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Locked In (Sharon McCone #27)
Shot in the head by an unknown assailant, San Francisco private eye Sharon McCone finds herself trapped by locked-in syndrome: almost total paralysis but an alert, conscious mind. Since the late-night attack occurred at her agency's offices, the natural conclusion was that it was connected to one of the firm's cases. As Sharon lies in her hospital bed, furiously trying to...more
Hardcover, 288 pages
Published
October 15th 2009
by Grand Central Publishing
(first published 2009)
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Locked In is the latest Sharon McCone mystery from author, Marcia Muller. This book opens with a bang. Sharon is headed back to the office. When she arrives, she goes to unlock her office door but it is already unlocked. She heads into her office and hears a loud bang, right before she passes out. Sharon wakes up to find herself lying in a hospital bed with her husband by her side. The problem Sharon now faces is that she is trapped inside her body in what is called “locked-in syndrome”. A syndr...more
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Apr 27, 2013
Vannessagrace Vannessagrace
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Sharon McCone is shot in the head in her office. She recovers but suffers Locked-In Syndrome (a rare neurological disorder characterized by complete paralysis of voluntary muscles in all parts of the body except for those that control eye movement. It may result from traumatic brain injury, diseases of the circulatory system, diseases that destroy the myelin sheath surrounding nerve cells, or medication overdose. Individuals with locked-in syndrome are conscious and can think and reason, but are...more
Had already read this book, but didn't remember much, so I reread it. Just as good as the first time. Still love this series! Now need to check if there are any new books.... Exciting, hard to put down.
Shot in the head by an unknown assailant, San Francisco private eye Sharon McCone finds herself trapped by locked-in syndrome: almost total paralysis but an alert, conscious mind. Since the late-night attack occurred at her agency's offices, the natural conclusion was that it was connected to one...more
Shot in the head by an unknown assailant, San Francisco private eye Sharon McCone finds herself trapped by locked-in syndrome: almost total paralysis but an alert, conscious mind. Since the late-night attack occurred at her agency's offices, the natural conclusion was that it was connected to one...more
I don't know why this series doesn't get as much press as Sue Grafton's alphabet books. I think Sharon McCone is at least as compelling a character as Kinsey Millhone, and always seemed to me a little more real and realized. Muller started writing the series in 1977 and since then, McCone has morphed from a legal investigator into an early-middle-aged married woman who owns a large PI agency in San Francisco. In the first pages of this book, McCone is shot and ends up a victim of locked-in syndr...more
Private Detective Sharon McCone is shot outside her agency and her injuries result in "Locked-In" Syndrome, where a patient can see and hear everything going on, but she can't move or communicate except for blinking her eyes. Her agency tries to solve her shooting while she tries to help from her bed.
I have not read any of the other books in this series about this detective, and I believe that could be why I didn't like the story much. There was a large cast of characters, and the story is told...more
I have not read any of the other books in this series about this detective, and I believe that could be why I didn't like the story much. There was a large cast of characters, and the story is told...more
First Sentence: A typical July night in San Francisco.
That typical July night ends up as anything but when private investigator Sharon McCone returns to her office late one evening, and is shot. But bullet has lodged in her head and left her, not in a coma, but locked-in. She can hear, see and think, but neither talk nor move. Her husband, Hy, and her McCone Investigation team are focused on finding the shooter.
The story definitely starts with a bang. From there, each chapter is narrated by a di...more
That typical July night ends up as anything but when private investigator Sharon McCone returns to her office late one evening, and is shot. But bullet has lodged in her head and left her, not in a coma, but locked-in. She can hear, see and think, but neither talk nor move. Her husband, Hy, and her McCone Investigation team are focused on finding the shooter.
The story definitely starts with a bang. From there, each chapter is narrated by a di...more
Locked In, by Marcia Muller, A-minus, narrated by Deanna Hurst, produced by BBC Audio Books America, downloaded from audible.com.
In this book Sharon McCone goes back to the office at night on the deserted wharf to get her cell phone, and surprises someone in the office who shoots her in the head. Sharon enters into “Locked In” syndrome, where she is alert in her mind but totally paralyzed. She has to learn to use her eyes to make contact with her husband and her staff. Everyone believes that the...more
In this book Sharon McCone goes back to the office at night on the deserted wharf to get her cell phone, and surprises someone in the office who shoots her in the head. Sharon enters into “Locked In” syndrome, where she is alert in her mind but totally paralyzed. She has to learn to use her eyes to make contact with her husband and her staff. Everyone believes that the...more
There is no doubt that Marcia Muller is one of the top mystery writers working today. She has the Grand Masters Award from the Mystery Writers of America plus a host of other honors to prove it. However, her army of readers don't need these affirmations to know that a Muller book is going to intrigue and entertain them.
