Phillip Margolin. (2014). Woman with a Gun: A Novel. HarperCollins.

Phillip Margolin. 2014. Woman With a Gun: A Novel. HarperCollins.

Phillip Margolin, Woman With a Gun: A Novel. HarperCollins, 2014.

Phillip Margolin. Woman With a Gun: A Novel. HarperCollins, 2014.

OverDrive Product Record

images

• cover:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0293-1/{6672BAB9-B4F8-40D9-856E-4C868EB29617}Img100.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• thumbnail:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0293-1/{6672BAB9-B4F8-40D9-856E-4C868EB29617}Img200.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• cover150Wide:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0293-1/667/2BA/B9/{6672BAB9-B4F8-40D9-856E-4C868EB29617}Img150.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• cover300Wide:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0293-1/667/2BA/B9/{6672BAB9-B4F8-40D9-856E-4C868EB29617}Img400.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg

formats

1. • identifiers:
     1. • type: ISBN
        • value: 9780062266545
   • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
   • id: ebook-epub-adobe
2. • identifiers:
     1. • type: ASIN
        • value: B00IZOZQIE
   • name: Kindle Book
   • id: ebook-kindle
3. • identifiers:
     1. • type: ISBN
        • value: 9780062266545
   • name: OverDrive Read
   • id: ebook-overdrive

otherFormatIdentifiers

1. • type: ISBN
   • value: 9780062399588

mediaType

eBook

primaryCreator

• role: Author
• name: Phillip Margolin

isOwnedByCollections

True

title

Woman with a Gun

dateAdded

2014-12-19T21:34:22.183Z

contentDetails

1. • href: https://link.overdrive.com?websiteID=141&titleID=1586451
   • type: text/html
   • account:
     • name: Sacramento Public Library (CA)
     • id: 1151

sortTitle

Woman with a Gun A Novel

crossRefId

1586451

subtitle

A Novel

id

6672BAB9-B4F8-40D9-856E-4C868EB29617

starRating

3.9

OverDrive MetaData

isPublicDomain

False

formats

1. • fileName: WomanwithaGun_9780062266545_1586451
   • partCount: 0
   • fileSize: 475812
   • identifiers:
     1. • type: ISBN
        • value: 9780062266545
   • rights:
     1. • type: Copying
        • value: 0
     2. • type: Printing
        • value: 0
     3. • type: Lending
        • value: 0
     4. • type: ReadAloud
        • value: 1
     5. • type: ExpirationRights
        • value: 0
   • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
   • isReadAlong: False
   • id: ebook-epub-adobe
   • onSaleDate: 12/2/2014
   • samples:
     1. • source: From the book
        • formatType: ebook-overdrive
        • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/woman-with-a-6672ba?.epub-sample.overdrive.com
2. • fileName: WomanwithaGun_1586451
   • partCount: 0
   • fileSize: 0
   • identifiers:
     1. • type: ASIN
        • value: B00IZOZQIE
   • name: Kindle Book
   • isReadAlong: False
   • id: ebook-kindle
   • onSaleDate: 12/2/2014
   • samples:
     1. • source: From the book
        • formatType: ebook-overdrive
        • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/woman-with-a-6672ba?.epub-sample.overdrive.com
3. • fileName: WomanwithaGun_9780062266545_1586451
   • partCount: 0
   • fileSize: 0
   • identifiers:
     1. • type: ISBN
        • value: 9780062266545
   • name: OverDrive Read
   • isReadAlong: False
   • id: ebook-overdrive
   • onSaleDate: 12/2/2014
   • samples:
     1. • source: From the book
        • formatType: ebook-overdrive
        • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/woman-with-a-6672ba?.epub-sample.overdrive.com

creators

1. • role: Author
   • fileAs: Margolin, Phillip
   • bioText:

     Phillip Margolin has written nineteen novels, many of them New York Times bestsellers, including his latest novels Woman with a Gun, Worthy Brown's Daughter, Sleight of Hand, and the Washington trilogy. Each displays a unique, compelling insider's view of criminal behavior, which comes from his long background as a criminal defense attorney who has handled thirty murder cases. Winner of the Distinguished Northwest Writer Award, he lives in Portland, Oregon.

