Vanishing Point

Sharon McCone #23

By: Marcia Muller

Narrated by: Susan Ericksen

For a Nevada wedding, the nuptials between Sharon McCone and sexy fellow investigator Hy Ripinsky are downright tasteful: no Elvis impersonators, no plastic flowers, no embarrassing last-minute bailout by a bride well known for her phobia to commitment. This time, McCone has displayed the smarts she uses in her successful detective firm and chosen a guy who respects her as a professional and shares her passions. But living together in her beloved little house on Church Street may be another matter entirely, especially when Hy suggests they need a bigger place.

The looming crisis of who will compromise first is delayed when Hy heads out of town on business and McCone dives into one of her most baffling cases yet - the disappearance of Laurel Greenwood, who vanished 22 years before without a trace. Laurel's grown-up daughter is desperately seeking closure and wants McCone to find out the fate of the young mother and artist who never returned from a day of landscape painting in a Central California coastal town.

The case is cold, and the evidence McCone begins uncovering is chilling. Secrets kept for two decades now emerge to create a portrait of a woman who's perfect on the surface and anything but a paragon beneath it. And when someone takes potshots at McCone to scare her into dropping her inquiries, the detective's resolve hardens. She intends to uncover the truth - the whole truth - even when it awakens her suspicions that the bonds of marriage can easily become chains, and that escaping them may lead to desperate acts...or murderous ones.

Listen to all of the Sharon McCone titles.©2006 The Pronzini-Muller Family Trust (P)2006 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

IT'S OK

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Im in the middle I didn't dislike it nor did it blow me away

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

To be honest I just bought it because I like Susan erickson she is a awesome narrator

What about Susan Ericksen’s performance did you like?

She is great only reason I bought this one since listening to the jb Robb series

Do you think Vanishing Point needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Nope

Any additional comments?

Going to give her one more try ang get the running man

Another GREAT Marcia Muller book!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I did listen to this book in a couple days - any chance I got I listened. I kept thinking it was ending but just keep on going stronger.

Great book in the long-running series

If you like Marcia Muller you will like this book. I have read only a few of her books and I don't remember liking those as much as I liked this one. Sharon McCone, the story's main P.I., is an enjoyable character. She is tough and smart, but very human, as well. There is quite a lot of her personal life in the book, but that didn't bother me or digress too much from the mystery.
I loved the mystery of what happened to the missing woman all those years ago. It kept me listening on and on, well past my bedtime.
If you don't know Marcia Muller's work, I think this would be a good introduction into the series. Just don't worry too much about all the family and friends you are introduced to in the beginning and you'll do fine.

Very entertaining

A fun read.