Best known for stories featuring private investigator Sharon McCone this author suprises us with her latest, Locked In. McCone has been a top favorite since her debut in 1977; we...more
Best known for stories featuring private investigator Sharon McCone this author suprises us with her latest, Locked In. McCone has been a top favorite since her debut in 1977; we...more
One of my all-time favorite writers is Marcia Muller and since I voraciously consumed (and got caught up on) all her other books, I anxiously awaited another...for, it seems, a long time. Well, it finally came...and I wasn't disappointed.
Sharon McCone has had her own private detection agancy for quite some time now, and has dealt with self-doubt about continuing it in previous installments. In this book she is forced into another kind of personal testing in which the loyalty and love of her staf...more
Sharon McCone has had her own private detection agancy for quite some time now, and has dealt with self-doubt about continuing it in previous installments. In this book she is forced into another kind of personal testing in which the loyalty and love of her staf...more
This was my first time reading a book by this author or featuring this private eye and I was not disappointed. Not only was the story suspenseful and a great mystery, but it also appealed to me as a Speech-Language Pathologist. After being shot in the head, Sharon McCone suffered from Locked-In Syndrome, a very rare and misunderstood condition that results in the inability to speak or move while you understand everything going on around you. Individuals with locked-in syndrome can only communica...more
Mar 11, 2010
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The 27th Sharon McCone mystery finds McCone hospitalized, paralyzed by a gunshot wound to the head, in a "locked-in" state, meaning that she can hear, she can think, but she cannot move or talk. At best, she can respond by blinking - once for "yes", twice for "no".
Her colleagues gather to try to find out who attacked her, delving through old files on the not unreasonable assumption that this was likely related to one of her old cases.
Ordinarily, Muller writes from McCone's point of view. But be...more
Her colleagues gather to try to find out who attacked her, delving through old files on the not unreasonable assumption that this was likely related to one of her old cases.
Ordinarily, Muller writes from McCone's point of view. But be...more
Nov 10, 2009
Richard
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Mystery lovers, people who like San Francisco.
Recommended to Richard by:
I read all Ms. Muller's work
With over 30 novels to her credit, Marcia Muller still finds ways to remain fresh with her latest story featuring Sharon McCone, her mysterious husband and the whole crew from her PI firm on Pier 24 1/2 in San Francisco.
Confined to a hospital bed, unable to control anything except to blink, Sharon is faced with her most important case yet: who shot her and put her into this locked in syndrome?
Each chapter is told by a different character with a different point of view. Each has a part of the puz...more
Confined to a hospital bed, unable to control anything except to blink, Sharon is faced with her most important case yet: who shot her and put her into this locked in syndrome?
Each chapter is told by a different character with a different point of view. Each has a part of the puz...more
I love a good mystery! Especially a Sharon McCone mystery. After being shot in the head private eye, Sharon McCone awakens in the hospital almost completely paralyzed. She is able to hear and see only directly in front of her face. After a week of frustration and terror her husband notices she can blink to yes or no questions. The horrible diagnosis "Locked-in syndrome". The syndrome is caused by head trauma and has a high mortality rate. A realistic seeming insight into the experiences of fear...more
I have a problem but it's not the book--it's me. I'm pretty sure that I've read all the McCone series--and there are a ton of them. In this book Muller reprises the background of all the people we've come to know--operatives and family. While the refresher was helpful, I realized I just didn't care. Since her early days as a struggling PI at All Souls, McCone has practically become a CEO. She has so many people working for her that it took me awhile--and sometimes the backstories--to sort them o...more
In the last McCone book (Burn Out), Sharon was experiencing depression; in this book, she is paralyzed. Is Muller trying to tell us something about her relationship to this long-time protagonist? Yeah, I know that Locked In won the 2010 Shamus, but both books left me with the feeling that Muller is just tired, tired of Sharon McCone. And her writing shows it. While I did enjoy the variety of perspectives that Muller chose for this book and the ability it gave us to delve more closely into the us...more
My first time reading a book from this series. I did realise it was part of a series as there were occasional references to the protagonist's backstories that sounded like previous stories. Locked In is a complete novel and it didn't matter that I hadn't read the earlier stories although I do want to, having read this one - 25 of them it seems! The acquired brain injury Sharon gets is well covered, except in my opinion when they decided not to operate to remove the bullet fragments initially, bu...more
Jul 31, 2011
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I have always liked this author and Sharon McComb is a consistent protagonist, occasionally irritating in her "need to be independent" issues, but over the last several books has been more at peace with her relationship with Ripinski. In this one she is shot in the head early on, and others do the leg work for her while she is first locked in then on the surgical table. THe plot is about average for the series, the book is well paced, maybe a little on the short side but not egregiously so. Reco...more
I knew that early on in this book Sharon McCone is shot in the head and survives in what is called a "locked in" state: she is conscious and aware of her surroundings but is unable to move or speak. This is, of course, very frustrating for McCone and I had anticipated that it would be frustrating for the reader as well. But McCone's husband, Hy Rapinsky, and all the agency operatives dive into old cases to try to figure out who the assailant was, so there is lots of action as we switch from one...more
I've read Marcia Muller's stories from the very first book she wrote. Her characters have evolved with each book she writes. Her writing is clean and precise and I don't get lost in the details of solving the case, something that can happen while reading other mystery writers.
