Cyanide Wells, Marcia Muller
Cyanide Wells, Marcia Muller
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Cyanide Wells

Author: Marcia Muller

Narrator: Sandra Burr, J. Charles

Unabridged: 7 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/16/2017


Synopsis

A hard, four-hour drive north of San Francisco leads to sparsely populated Soledad County, a combination of spectacular seashore, inland forests, and small towns steeped in gold-mining history. One of those towns is Cyanide Wells, now an artsy community, whose name comes from the miners’ use of cyanide to refine ore and the time the area’s water supply was tragically poisoned.To Matthew Lindstrom, that sinister legacy is ironically appropriate for the place he finally expects to find his ex-wife, Gwen. Fourteen years earlier, her baffling disappearance branded him a murderer and destroyed his reputation and career as a photographer. Suddenly, after all this time, an anonymous phone caller tells him that Gwen is alive - and well aware of what she has done. Matt comes to Cyanide Wells looking for answers...and revenge.Here, where the surrounding thick forest conceals twisted paths and old sins, Matt works to uncover the details of Gwen’s new life. But before he can confront her, his ex vanishes once more. With his future again threatened by suspicion, Matt must join forces with Carly McGuire - a local woman with secrets of her own - and begin a hunt through Soledad’s untamed landscape and an interior geography of betrayal and darkness. There perhaps lies the truth about past crimes and Gwen’s fate...as well as Matt’s own.

About Marcia Muller

MARCIA MULLER has written many novels and short stories. Her novel Wolf in the Shadows won the Anthony Boucher Award. The recipient of the Private Eye Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award - their highest accolade - she lives in northern California with her husband, mystery writer Bill Pronzini.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Yvonne

It was a quick but enjoyable read. As you go down memory lane the life of a sociopath is revealed layer by layer. I found myself wondering about the guilt or innocence of the main suspect, the runaway wife. This is a great book and I read it so fast because I couldn't put it down.......more

Goodreads review by Rosie

I've read this book twice and loved it each time. Helps that I'm from the area she writes about.......more

Goodreads review by Megan

This book is interesting not so much for the mystery, which is a bit less than so-so, but for the fact that it was penned by Muller, who, along with P.D. James, Sue Grafton, and Sara Paretsky, are often considered the first modern women detective novelists. James’ An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972......more

Goodreads review by Keith

As a photography instructor in the journalism department of a Wisconsin University Matthew Landstrom finds that he is particularly attracted to a young, appealing and unusually focused student, whom he soon makes his bride, regardless of the disapproving attitude of his peers. After a short time, di......more

This book was passed down to me by my husbands grandmother, who recently passed away. It's a mystery and an interesting read. The book was rather short and I finished it in 2 days but I did enjoy it.......more