LOOKING FOR YESTERDAY by Marcia Muller
In
an ongoing series the main character often undergoes occasional changes
to keep the series fresh. Marcia Muller’s Sharon McCone has faced more
than her share of changes in the series and some of them have caused
her to question whether she should continue to be a private
investigator. McCone faces new challenges in LOOKING FOR YESTERDAY.
McCone’s agency has just moved to a new location when a potential client contacts her. The
client, Caro Warrick, wants Sharon to prove that Warrick’s acquittal on
the charge of murdering her best friend was justified. Sharon takes
the case but finds herself pursued by someone who obviously doesn’t want
the true facts in Warrick’s case discovered. The new headquarters are
vandalized forcing Sharon to move into her husband Hy’s offices and
reconsider Hy’s offer to combine their businesses. Then Sharon’s home
burns forcing more changes in her future.
Caro
Warrick’s case involves the issue of gun control and Muller uses plot
developments to explore various facets of the issue. Muller shows that
the issue is not black and white but is not at all preachy about it and
deftly works the issue into the plot climax.
Readers
who have not read previous books in this series could do well to start
with this one, as many characters who have played major roles in other
books play minor roles in this one. Readers familiar with the series
will be pleased to see them briefly reappear.
Marcia Muller's website is www.marciamuller.com
Looking for Yesterday by Marcia Muller. Grand Central Publishing. 2012. ISBN 9780446573351(hardcover), 304p.
2 comments:
Thank you, Cindy D!
Nice review, thank you.
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