Sharon McCone Books in Order

Sharon McCone investigates an antiques dealer's murder after earlier arson and vandalism attacks on San Francisco shops. Working for the All Souls Legal Cooperative, she examines rival dealers and redevelopment interests while navigating an uneasy relationship with the police.

An elderly neighbor's murder makes Sharon McCone's troubled friend Linnea the prime suspect. With a fortune-teller's ominous prediction hanging over the apartment building, Sharon must uncover her neighbors' secrets to protect both her friend and her professional standing.

Sharon McCone investigates a friend's death among the people restoring San Francisco's historic Victorian houses. Her search moves through the architectural community and centers on an unusual Tiffany lamp decorated with the grinning face of the Cheshire Cat.

At a San Diego convention, Sharon McCone investigates a friend's fatal fall while the Nameless Detective follows another mystery in the same hotel. Their cases converge, requiring the two investigators to unravel connections involving multiple murders and criminal activity.

A search for missing social worker Jane Anthony takes Sharon McCone to an isolated coastal village and a prosperous California resort. Suspicious hospice deaths complicate the assignment, and Jane's own death exposes secrets few people want Sharon to investigate.

Sharon McCone helps flea-market dealer Willie Whelan investigate a stalker and becomes entangled in stolen sacred Torah scrolls. Murders and a fanatical conspiracy turn the city's world of informal trading into a dangerous investigation threatening her client and herself.

Sharon McCone investigates intimidation against Vietnamese families living in a deteriorating Tenderloin apartment building. When harassment becomes murder, the All Souls investigator examines neighborhood figures, property interests, and the surrounding criminal economy to discover who wants the tenants driven out.

Sharon McCone visits Appleby Island to investigate sabotage threatening her sister's plan to convert an old mansion into an inn. A storm cuts off escape as vandalism escalates to murder, trapping the detective with a killer in the Sacramento delta.

Sharon McCone reexamines the murder of comedian Tracy Kostakos to help a man facing execution at San Quentin. Her inquiry into the performer's colleagues, family, and cruelly satirical routines uncovers evidence that puts the detective herself in danger.

Hired to follow a ranch manager, Sharon McCone discovers that her client has been concealing information. His subsequent murder leaves a homeless man under suspicion, prompting Sharon to search for a fleeing woman and the connection behind the original assignment.

A sniper victim's revised will leaves his fortune to four strangers instead of his children. Sharon McCone investigates for the All Souls Legal Cooperative and finds connections to Vietnam-era activism, an old bombing attempt, and a new series of killings.

Sharon McCone searches for a missing eccentric near Tufa Lake, where conservationists oppose a large mining operation. The discovery of an investor's body draws her through suspicious land deals and disappearances toward a killer amid California's high-desert landscape.

Sharon McCone reinvestigates Lis Benedict's decades-old murder conviction after her daughter seeks a hearing before the Historical Tribunal. Fresh threats and deaths suggest that someone still profits from the original case and will kill to preserve its secrets.

While considering an administrative promotion, Sharon McCone learns that her lover Hy Ripinsky has vanished during a ransom delivery. Tracing him through Southern California and Mexico, she faces suspicious security operatives and kidnappers while trying to recover both Hy and the money.

Newly independent investigator Sharon McCone accepts a case from eccentric college acquaintance T. J. Gordon, who reports sabotage and death threats. An explosion at his home sends her into his corporate turnaround projects, searching for someone pursuing deadly revenge.

Sharon McCone investigates a bomber targeting diplomatic offices, drawn initially by a million-dollar reward. At an Arab consulate she befriends a lonely nine-year-old, whose disappearance sends Sharon to a Caribbean island on a rescue mission tangled with the bombing case.

This collection gathers Sharon McCone's short investigations during her years at San Francisco's All Souls Legal Cooperative. Cases range from a clown's death and a missing socialite to a gang leader's murder, tracing the detective's work across varied communities.

Country star Ricky Savage, Sharon McCone's brother-in-law, receives anonymous messages demanding answers about a song. Sharon investigates as threats spread to his children, uncovering music-industry grievances while a failing marriage and divided loyalties complicate her family's safety.

Sharon McCone searches for her flight instructor Matty's missing boyfriend, who has left his young son behind. When Matty dies in a suspicious air-show crash, Sharon and Hy Ripinsky follow the man's concealed history into the aviation business.

