"Finally settled into their new home after losing their house in a fire, and fully established in their new shared offices, private investigator Sharon McCone and her business partner husband Hy are starting to feel comfortable. That calm is shattered when Hy's former colleague Gage Renshaw--a shady troublemaker who they had presumed dead reappears, and it's unclear what he wants from his prosperous former associate. Meanwhile, Sharon has a new client...

Appleby Island, once the magnificent home of a tycoon and planter, is a place of history and mystery in the Sacramento delta. its story includes hints of tragedy, fueling rumors that ghosts still walk its derelict orchards. Now Patsy McCone her new lover, and a group of investors are turning the old mansion into an elegant bed and breakfast inn. Summoned by her eccentric younger sister, P.I. Sharon McCone arrives in the teeth of a gale, taking a busman's...

A knock on the door in the middle of the night. It can only be bad news, and it is: Sharon's father Elwood has been the victim of a vicious, racially-motivated attack. A nationally recognized Shoshone Indian artist, he'd been visiting Sharon for the holidays, browsing for gifts in San Francisco's exclusive Marina district when he was set upon by a mob of angry young men. Now, Elwood lies in a coma, hovering between life and death. With little...

PI Sharon McCone of San Francisco hunts for the woman who is impersonating her. The impostor claims to be a private eye, she charges purchases to Sharon's credit cards and even pretends she is Sharon when sleeping with men.

When a priceless collection of sacred Torah scrolls turns up at a San Francisco flea market, Sharon McCone is called upon to protect sidewalk sale kingpin Willie Whelan from a stalker and a band of fanatical killers.

Since the Gold Rush, California prospectors have siphoned off the waters of isolated Tufa Lake, exposing the fragile, otherworldly mineral formation of the lake basin. Now a local environmental group seeks to block the latest incursion by developers -- a massive mining operation funded by TransPacific, a U.S.-Hong Kong interest that seems to be behind a series of break-ins, disappearances, and shady land deals. Into this stark lunar landscape walks...

Detective Sharon McCone of San Francisco flies to Hawaii to investigate sabotage on a film set. The film is about Hawaiian legends and the suspects include Hawaiian nationalists.

A random series of murders is only a succession of headlines in the San Francisco Chronicle for investigator Sharon McCone until one of her legal co-op's clients becomes a victim.

Joanna Stark is convinced that her ex-lover, art dealer Anthony Parducci, who she had hoped was long dead, is responsible for the disappearance of a worthless but immensely significant painting from her Sonoma Valley, California home.