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There's trouble in Sharon McCone's quiet San Francisco apartment building. Madame Anya is predicting doom and gloom for all.

"Finally settled into their new home after losing their house in a fire, and fully established in their new shared offices, private investigator Sharon McCone and her business partner husband Hy are starting to feel comfortable. That calm is shattered when Hy's former colleague Gage Renshaw--a shady troublemaker who they had presumed dead reappears, and it's unclear what he wants from his prosperous former associate. Meanwhile, Sharon has a new client...

"The history of corruption may jeopardize Sharon McCone's marriage, but uncovering the secrets of a mysterious firm may be the only way she can save her husband's life, and her own"--Provided by publisher.

"Traumatized by a recent life-or-death investigation, San Francisco private eye Sharon McCone flees to her ranch in California's high desert country to contemplate how she wants to spend the rest of her life: running a high-pressure investigative agency and facing danger at every turn - or what? McCone turns to the serene desert landscape for answers, but deep depression continues to shadow her days and nights." "Even though she is determined not...

"When the bodies of two Indigenous women are found in the wilderness of northern California, it is only the latest horrific development in a string of similar crimes in the area. Despite all evidence to the contrary, officials rule the deaths isolated incidents, which soon join the ranks of countless other unsolved cases quickly dismissed by law enforcement. In a town where too many injustices are tolerated or brushed under the rug, only a few people...

PI Sharon McCone of San Francisco goes after a terrorist who is bombing diplomatic posts in the U.S. He is threatening to bomb the consulate of an Arab country, and in arranging protection Sharon becomes involved in a kidnaping as well.

When new clients Jay and Camilla Givens come to Sharon McCone with Camilla's stories of devil worshippers performing human sacrifices in San Francisco, the detective is skeptical, to say the least. However, when she discovers that Jay is involved with the treasure hunting group The Night Searchers, she starts looking into what exactly he and the other participants are up to after dark. As she digs deeper into the Searchers, Sharon joins their ranks...

Shot in the head by an unknown assailant, San Francisco Private Eye Sharon McCone finds herself trapped by locked-in syndrome: almost total paralysis but an alert, conscious mind. Since the late-night attack occurred at her agency's offices, the natural conclusion was that it was connected to one of the firm's cases. As Sharon lies in her hospital bed, furiously trying to break out of her body's prison and discover her attacker's identity, all the...

Three years ago, Caro Warrick was acquitted for the murder of her best friend Amelia Bettencourt, but the lingering doubts of everyone around Caro is affecting her life. Sharon McCone is confident that she can succeed where other detectives have failed (though at times it's hard to shake her own misgivings about what happened), but when Caro is brutally beaten right at Sharon's doorstep, the investigation takes on a whole new course. How many more...

To tourists, bay-windowed Victorian mansions are quaint, peaceful symbols of old San Francisco, but on the secluded hill above Steiner Street, the gingerbread has sparked a bitter battle. Ambitious developers are pushing for restoration, and residents are fighting for their homes—until a controversial restorationist is found dead on the job, awash in garish house paint. Private investigator Sharon McCone is called in only to discover a second bitter...