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Marcia Muller

Auteur van Edwin of the Iron Shoes

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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 toon meer 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) toon minder
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Werken van Marcia Muller

Edwin of the Iron Shoes (1977) 562 exemplaren
While Other People Sleep (1998) 406 exemplaren
Wolf in the Shadows (1993) 401 exemplaren
Ask the Cards a Question (1982) 395 exemplaren
Till the Butchers Cut Him Down (1994) 381 exemplaren
Vanishing Point (2006) 379 exemplaren
A Wild and Lonely Place (1995) 376 exemplaren
The Dangerous Hour (2004) 373 exemplaren
Pennies on a Dead Woman's Eyes (1992) 365 exemplaren
Listen to the Silence (2000) 359 exemplaren
The Broken Promise Land (1996) 359 exemplaren
The Ever-Running Man (2007) 358 exemplaren
Dead Midnight (2002) 350 exemplaren
A Walk Through the Fire (1999) 349 exemplaren
The Shape of Dread (1989) 349 exemplaren
The Cheshire Cat's Eye (1983) 341 exemplaren
Het testament (1990) 337 exemplaren
Games to Keep the Dark Away (1984) 333 exemplaren
There's Something in a Sunday (1989) 323 exemplaren
Echo uit het verleden (1991) 323 exemplaren
Both Ends of the Night (1997) 321 exemplaren
Eye of the Storm (1988) 321 exemplaren
Burn Out (2008) 319 exemplaren
Locked In (2009) 311 exemplaren
Point Deception (2001) 310 exemplaren
Leave a Message for Willie (1984) 291 exemplaren
There's Nothing to be Afraid Of (1985) 279 exemplaren
Cyanide Wells (2003) 255 exemplaren
Coming Back (2010) 247 exemplaren
City of Whispers (2011) 230 exemplaren
Cape Perdido (2005) 204 exemplaren
The Bughouse Affair (2013) 182 exemplaren
Double (1984) 173 exemplaren
Looking for Yesterday (2012) 172 exemplaren
The Color of Fear (2017) 140 exemplaren
The Night Searchers (2014) 139 exemplaren
Someone Always Knows (2015) 128 exemplaren
Beyond the Grave (1986) 128 exemplaren
The Tree of Death (1983) 122 exemplaren
The Breakers (2018) 101 exemplaren
The Cavalier in White (1986) 99 exemplaren
Ice and Stone (2021) 94 exemplaren
Dark Star (1989) 94 exemplaren
The Legend of the Slain Soldiers (1985) 93 exemplaren
Crucifixion River (2007) 88 exemplaren
The Spook Lights Affair (2013) 81 exemplaren
There Hangs the Knife (1988) 78 exemplaren
Lady on the Case: 22 Female Detective Stories (1988) — Redacteur — 76 exemplaren
The Body Snatchers Affair (2015) 67 exemplaren
The McCone Files (1995) 65 exemplaren
McCone and Friends (2000) 62 exemplaren
The Plague of Thieves Affair (2016) 59 exemplaren
Deadly Anniversaries (2020) — Editor & Contributor — 53 exemplaren
The Dangerous Ladies Affair (2017) 53 exemplaren
Detective Duos (1997) — Editor & Contributor — 51 exemplaren
Skeleton in the Closet (2012) 36 exemplaren
A Century of Mystery 1980-1989 (1997) — Redacteur; Medewerker — 33 exemplaren
Kill or Cure (1985) — Redacteur — 17 exemplaren
Tell Me Who I Am (2016) 15 exemplaren
Duo (1998) 14 exemplaren
She Won the West (1985) — Redacteur; Medewerker — 11 exemplaren
Witches' Brew: Horror and Supernatural Stories by Women (1984) — Redacteur; Medewerker — 10 exemplaren
The Deadly Arts: A Collection of Artful Suspense (1985) — Redacteur — 9 exemplaren
Merrill-Go-Round (2014) 8 exemplaren
Dark Lessons: Crime and Detection on Campus (1984) — Redacteur — 8 exemplaren
The Wickedest Show on Earth: A Carnival of Circus Suspense (1985) — Redacteur — 7 exemplaren
Season of Sharing (2001) 5 exemplaren
Child's Ploy (1984) — Redacteur — 4 exemplaren
Circle in the Water (2024) 4 exemplaren
Criminal Intent 1 (1993) 4 exemplaren
Knives at Midnight: Real Life (1997) 3 exemplaren
Mystery for Short: Short Story Collections (1999) — Medewerker — 3 exemplaren
Kindling Point (2014) 3 exemplaren
The Lost Coast 3 exemplaren
Cache and Carry 2 exemplaren
The Broken Men 2 exemplaren
Up at the riverside 1 exemplaar
Dairy Queen 1 exemplaar
Sharon McCone 1 exemplaar
Walk Through Fire 1 exemplaar
Morde auf Rezept (1989) 1 exemplaar
De bric et de broc (1986) 1 exemplaar
Burned Out 1 exemplaar
Spook Lights Affair — Redacteur — 1 exemplaar
Prokleté údolí (2007) 1 exemplaar
Benny's Space 1 exemplaar
.38 Special (1989) 1 exemplaar

