The Night Searchers (Sharon McCone Series #30)

by Marcia Muller

Overview

New York Times bestselling author, Marcia Muller, brings you another thrilling mystery with her famous private investigator, Sharon McCone.

When new clients Jay and Camilla Givens come to Sharon McCone with Camilla's stories of devil worshippers performing human sacrifices in San Francisco, the detective is skeptical, to say the least. However, when she discovers that Jay is involved with the treasure hunting group The Night Searchers, she starts looking into what exactly he and the other participants are up to after dark. As she digs deeper into the Searchers, Sharon joins their ranks in order to find out more-while someone is searching for her.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455527922
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	04/28/2015
Series:	Sharon McCone Series , #30
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	451,381
Product dimensions:	4.20(w) x 6.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Marcia Muller has written many novels and short stories. She has won six Anthony Awards, a Shamus Award, and is also the recipient of the Private Eye Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award as well as the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award (their highest accolade). She lives in northern California with her husband, mystery writer Bill Pronzini.

Editorial Reviews

"McCone is the new breed of American woman detective . . . redefining the mystery genre by applying different sensibilities and values to it."—New York Times Book Review

"Muller has created a delicious mixture of adventure, action, altruism, pathos with a touch of humor, and romance thrown in to build a massive base of loyal fans . . . She is one of those rare series authors who never lets her characters grow stale or trite . . . LOOKING FOR YESTERDAY was sufficiently intriguing for me to fire up my Kindle and download Muller's first two books."—BookReporter.com

"One of the treasures of the genre."—Chicago Tribune

"Muller clearly enjoys her characters, and takes care to reveal their layers in interesting subplots. Her suspenseful story takes some unusual twists along the way, with a satisfying wrap-up at the end."—Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star (VA)

From the Publisher

[Muller] does something…daring by giving The Night Searchers the clean, classic moves of her earliest novels. It's refreshing to watch her revered sleuth personally handle the low-tech job of following a rich young couple around town…It's the perfect narrative structure for Muller, who is never better than when she's roaming the streets of the city she knows and loves so well.

The New York Times Book Review - Marilyn Stasio

06/02/2014
At the start of MWA Grand Master Muller’s absorbing 32nd Sharon McCone mystery (after 2012’s Looking for Yesterday), Jay and Camilla Givens, an attractive young couple who live in San Francisco’s upscale Russian Hill neighborhood, come to the PI with a disturbing story. Camilla claims that one evening, while walking past a vacant lot, she saw people in hoods about to sacrifice an infant on “an outdoor fireplace, probably bought from Williams-Sonoma.” Jay is skeptical of his wife’s tale, as is McCone, who pegs Camilla as “an emotional defective.” But she agrees to look into the matter, and soon discovers that Jay has ties to a shadowy treasure-hunting cult called the Night Searchers. Accompanied by her handsome nephew, computer whiz Mick Savage, McCone covertly joins the group for a harrowing night on the town. McCone’s daring and smarts make her an irresistible heroine. The brisk narrative vividly evokes contemporary San Francisco. Agent: Molly Friedrich, Friedrich Literary. (July)

Publishers Weekly