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The Cavalier In Whit by Marcia Muller released on Aug 25, 1988 is available now for purchase.
Author Notes
Marcia Muller, novelist, short-story writer and anthologist, was born in Detroit in 1944. She attended the University of Michigan, where she studied writing.
Edwin of the Iron Shoes (1977) was her first book featuring Sharon McCone, a female private eye strong enough to compete in the male-dominated crime genre. In 1993, Muller was given the Private Eye Writers of America Life Achievement Award, and the following year her novel Wolf in the Shadows won the Anthony Boucher Award and was nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Crime Novel.
Muller is the co-author of the Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery series with Bill Pronzini.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Marcia Muller, novelist, short-story writer and anthologist, was born in Detroit in 1944. She attended the University of Michigan, where she studied writing.
Edwin of the Iron Shoes (1977) was her first book featuring Sharon McCone, a female private eye strong enough to compete in the male-dominated crime genre. In 1993, Muller was given the Private Eye Writers of America Life Achievement Award, and the following year her novel Wolf in the Shadows won the Anthony Boucher Award and was nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Crime Novel.
Muller is the co-author of the Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery series with Bill Pronzini.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (4)
Publisher's Weekly Review
When Joanna Stark learns that a tall stranger has been attempting to locate her, she tries to remain calm. But even three years after her retirement as a security consultant to California museums and galleries, her suspicions are automatically aroused. The man turns out to be her former partner Nick, who persuades Joanna, against her better judgment, to help him find a stolen Franz Hals painting, The Cavalier in White. All too soon, Joanna realizes that the case is more complex and frightening than it originally appeared. Before it is resolved, she is forced to confront her old nemesis, Parducci, as well as dramatic secrets in her personal life. Muller's introduction to her new detective is laden with expository passages that slow the development of the mystery. Still, the intricate story builds to a satisfying climax with enough left unresolved to promise more adventures in the future. ( June 30) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
The author's other sleuths--lawyer Sharon McCone and museum curator Elena Oliverez (Cheshire Cat's Eye, etc.)--are feistier and less neurotic than 40-ish art-security expert Joanna Stark, who's retired to Sonoma from her San Francisco partnership with Nick Alexander after the death of lawyer-husband David. Now a Frans Hals painting has been stolen from the De Young Museum, and Nick calls on her to help. Joanna's friendship with the rich and social Wheatley family--longtime museum donors--is a plus since renegade son Mike Wheatley seems implicated. Joanna thinks she sees the fine Continental hand of Antony Parducci, master art-thief long unheard from, but the murder of missing museum guard Wilson Reed is totally alien to Parducci's usual M.O. Meanwhile, our heroine has a troubled past to deal with, including roaming stepson E.J., who's just discovered his adoption by the now-dead David and first wife Eleanor. And the present is complicated by a new romance, along with heavy weather and landslides on the way to the Hals and the identity of the killer. Heavy weather for the reader, too, as the pace sags under the weight of Joanna's angst and the prose begins to purple. But, all in all, a nice recovery towards the end and Muller's colorful California make this one mildly rewarding. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Publisher's Weekly Review
When Joanna Stark learns that a tall stranger has been attempting to locate her, she tries to remain calm. But even three years after her retirement as a security consultant to California museums and galleries, her suspicions are automatically aroused. The man turns out to be her former partner Nick, who persuades Joanna, against her better judgment, to help him find a stolen Franz Hals painting, The Cavalier in White. All too soon, Joanna realizes that the case is more complex and frightening than it originally appeared. Before it is resolved, she is forced to confront her old nemesis, Parducci, as well as dramatic secrets in her personal life. Muller's introduction to her new detective is laden with expository passages that slow the development of the mystery. Still, the intricate story builds to a satisfying climax with enough left unresolved to promise more adventures in the future. ( June 30) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
The author's other sleuths--lawyer Sharon McCone and museum curator Elena Oliverez (Cheshire Cat's Eye, etc.)--are feistier and less neurotic than 40-ish art-security expert Joanna Stark, who's retired to Sonoma from her San Francisco partnership with Nick Alexander after the death of lawyer-husband David. Now a Frans Hals painting has been stolen from the De Young Museum, and Nick calls on her to help. Joanna's friendship with the rich and social Wheatley family--longtime museum donors--is a plus since renegade son Mike Wheatley seems implicated. Joanna thinks she sees the fine Continental hand of Antony Parducci, master art-thief long unheard from, but the murder of missing museum guard Wilson Reed is totally alien to Parducci's usual M.O. Meanwhile, our heroine has a troubled past to deal with, including roaming stepson E.J., who's just discovered his adoption by the now-dead David and first wife Eleanor. And the present is complicated by a new romance, along with heavy weather and landslides on the way to the Hals and the identity of the killer. Heavy weather for the reader, too, as the pace sags under the weight of Joanna's angst and the prose begins to purple. But, all in all, a nice recovery towards the end and Muller's colorful California make this one mildly rewarding. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.