Reviews

The Broken Promise Land by Marcia Muller

constantreader471's review against another edition

4.0

4 stars for a fast moving mystery. Sharon McCone is a Private Investigator based in San Francisco, California. Ricky Savage is a popular country music star. He is married to Sharon's sister Charlene. Ricky comes to Sharon because he has received several cryptic threatening letters. She agrees to take on the case, and persuades him to hire RKI, a security company specializing in protecting high profile people. It is run by Hy Ripinsky. Hy and Sharon are in a relationship.
Sharon does solve the case with help from her team. There are some twists and turns in the plot. I was not sure how it would end and who was behind the letters until the end.
I read this library book in 3 days.

gracenow's review

3.0

Second time reading it. This time through, I was not thrilled with all the drama and Sharon seemed to be too caught up in the guarding part of her job and not doing her 'figure out the person threatening' part of her job. The pacing was not great either, so many irrelevant side stories, too many characters to keep straight, too many red herrings. Seemed totally unlike her other books, although I've not read all her other books. That said, if you are fascinated by the music world, this might be a good one for you.

robinsbooks's review

5.0

A Sharon McCone mystery. Excellent, as usual.

amalyndb's review against another edition

4.0

So much happens in this novel - we see the end of Charlene and Ricky's marriage, as well as how Rae and Ricky come together. Someone is stalking Ricky, becoming increasingly more threatening.

Sharon brings in Hy to provide security as Ricky begins a tour with this unknown threat menacing from the darkness.

This was satisfying to read, even after reading later books, to see how things happened.