Sharon McCone, fencing ring operates out of center for blind

I'm a big fan of this character so went back to read a couple books that are earlier in the series. This one is not one of Muller's better efforts, but it does show some development of the Sharon McCone character and back story. Overall, good story and I enjoyed it. ( )

Kirkus Reviews Tough-veneered Sharon McCone, who trembled her private-eye way through Edwin of the Iron Shoes (1977), is now getting to hate going home to her apartment in a frowsy San Francisco neighborhood. Not only is houseguest Linnea, an old chum, drowning divorce sorrows in self-pity and cheap wine. Even worse, neighbor Molly Antonio has been strangled--and also to be murdered is neighbor Anya Neverman, an ugly fortune-teller who greets visitors with a gun. Among the suspects: Molly's husband Gus, who works for the nearby Sunrise Blind Center; Herb Clemente, the Center's ambitious, bitter administrator; Anya's ex-con husband, who lives in the Center's basement for no apparent reason. And ultimately Sharon, while uncovering a mini-network trafficking in stolen goods, will effect a nick-of-time rescue of Linnea. Lots of stalking around--but Sharon remains a tepid heroine, not much helped here by plot and characters that are mildly interesting at best.
(Kirkus Reviews, June 1, 1982) ( )