Allison W. (sealady) reviewed Pennies on a Dead Womans Eye's (Sharon McCone, Bk 13) on + 657 more book reviews
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Another Sharon McCone goodie....From Publishers Weekly: "The 13th Sharon McCone mystery brings good luck to readers as Muller's veteran San Francisco PI explores crimes of passion and politics as they were played out in the Bay Area during the pre-Beat 1950s. In an intricate plot, McCone agrees to help lawyer Jack Stuart, her colleague at All Souls Legal Cooperative, build a case he will retry in the legal profession's Historical Tribunal. Stuart will defend Lis Benedict, who was recently released from prison after doing time for killing and mutilating her husband's young lover in 1956. Benedict was convicted on the testimony of her then-10-year-old daughter, now Stuart's lover, who hopes a new trial will turn up evidence, clearing her mother and exonerating herself. McCone finds herself emotionally drawn into the decades-old crime, especially to the murder scene--a now-uninhabited Seacliff mansion that then housed the Institute of North American Studies, a conservative think tank where Benedict's husband worked. Anti-Communist sentiment and personal betrayal figure large in the resolution of the 36-year-old crime and contemporary deaths that its revisiting inspire. Vintage Muller." Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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I like all of Muller's books. This one would make a nice beach book.
Renee S. (renee45) reviewed Pennies on a Dead Womans Eye's (Sharon McCone, Bk 13) on + 588 more book reviews
Sharon McCone mystery
Linda A. (Springfieldreader) reviewed Pennies on a Dead Womans Eye's (Sharon McCone, Bk 13) on + 458 more book reviews
I have read the entire Sharon McCone series. Marcia Muller is an excellent mystery writer. I would suggest you start with the first book and read as they were written. It is an excellent series.
Jim B. (jbdzyne) reviewed Pennies on a Dead Womans Eye's (Sharon McCone, Bk 13) on + 51 more book reviews
This is the very first Sharon McCone mystery. Crisp writing and sneaky plotting show us why Marcia Muller has gone on to write over a dozen more entries in this fine series. All the important characters from the All Souls Legal Cooperative are introduced here. Enjoy!
