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Listen to the Silence |
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 Listen to the Silence byMarcia Muller Warner Books (Mysterious Press) 289 pages, July 2000 ISBN 0892966890 Reviewed by Lisa Eagleson-Roever Set at a fast pace with nicely developed characters, Marcia Muller's Listen to the Silence is a highly satisfying mystery. Sharon McCone has just attended a wedding and is full of high spirits when a phone call changes her life forever. He father has died, and the inheritence he leaves reveals a secret her mother never wanted uncovered: at forty, McCone discovers that her past is a lie. She was born Baby Girl Smith and she has no idea who her birth mother might have been. McCone faces a frustrating cast of witnesses. Her mother knows the truth and will not tell it; the others in her known family who once knew the truth are not alive to tell it; and the remainder never knew the truth. She knows that somewhere there are family members who do know the truth - but will they tell her? In digging into her own past, McCone provokes a painful battle with her mother. She also enters a more dangerous battle between Modoc tribe members trying to preserve their lands, and a developer seeking to build a slick, for-the-wealthy-only resort. Entwined in this battle are her birth parents, half-siblings she's never known, and her concept of what the word 'family' means. The key to solving this mystery within a mystery is the advice of McCone's soul-mate, Hy: listen to the silence; listen not to what is said, but to what isn't said. In Listen to the Silence, McCone rarely sleeps and her restlessness will keep you wanting to turn the pages, too. |
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