Edwin of the Iron Shoes, Marcia Muller
Edwin of the Iron Shoes, Marcia Muller
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Edwin of the Iron Shoes

Author: Marcia Muller

Narrator: Laura Hicks

Unabridged: 5 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/01/2011

Synopsis

It's Sharon McCone's first case as staff investigator for All Souls Legal Cooperative. She knows nothing about antiques, yet she has an affection for Salem Street with its charming mix of antique and curio shops. Now elderly dealer Joan Albritton has been found dead, stabbed with an antique dagger. Her neighbors are shocked. Recurring vandalism has them frightened. Ferreting out the facts will take Sharon from the chaotic jumble of the junk dealer's establishment to a museum where San Francisco's most elegant socialites gather.

About Marcia Muller

Marcia Muller is a New York Times bestselling author and creator of the critically acclaimed series starring private investigator Sharon McCone. She has also written many short stories. She has won six Anthony Awards, a Shamus Award, and is also the recipient of the Private Eye Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award as well as the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award, their highest accolade.

About Laura Hicks

Laura Hicks is an Obie Award–winning actress who has appeared on Broadway, off Broadway, and in regional theater, film, and television. A native New Yorker and a Juilliard graduate, she has performed throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Australia, Austria, Italy, and Ireland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on May 05, 2014

I really wanted to give this one up at the half way stage. But there were a few reasons I wanted to finish it poking me along. One being the shortness of the thing, and it features an early female P.I., predating Sue Grafton's 1980s creation, but the main and most persistent pokey thing was the know......more

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on April 05, 2021

Number one novel in the Sharon McCone detective series, so one must begin with 'Edwin of the Iron Shoes'. It's a fast read, primarily because it has all of the complexity of a television detective show. While it is a suitably entertaining mystery, it is written in a wooden, declarative fashion. Ever......more

Goodreads review by Scott on August 09, 2012

Marcia Muller is one of the grande dames of the contemporary mystery genre, up there with Sue Grafton and Sara Paretsky. Muller's female P.I. Sharon McCone has been p.i.ing long before most mystery writers writing today were in diapers. "Edwin of the Iron Shoes", published in 1977, is the very first......more

Goodreads review by Jess on June 07, 2015

Three and a half stars. I had low expectations but really enjoyed this. Very short and quick read. She got straight to the point, no extraneous information. I'd definitely be interested in reading more in this series.......more

Goodreads review by Deb on August 08, 2019

This was a rather straight forward murder mystery with a bit of romance thrown into the fray. I enjoyed the story well enough, I just don't think this one was my particular cup of tea.......more

Quotes

“The plotting is competent and the writing lively.” New York Times

“A fast-moving whodunit.” Publishers Weekly

“Long before Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Milhone, long before Sara Paretsky’s V. I. Warshawski, there was Marcia Muller’s Sharon McCone…Muller and McCone are still the class of the field.”  San Diego Union-Tribune, praise for the series

“Top-notch mystery and more from one of the genre’s Grand Masters.” Library Journal, praise for the series

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