The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 32 books · 1977 to 2017 · Set in San Francisco

Marcia Muller

Crime and mysteryPrivate eye

Sharon McCone, the first modern American female private eye in a long-running series, works out of San Francisco, first for a legal cooperative and then her own agency, across more than thirty novels.

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Marcia Muller books in order

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Sharon McCone

32 books · Set in San FranciscoPrivate eye
  1. 1Edwin of the Iron Shoes1977With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Ask the Cards a Question1982With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Cheshire Cat's Eye1983With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Games to Keep the Dark Away1984With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Leave a Message for Willie1984With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  6. 6There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of1985With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Eye of the Storm1988With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  8. 8There's Something in a Sunday1989With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  9. 9The Shape of Dread1989With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  10. 10Trophies and Dead Things1990With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  11. 11Where Echoes Live1991With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  12. 12Pennies on a Dead Woman's Eyes1992With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  13. 13Wolf in the Shadows1993With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  14. 14Till the Butchers Cut Him Down1994With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  15. 15A Wild and Lonely Place1995With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  16. 16The Broken Promise Land1996With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  17. 17Both Ends of the Night1997With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  18. 18While Other People Sleep1998With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  19. 19A Walk Through the Fire1999With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  20. 20Listen to the Silence2000With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  21. 21Dead Midnight2002With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  22. 22The Dangerous Hour2004With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  23. 23Vanishing Point2006With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  24. 24The Ever-Running Man2007With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  25. 25Burn Out2008With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  26. 26Locked In2009With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  27. 27Coming Back2010With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  28. 28City of Whispers2011With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  29. 29Looking for Yesterday2012With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  30. 30The Night Searchers2014With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  31. 31Ice and Stone2015With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon
  32. 32The Color of Fear2017With Sharon McConeBuy on Amazon

Characters

6 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

McCone and associates