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    Book 23

    Vanishing Point
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    3.92     · 1853 Ratings · 96 Reviews · published 2006 · 33 editions
    In the latest installment in this critically accla…

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    Book 24

    The Ever-Running Man
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    3.91     · 1601 Ratings · 110 Reviews · published 2007 · 30 editions
    Sharon McCone is hired by her husband's security f…

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    Book 25

    Burn Out
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    3.90     · 2039 Ratings · 141 Reviews · published 2008 · 16 editions
    Traumatized by a recent life-or-death investigatio…

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    Book 26

    Locked In
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    3.85     · 1923 Ratings · 214 Reviews · published 2009 · 21 editions
    Shot in the head by an unknown assailant, San Fran…

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    Book 27

    Coming Back
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    3.86     · 1619 Ratings · 167 Reviews · published 2010 · 25 editions
    San Francisco private eye Sharon McCone struggles …

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    Book 28

    City of Whispers
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    3.60     · 1409 Ratings · 186 Reviews · published 2011 · 1 edition
    Private eye Sharon McCone receives an e-mail askin…

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    Book 28.5

    Skeleton in the Closet
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    3.48     · 384 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 2012 · 7 editions
    Sharon McCone is excited--and relieved--to move he…

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    Book 29

    Looking for Yesterday
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    3.73     · 1518 Ratings · 202 Reviews · published 2012 · 2 editions
    Three years ago, Caro Warrick was acquitted for th…

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    Book 30

    The Night Searchers
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    3.59     · 1370 Ratings · 178 Reviews · published 1987 · 1 edition
    When new clients Jay and Camilla Givens come to Sh…

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    Book 30.5

    Merrill-Go-Round
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    3.86     · 72 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition
    A Short Story by New York Times Best-Selling Autho…

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    Book 30.6

    Tell Me Who I Am
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    3.95     · 212 Ratings · 17 Reviews · published 2016 · 2 editions
    From "New York Times "bestselling author Marcia Mu…

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    Book 31

    Someone Always Knows
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    3.50     · 1419 Ratings · 152 Reviews · published 2016 · 4 editions
    New York Times bestselling author, Marcia Muller, …

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    Book 32

    The Color of Fear
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    3.65     · 1695 Ratings · 212 Reviews · published 2017 · 3 editions
    In New York Times bestselling author Marcia Muller…

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    Book 33

    The Breakers
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    3.65     · 1528 Ratings · 184 Reviews · published 2018 · 11 editions
    Sharon McCone returns in New York Times bestsellin…

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    Book 34

    Ice and Stone
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    3.75     · 1919 Ratings · 268 Reviews · published 2021 · 9 editions
    Private Investigator Sharon McCone goes undercover…

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    Book 35

    Circle in the Water
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    3.48     · 1614 Ratings · 199 Reviews · 9 editions
    A series of pranks turn deadly in the latest insta…

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