Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
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A Walk Through the Fire
Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Marcia Muller
Class/Genre: Mystery Private Investigator Woman Main Character
Series: Sharon McCone # 20
Mysterious, May 1999, $23.00, 304 pp.
San Francisco-based filmmaker Glenna Stanleigh is in Kauai shooting a documentary involving island legends and myths in accordance with the works of Elson Wellbright. Elson's son Peter is Glenna's partner on the film. However, accidents have plagued the set.
Glenna asks private investigator Sharon McCone to fly in from California to investigate the strange happenings. Though she is not licensed to practice in Hawaii, Sharon sees the trip as a combination vacation-business outing and accepts. Her lover Hy Ripinsky accompanies her, which allows Sharon to use his company's security assets already located on the islands. Even as she falls in love with Kauai, Sharon begins her inquiries, not yet realizing the danger she now must face.
The Sharon McCone mysteries have been a fan favorite for many years. Her twentieth tale, A WALK THROUGH THE FIRE, is a very fresh who-done-it that invigorates Sharon and her audience. The change of location provides Marcia Muller the opportunity to sprinkle her novel with Island magic as well as native resentment to the influx of outsiders. Ms. Muller is at the of her top game, which is somewhere in the stratosphere, with this marvelous mystery.
Harriet Klausner
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