The Shape of Dread, Marcia Muller
The Shape of Dread, Marcia Muller
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The Shape of Dread
A Sharon McCone Mystery

Author: Marcia Muller

Narrator: Laura Hicks

Unabridged: 9 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2011

Synopsis

Bobby Foster, carhop at the chic Cafe Comedie, is going to the gas chamber. He’s already confessed to the murder of Tracy Kostakos, the club’s rising star. But two years after the crime, Tracy’s body is still missing and Bobby’s confession is full of holes. All Souls Legal Cooperative’s final appeal sends San Francisco’s number one PI Sharon McCone behind the footlights into the super-charged arena of anxious club owners and aspiring young hopefuls, into the fractured world of Tracy’s privileged family and the mind of a young comedienne who was not the good little girl they thought they knew, and into a labyrinth of death and deception where someone will kill to laugh last and get away with murder.

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 SuperWendy on June 19, 2018

I really liked the story of this one. A young man on death row, convicted of killing an up-and-coming comedienne - even though her body was never found. Sharon is working with the lawyer on the appeal's process and soon finds out about the darker side of the victim through her "friends," family and......more

Goodreads review by Sydney on August 28, 2023

Solid murder mystery with familiar characters, Sharon McCone and friends. Muller infuses just enough personal interaction with the mystery details to make the reader care about the characters.......more

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on May 19, 2017

Alas. I was not able to lose myself in this adventure, but instead I was wincing at a lot of emotional dissonance. While the story beguiles for awhile, and the energy level of the story runs hot, and Sharon McCone's life and personal demons engage, I admit to feeling a tad unable to accept the denou......more

Goodreads review by Vannessa on May 08, 2017

Sharon McCone was assigned to Bobby Foster’s case. She is to learn why he confessed to killing Tracy Kostakos, a crime he didn’t commit. Tracy is known by family and friends as a good girl but Sharon McCone learns the truth about Tracy Kostakos and why she was murdered and by whom. Laura Hicks does......more

Goodreads review by Gary on December 17, 2016

Maybe the best of the series so far. Still, not great. Convoluted ending for such a short novel.......more

Quotes

“With this extraordinarily complex, gripping novel, Muller surpasses the previous stories of Sharon McCone…Evoking the atmosphere of San Francisco’s special places, Muller makes one feel particularly the ‘shape of dread’ on death row and provokes thought on the finality of capital punishment.” Publishers Weekly

“McCone remains an engaging detective, and Muller excels at exploring locales—e.g., the seldom-seen underbelly of San Francisco’s projects, neatly juxtaposed against the Mediterranean architecture of the city’s Marina district.” Booklist

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