Marcia Muller

Apart from the Sharon McCone series, Marcia Muller is also known for her other works like Merrill go round Wild Mustard, Deception, Deadly fantasies and many others. Apart from that some of her works were also supposed to be made into movies especially in the year 1993 by a Canadian Film company. Apparently the book that was supposed to be made into a series was the critically acclaimed Sharon McCone series.

The best place to start is the Nameless Detective series, the earliest of Marcia Muller's multi-book series: it opens with The Snatch (1971) and runs to 41 books across 1971–2017, ending with Endgame (2017). Marcia Muller's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Marcia Muller has 148 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1971 and 2025. 102 of them belong to 8 named series — the largest being the Nameless Detective series with 41 books — and 46 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Marcia Muller's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Nameless Detective (1971–2017, 41 books), Sharon McCone (1977–2024, 39 books) and Elena Oliverez (1983–1985, 2 books), plus 5 more.

This guide splits Marcia Muller's 148 books into 8 named series and 46 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Nameless Detective (41 books, 1971–2017); Sharon McCone (39 books, 1977–2024); Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery (9 books, 2013–2021); Joanna Stark (3 books, 1986–1989); John Quincannon (3 books, 1985–2005), plus 3 further series.