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shannon_aI started one other book while in Hawaii, There's Nothing to Be Afraid of, by Marcia Muller. It's the 7th Sharon McCone book, and it's enjoyable to be back with the series after a long time away.
Unlike Double, which was set in San Diego, this one is back in San Francisco--which is good, because that's one of the primary reasons I started reading this series. This one in particular is set in the Tenderloin, which generated a laugh-out-loud line for anyone familiar with the area: "Marin County presented a marked change from the Tenderloin."
I find it interesting that between Marcia Muller and then-future-husband Bill Pronzini, the two have covered many of the ethnic groups of San Francisco. Pronzini wrote about the Chinese in Dragonfire and about the Japanese in Quicksilver. Now Muller covers the new (in the early 1980s) influx of Vietnamese in There's Nothing to Be Afraid of.
Comparing Pronzini and Muller, I noted how much more emotional this book is than Pronzini's. It's really about people and how they interact and how that affects the main character. In comparison, Pronzini's Nameless is a lot more cut off.
Overall, it was another enjoyable book. Though the mystery seemed fair, it was buried in ramblings that I paid little attention, but I won't complain about that too much.
Unlike Double, which was set in San Diego, this one is back in San Francisco--which is good, because that's one of the primary reasons I started reading this series. This one in particular is set in the Tenderloin, which generated a laugh-out-loud line for anyone familiar with the area: "Marin County presented a marked change from the Tenderloin."
I find it interesting that between Marcia Muller and then-future-husband Bill Pronzini, the two have covered many of the ethnic groups of San Francisco. Pronzini wrote about the Chinese in Dragonfire and about the Japanese in Quicksilver. Now Muller covers the new (in the early 1980s) influx of Vietnamese in There's Nothing to Be Afraid of.
Comparing Pronzini and Muller, I noted how much more emotional this book is than Pronzini's. It's really about people and how they interact and how that affects the main character. In comparison, Pronzini's Nameless is a lot more cut off.
Overall, it was another enjoyable book. Though the mystery seemed fair, it was buried in ramblings that I paid little attention, but I won't complain about that too much.