Muller writes with sympathy and warmth while pulling no punches.
Because of the premise of this book, the Locked In syndrome, the reader is taken through the stories from all of the usual characters in a Muller novel, feelin...more
Muller writes with sympathy and warmth while pulling no punches.
Because of the premise of this book, the Locked In syndrome, the reader is taken through the stories from all of the usual characters in a Muller novel, feelin...more
Its been awhile since I visited Sharon McCone, so I was happy to pick this new one up. It begins with Sharon surprising an intruder in her office after hours and getting shot in the head. For most of the book she is in the hospital fighting for her life. Hy and the rest of the members of her investigative company share alternate chapters as they review cases in an attempt to track down the shooter. Eventually various threads come together with an unexpected results. It was a quick read and enjoy...more
This is the latest installment in Marcia Muller's long-running Sharon McCone mystery series, about a San Francisco PI. I have often been impressed at Muller's ability to keep the series fresh, and here she pulls off an especially impressive one: McCone is shot in the head at the very beginning and paralyzed in body, although alert of mind. Some of the book is from McCone's point of view, as she struggles to communicate; the rest is told from the POVs of her husband and her friends and associates...more
I have read all of Marcia Muller's McCone series, and have enjoyed them all. This book took an interesting tack--a brain injury for the protagonist so that she is unable to tell the story of the crimes being investigated, and then telling the story through the eyes of her husband and employees. I thought this was a creative and clever way to shake the series up a bit, and help us get to know the supporting cast better. But the story floundered a bit as a result--the rapid switching from narrator...more
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I really like the McCone series. It isn't an exciting roller coaster ride, but a steady solid investigation of facts leading to a cleverly constructed ending. Sometimes it was hard in this one to follow the story, as it was divided up between all of the characters trying to solve murders and each character was announced and followed separately as they followed their leads. This method of storytelling fit into the plot of this book, as Sharon McCone is shot and her parts are basically told from i...more
Sharon McCone is a highly sucessful private investigator from humble origins who has managed to cobble together a wonderful family, and several loyal and dedicated employees and colleagues who will do just about anything for her. Sharon is a vibrant member of the community and an investigative professional at the top of her game.
She is also used to being in the middle of it all – involved in every way- so when she is shot and critically injured one night after returning to her office, it is deva...more
She is also used to being in the middle of it all – involved in every way- so when she is shot and critically injured one night after returning to her office, it is deva...more
I usually enjoy the books in this series, but this one was just OK. Private investigator Sharon McCone finds herself "locked in," unable to move or communicate except for blinking after a gunshot wound to the head. This scenario proves to be challenging not only for McCone, but the author, as the narrative switches between the many characters who work for her and her husband. As the investigative team search for the assailant who has gravely wounded McCone, Sharon deals with prospect of being co...more
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Very interesting way to flesh out the vast cast of supporting players Marcia Muller has created for the Sharon McCone series.
Many of them figured prominently in previous McCone mysteries and have appeared only peripherally in subsequent books. It was good to see more of them, learn about the changes in their lives and see how they've grown.
Many of them figured prominently in previous McCone mysteries and have appeared only peripherally in subsequent books. It was good to see more of them, learn about the changes in their lives and see how they've grown.
Muller has still got it! Sharon McCone is back, but she's the victim of "locked in" syndrome after being shot in the head by an unknown assailant. All of the operatives in the agency are on the job, taking another, harder look at their recent cases in an effort to identify Sharon's shooter. Slightly different approach as the reader sees in turn what each person is doing in the investigation, but it all comes together in the end. Well-written, highly readable as usual.
The premise is scary - the idea of being fully aware but unable to move a muscle... I enjoyed the book, and didn't want to put it down till I had finished, but I found it a little choppy - every chapter is from a different character's pov, and I had to keep going back to refresh my memory. Still - I would recommend it - there were lots of dead bodies, but no gratuitous gore, and the characters were interesting.
I would mention that this was the first book I have read by this author, so I am proba...more
I would mention that this was the first book I have read by this author, so I am proba...more
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A native of the Detroit area, Marcia Muller grew up in a house full of books and self-published three copies of her first novel at age twelve, a tale about her dog complete with primitive illustrations. The "reviews" were generally positive.
In the early 1970s, having moved to California, Muller found herself unemployable and began experimenting with mystery novels.
In the ensuing thirty-some years,...more
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In the early 1970s, having moved to California, Muller found herself unemployable and began experimenting with mystery novels.
In the ensuing thirty-some years,...more
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