Marcia Muller: The Dangerous Hour (USA 2007)

From the Publisher:
Marcia Muller's beloved heroine Sharon McCone is back to investigate a personal betrayal by one of her operatives that has put her business and reputation on the line.

Marcia Muller: The Dangerous Hour. A Sharon McCone Mystery. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 9780446507370 (July, 2007), eBook, 338 KB (ca. 336 p.), $7.99.

Marcia Muller: The Dangerous Hour (USA 2005)

From the Publisher:
Sharon McCone is flying high. Her detective agency is successful, with a growing staff and more work than they can keep up with. Then suddenly, everything comes crashing down. It starts with the arrest of a favorite employee for credit-card fraud. It escalates when McCone realizes that she is the real target: that someone from her past is out to ruin her business and harm those close to her. And it gets very personal when someone breaks into her car, invades her home, and upsets every aspect of her life.

Now to find answers, the P.I. must come to grips with the violent twists and turns of her career and the enemies she's made. One thing is certain: She'll prove how far she'll go for justice-and some vengeance of her own.

Marcia Muller: The Dangerous Hour. A Sharon McCone Mystery. Warner Books, ISBN: 9780446615877 (June, 2005), 324 p., $6.99.

Marcia Muller: The Dangerous Hour (USA 2004)

From the Publisher:
Complacency can make a person careless, and Sharon McCone, who makes crime her business, should know that better than most. One minute she's riding high with her detective agency expanding, her bank account growing, and her only "problem" a marriage proposal from her love, Hy Ripinsky, that's kicking up her longtime fears of commitment. The next minute, in the time it takes for a single phone call to bring bad news, she stands to lose everything.

McCone is stunned to learn that a favorite employee, streetwise and savvy Julia Rafael, has been charged with credit-card fraud. She thinks there must be a mistake - until she finds the goods charged to the stolen credit card in the firm's mailroom. As she starts to dig into the facts of the case, McCone realizes that someone is out to ruin her business, blacken her reputation, and harm those close to her...

Reaching back into her past to look for answers, she must come to grips with the violent twists and turns of her career, the choices she's faced, and the enemies she's made. How does the formerly trustworthy Julia fit into the big picture? And how does this new crisis tie into the recent murder of a popular Mission District fund-raiser? But when someone breaks into her car, invades her home, and upsets every aspect of her life, McCone knows one thing for sure: Now it's her turn to prove how tough she really is, and how far she'll go to get justice... and some payback of her own.

Marcia Muller: The Dangerous Hour. A Sharon McCone Mystery. Mysterious Press, ISBN: 9780892968046 (July, 2004), 285 p., $25.00.