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The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction (2012) — Medewerker — 19 exemplaren
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Lethal Ladies II (1998) — Medewerker — 14 exemplaren
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The Ethnic Detectives: Masterpieces of Mystery Fiction (1985) — Medewerker — 12 exemplaren
Home Sweet Homicide (1991) — Medewerker — 12 exemplaren
Cages (1995) — Nawoord, sommige edities12 exemplaren
Unbridled Spirits: Short Fiction about Women in the Old West (1994) — Medewerker — 10 exemplaren
Prime Suspects (1987) — Medewerker — 10 exemplaren
Writing Mystery and Crime Fiction (1985) — Medewerker — 9 exemplaren
Crimes of Passion: Twenty-Three Tales of Love and Hate (1993) — Medewerker — 8 exemplaren
Dangerous Ladies (1992) — Medewerker — 8 exemplaren
The Year's Best Mystery and Suspense Stories, 1990 (1990) — Medewerker — 7 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis

Geboortedatum
1944-09-28
Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Woonplaatsen
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Birmingham, Michigan, USA
Sonoma County, California, USA
Opleiding
University of Michigan (BA|English)
Beroepen
journalist
novelist
Relaties
Pronzini, Bill (husband)
Organisaties
Sunset Magazine
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
MWA Grand Master (2005)
Shamus Award (The Eye for Lifetime Achievement, 1993)
Korte biografie
Marcia Muller (born September 28, 1944) is an American author of fictional mystery and thriller novels.

Muller has written 26 novels featuring her Sharon McCone female private detective character. Vanishing Point, won the Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel. Muller had been nominated for the Shamus Award four times previously.

In 2005, Muller was awarded the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master award. Previous winners of the award included Alfred Hitchcock (1973) and Agathe Christie (1955).

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I should have read earlier books in the series, rather than starting with this one. I was not familiar with the characters, so didn't really feel as connected as if I read the series regularly. Plot was okay, but this was my second mystery with a character who couldn't communicate, so the novelty was not enough
 
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cspiwak | 16 andere besprekingen | Mar 6, 2024 |
Years ago, I read the Sharon McCone mysteries regularly. She was one of the first fictional tough female PIs. Then school, work, life interfered and I got away from reading them. It’s been a while since I picked one up and Sharon has come a long way from her first book in 1977 when she was a San Francisco PI, on staff at a legal cooperative. She is married and in partnership with her husband, has her own agency with staff and resources, including a plane. There are 30 books in the series.

In this case, there has been vandalism on some of the privately owned streets (who knew some were privately owned?) in the city and Sharon has been hired to find the culprit. Her investigation puts her in danger as she doggedly pursues the truth

Not a heart racing thriller, this is more a solid mystery procedural. It is a fast read and taps into some of the present difficulties in SF with housing prices and homelessness.

Thanks to @netgalley and #grandcentralpublishing for the DRC.
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vkmarco | Feb 28, 2024 |
Another solid effort from Marcia Muller. This one revolves around flying and aviation and Hy is present for a lot of the action. Maybe McCone is finally learning that she can't do it all on her own.
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AliceAnna | 3 andere besprekingen | Dec 31, 2023 |
"Are you sure they'll clear the bank?" Ted Smalley, All Souls's office manager, held the check that I'd just handed him up to his desk lamp and squinted at it. I folded my arms and tried to look severe. "Do I know this person?" he asked himself. "She looks like the old Sharon, in spite of the haircut. She talks like her too. But McCone Investigations? A separate business checking account? Rent for an office suite? Pretty strange stuff, if you ask me."
 
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taurus27 | 4 andere besprekingen | Aug 26, 2023 |

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Werken
98
Ook door
74
Leden
13,363
Populariteit
#1,742
Waardering
½ 3.6
Besprekingen
261
ISBNs
751
Talen
10
Favoriet
20

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