Looking for yesterday

Format:

Book (large print)

Title:

Looking for yesterday

Author:

Muller, Marcia.

ISBN:

9781410451460

Edition:

Large print ed.

Publication Information:

Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2012.

Physical Description:

373 pages ; 23 cm.

Series title(s):

Sharon McCone mysteries.

General Note:

"A Sharon McCone Mystery."

Summary:

Three years ago, Caro Warrick was acquitted for the murder of her best friend Amelia Bettencourt, but the lingering doubts of everyone around Caro are affecting her life. Sharon McCone is confident that she can succeed where other detectives have failed, but when Caro is brutally beaten right at Sharon's doorstep, the investigation takes a whole new course. How many more people remain at risk until Amelia's murderer is finally caught?

Personal Subject:

McCone, Sharon (Fictitious character)-Fiction.

McCone, Sharon (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst01013040

Subject(s):

Large type books.

Women private investigators -- California -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

California.

Genre:

Large type books.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Detective and mystery stories.

Holds:

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Summary

A New York Times Bestselling Author -- Three years ago, Caro Warrick was acquitted for the murder of her best friend Amelia Bettencourt, but the lingering doubts of everyone around Caro are affecting her life. Sharon McCone is confident that she can succeed where? Other detectives have failed, but when Caro is brutally beaten right at Sharon's doorstep, the investigation takes on a whole new course. How many more people remain at risk until Amelia's murderer is finally caught?? Other titles in this series available while supplies last: City of Whispers.

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)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Bestseller Muller's strong 31st Sharon McCone mystery (after 2011's City of Whispers) centers on Caro Warrick, who was tried three years earlier for murdering her best friend, Amelia Bettencourt, a member of a prominent San Francisco political family. Caro is seeking McCone's help in establishing the truth of Bettencourt's murder. Warrick allegedly shot the other woman 12 times in Bettencourt's Nob Hill apartment after learning that her friend was having an affair with her lover, up-and-coming stockbroker Jake Green. Green's suspicions insured her indictment Although Warrick was acquitted at trial, popular sentiment still regards her as guilty. Her efforts to rehabilitate her reputation have led Warrick to partner with a true crime writer, but a vindictive journalist, who has a vendetta against Warrick in part because of her support for gun control, is also planning a book and is trying to block hers. Unexpected plot turns complement a plausible, relatable lead character. Agent: Molly Friedrich, Friedrich Literary. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

San Francisco PI Sharon McCone is a straight shooter gun or no gun. She's also a survivor. Back on the beat after recovering from a bullet to the brain, McCone is hired by Caro Warrick, who can't rest easy even after being acquitted of her best friend's murder. What is eating at Warrick's conscience? And why can't the public accept the verdict and move on? Turns out, Warrick has a worrisome past. During her childhood, her brother accidentally shot and killed their younger sister. Can one ever recover from such a traumatic event? McCone has an impressive track record, and she's confident she can prevail where other gumshoes have failed. For her part, Warrick has partnered with a true-crime writer in hopes of setting the record straight. At the same time, a vindictive journalist is determined to bring her down. When McCone finds Warrick's bloody body at her doorstep, she fears the demons she will inevitably unearth. Although this thirty-first entry in the acclaimed series moves slowly at times, McCone remains a thoroughly likable sleuth, and her many fans will eagerly follow her anywhere, at whatever pace.--Block, Allison Copyright 2010 Booklist