Burn Out

"Here is Marcia Muller's stalwart heroine Sharon McCone as you've never seen her before, in a new novel set in Californi... (more)

"Here is Marcia Muller's stalwart heroine Sharon McCone as you've never seen her before, in a new novel set in California's high desert country"--Provided by the publisher. (less)

A chance encounter with a troubled, highly secretive Native American woman begins to haunt her dreams, and even though s... (more)

A chance encounter with a troubled, highly secretive Native American woman begins to haunt her dreams, and even though she is determined not to investigate anything during her stay--and perhaps not ever again--McCone is drawn into the plight of the young woman and her dysfunctional family. A murder and traces of violence at a deserted resort lead her across the desert and into Nevada, and finally to a remote and isolated ranch, where danger lies closer that she expects and where her future and life itself may hang in the balance. (less)