An impostor uses Sharon McCone's identity to meet clients and men, then invades her home and targets her family. While investigating office manager Ted Smalley's unusual behavior, Sharon must stop the double before her reputation and safety are destroyed.

Sharon McCone travels to Kauai after filmmaker Glenna Stanleigh reports sabotage on a documentary set. Investigating with help from Hy Ripinsky's security connections, she explores an influential family's missing members, local history, and the increasingly dangerous events surrounding the production.

These stories present Sharon McCone's agency through her own voice and those of colleagues, nephew Mick Savage, and lover Hy Ripinsky. Investigations involve a missing teenager, a dead artist's sculpture, a rundown hotel's jukebox, and exploitation in a sweatshop.

After her father's death, Sharon McCone discovers adoption papers and begins searching for her biological parents. The investigation takes her to Native American communities in Montana and Idaho, where concealed history and determined resistance turn her personal quest dangerous.

Grieving her brother's suicide, Sharon McCone investigates a wrongful-death claim involving a young magazine employee. Evidence of workplace misconduct and computer espionage turns the apparent suicide into a dangerous case, with further violence threatening those who know the truth.

When investigator Julia Rafael is accused of stealing a client's credit card, Sharon McCone's growing agency faces ruin. Determined to establish the truth, Sharon discovers evidence of a deliberate attack against the business she has built.

Sharon McCone investigates an artist and housewife's disappearance decades earlier, finding signs of a concealed life. When the missing woman's grown daughter also vanishes, the case raises disturbing questions about two marriages and Sharon's own recent wedding.

A bomber threatens a security firm, and Sharon McCone narrowly escapes an explosion at its offices. Pursuing the elusive attacker forces her to question her husband's role in the company's hidden past, putting their marriage and safety at risk.

Exhausted by a dangerous case, Sharon McCone retreats to her desert ranch and considers leaving investigation behind. A troubled woman's family draws her back into a mystery involving murder, a deserted resort, and violence across the California-Nevada border.

An unknown attacker shoots Sharon McCone, leaving her conscious but almost entirely paralyzed. While her agency investigates the assault, she evaluates their findings from her hospital bed, trying to uncover the person who may still threaten her life.

Recovering from paralysis, Sharon McCone struggles to regain independence while others question her abilities. The disappearance of a friend from physical therapy draws her into a dangerous investigation that reaches beyond a personal mystery into national security.

An unanswered plea from her troubled half brother sends Sharon McCone searching through San Francisco. His trail leads to a woman's body and an old heiress's murder, forcing Sharon to untangle the connections before he becomes another victim.

Acquitted of murdering her best friend, Caro Warrick hires Sharon McCone to dispel the suspicion that still damages her life. A brutal attack on Caro changes the investigation, revealing an unresolved threat to others connected with the case.

Sharon McCone moves her agency into promising new offices, only to encounter more than ordinary property problems. Rumored nineteenth-century ghosts and a dubious organization turn the building itself into an unexpected source of mystery and trouble.

A mother asks All Souls to find her ten-year-old daughter, who disappeared after riding a merry-go-round. Her reluctance to involve police complicates Sharon McCone's investigation, suggesting the missing-child case conceals a more difficult family story.

A woman's report of a ritual threatening an infant brings Sharon McCone an unusual case. Her inquiries reveal the husband's ties to a secretive treasure-hunting group, prompting Sharon and her nephew to investigate its nighttime activities from within.

A supposedly dead enemy returns to harass Sharon McCone and her husband while they work on a neglected Victorian property. A body and the man's interest in the building turn a routine assignment into an increasingly personal threat.

A racist attack leaves Sharon McCone's Shoshone father in a coma during a holiday visit. Dissatisfied with police progress, she pursues his attackers herself, receiving threats that reveal the danger extends beyond the assault to her own safety.

Checking on a missing house renovator leads Sharon McCone to a former nightclub with a secret room filled with images of killers. The disturbing discovery turns her search into a race to prevent another murder.

Sharon McCone goes undercover in remote northern California after two Indigenous women are murdered and officials dismiss possible connections. Hired by an advocacy organization, she confronts local corruption while investigating a killer who may turn on her.

Sharon McCone investigates escalating pranks against luxury homes on San Francisco’s private streets. An attack on her, a meth-lab explosion, and murder expose a larger scheme, especially when a trusted employee becomes implicated in the danger.