Marcia Muller
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Bobby Foster, carhop at the chic Cafe Comedie, is going to the gas chamber. He's already confessed to the murder of Tracy Kostakos, the club's rising star. But two years after the crime, Tracy's body is still missing and Bobby's confession is full of holes. All Souls Legal Cooperative's final appeal sends San Francisco's number one PI Sharon McCone behind the footlights into the super-charged arena of anxious club owners and aspiring young hopefuls,
...43) Point deception
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The body of a woman washes up near Point Deception, California--a day after she was spotted near her broken-down car on the highway. Deputy Sheriff Rhoda Swift worries the woman's brutal rape and murder will resurrect fears from the unsolved massacre of two families 13 years before. When Rhoda investigates with journalist Guy Newberry, a shocking truth will test how far she is willing to go for justice.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sabina Carpenter and John Quinncannon are no stranger to mysteries. In the five years since they opened Carpenter and Quinncannon, Professional Detective Services, they have solved dozens, but one mystery has eluded even them: Sherlock Holmes or, rather, the madman claiming his identity, who keeps showing up with a frustrating (though admittedly useful) knack for solving difficult cases. Roland W. Fairchild, recently arrived from Chicago, claims...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1895 San Francisco young debutantes don't commit suicide at festive parties, particularly not under the eye of Sabina Carpenter. But Virginia St. Ives evidently did, leaping from a foggy parapet in a shimmer of ghostly light. The seemingly impossible disappearance of her body creates an even more serious problem for the firm of Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services.Sabina hadn't wanted to take the assignment, but her partner...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Description
"When a Frans Hals painting is stolen, Joanna Stark is asked by her former San Francisco art security firm partner to return from her retreat to investigate the theft which takes her to the scene of a murder and back into the past." --
48) Dark star
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Joanna Stark is convinced that her ex-lover, art dealer Anthony Parducci, who she had hoped was long dead, is responsible for the disappearance of a worthless but immensely significant painting from her Sonoma Valley, California home.
Author
Publisher
Walker & Company
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
Hot-tempered curator Elena Oliverez threatens to kill her boss, Frank DePalma, when he orders her to put a particularly hideous piece of sculpture -- donated by a wealthy patron of the new Museum of Mexican Arts -- on display for the museum opening. So when someone kills Frank with the sculpture, Elena must conduct her own investigation to clear her name -- or die trying.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
At a stage coach station where the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers merge, an impending storm forces the stage to stop so that its passengers can take shelter. On board are a cowboy and the wife of a wealthy rancher who are on the run, a Pinkerton detective, a wanted man, and a traveling salesman with mysterious wares who sees their dilemma as a way to make some quick money. The unanticipated stop goes on without a hitch until Luke Kraft arrives...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Deadly Anniversaries celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Mystery Writers of America with a collection of stories from some of the top names in crime fiction. An anniversary can honor many things: a birth, a wedding and sometimes even a death. In Deadly Anniversaries, editors Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini present new stories from some of the best contemporary authors to honor the diamond jubilee of the Mystery Writers of America, an organization...
58) Double
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Description
The "Nameless Detective" and Sharon McCone join forces at a San Diego private detective convention to investigate a case involving multiple murder, a crime ring dealing in smuggled fugitives, and bizarre, kinky lifestyles.