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Title: Beyond the Grave by Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini ISBN: 0-7867-0650-3 Publisher: Publishers' Group West Pub. Date: May, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not bad, not bad at all.
Comment: Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini, Beyond the Grave (Carroll and Graf, 1986)
Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini team up for a novel that takes place in two times focusing on the same mystery. Elena Oliverez, in the present day, accidentally stumbles upon a piece of the report of one Detective Quincannon, hired to find the stolen treasures of a Mexican ranchero in the 1890s. As Oliverez gets absorbed in Quincannon's story, she finds herself looking to solve the mystery Quincannon wasn't able to uncover eighty years previously.
The two stories interlock without a hitch, and both Oliverez and Quincannon are engaging protagonists. This is quick, easy beach fare; fast-paced, homey, digestible, and well worth the time for mystery fans. Those who haven't yet discovered either Muller or Pronzini, this is one of many good starting points...
Rating: 4
Summary: Double your fun when Pronzini and Muller team up
Comment: The best thing about being a Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini fan is that there always seems to be a book by one of them that I somehow missed. Sure, I've read every Sharon McCone and Nameless Detective novel, their short story collections, and many of Pronzini's stand-alones; however, these married authors have written and edited DOZENS of books, including many that are out of print. What a treasure trove for the discerning reader of suspense!
As far as I can determine, Muller and Pronzini have collaborated on three novels: LIGHTHOUSE, a stand-alone thriller; DOUBLE, a Nameless/McCone mystery; and BEYOND THE GRAVE, featuring two of the authors' lesser-known series characters, Muller's art museum director Elena Oliverez and Pronzini's late-19th-century San Francisco detective John Quincannon. As in DOUBLE, the authors alternate -- first, we get a few chapters told from Oliverez's point of view, and then we switch to Quincannon. What makes this collaboration noteworthy is that the Quincannon chapters take place in 1894, Oliverez's in the 1980s.
Oliverez has bought a Mexican wedding chest at auction for her art museum, and when she's examining it, she finds an old report written by Quincannon inside a hidden compartment. He had been on the trail of some lost religious artifacts, but apparently was never able to find them. By using Quincannon's report, Oliverez hopes to recover the valuable pieces. In the process of searching, both characters encounter murder and face danger.
The story flows seamlessly between past and present. While these may be the authors' second-string characters, this book is definitely never second rate.
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Title: Dead Midnight by Marcia Muller ISBN: 0446612529 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Cyanide Wells by Marcia Muller ISBN: 0892967811 Publisher: Mysterious Press Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Point Deception by Marcia Muller ISBN: 0446611360 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Where Echoes Live by Marcia Muller ISBN: 0446401617 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Walk Through the Fire, A by Marcia Muller ISBN: 0446608165 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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