   • name: Phillip Margolin

imprint

Harper Audio

publishDate

2014-12-02T00:00:00-05:00

isOwnedByCollections

True

title

Woman with a Gun

fullDescription

New York Times bestselling master of mystery Phillip Margolin transcends his traditional territory in this new and different book, a haunting thriller inspired by an unforgettable photograph.

Visiting an art museum displaying a retrospective of acclaimed photographer Kathy Moran's work, aspiring novelist Stacey Kim is stunned by the photo at the center of the show—the famous "Woman with a Gun," which won a Pulitzer Prize and launched the photographer's career. Shot from behind, the enigmatic black-and-white image is a picture of a woman in a wedding dress, standing on the shore at night, facing the sea. Behind her back, she holds a six-shooter.

The image captures Stacey's imagination, raising a host of compelling questions. Has the woman killed her husband on their wedding night? Is she going to commit suicide? Is she waiting for someone she plans to kill? Obsessed with finding answers, Stacey discovers that the woman in the photograph is Megan Cahill, suspected of killing her husband, millionaire Raymond Cahill, with the six-shooter on their wedding night. But the murder was never solved.

Drawn deeper into the case, Stacey finds that everyone involved has a different opinion of Megan's culpability. But the one person who may know the whole story—Kathy Moran—isn't talking. Stacey must find a way to get to the reclusive photographer or the truth may never see the light of day.

reviews

1. • premium: False
   • source: Chicago Tribune
   • content:

     Praise for Phillip Margolin: "It takes a really crafty storyteller to put people on the edge of their seats and keep them there. Phillip Margolin does just that." — Chicago Tribune

     "A master of plot and pacing-and one of those rare authors who can create a genuinely surprising ending." — Lisa Scottoline

     "In the hands of Phillip Margolin, nothing is ever simple and no one is really safe. He is the master of suspense mystery." — Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers

     "Margolin knows how to pack in the thrills." — Tess Gerritsen

     ".... Margolin deliver[s] one of his cleverest cases." — Kirkus Reviews

     "This is hands down the best thing Margolin has written in years... In terms of storytelling skill, the book hearkens back to Margolin's early, topnotch novels like After Dark (1995) and The Last Innocent Man (1981). It's a welcome return to form." — Booklist

     "Margolin is in his element with this crime thriller." — Statesman Journal (Oregon)

     "Woman with a Gun is instantly engaging from page one and thoroughly entertaining.... [T]here's the stunning Oregon coast as the setting, a baffling murder, a cunning killer and some romance thrown in for added dimension." — Bookreporter

     "Margolin...knows how to entertain. Like his inspirations, he gives us plenty of gems: shocking situations met with clever wisecracks; sordid personal histories that tumble out in a moment of panic; broken souls who confess their love only when it's all too late." — The Oregonian (Portland)

     "Margolin sets up Woman With a Gun in such a compelling way that it's vital to find how what actually did happen in the Cahill home." — South Florida Sun Sentinel

     "With such a fascinating picture to work from, the talented novelist has written a riveting story reminiscent of the classic detective stories of the 1930s... Phillip Margolin's Woman With a Gun shows that the classic mystery never goes out of style." — Iron Mountain Daily News

     "Woman with a Gun is an unrelenting story of suspense, as it moves back and forth between the past and the present. Author Margolin skillfully links the art of photography with fiction writing to create a masterful story of his own." — Suspense Review

     "Authors gather inspiration from everything. It can be a picture, a newspaper story, memories or personal experiences. The black and white photograph on the cover compelled author Phillip Margolin to create this thriller and also drew me in." — Entertainment Realm

     "Woman With A Gun is fueled by a very intriguing picture and well developed characters.... [A] page-turner story." — Military Press

     "For fans of contemporary thrillers and mysteries, give Woman With A Gun a read." — Daily Dosage

     "Woman with a Gun is fueled by a very intriguing picture and well developed characters.... Readers are kept off balance, suspecting many different characters as the killer, as they engage in this page-turner story." — MyShelf.com

     Praise for Worthy Brown's Daughter: "This departure for best-selling thriller writer Margolin might appeal to fans of the acclaimed movie 12 Years a Slave." — USA Today

     "Worthy Brown's Daughter is a fast and absorbing read, and Margolin's law expertise makes the book's climax...an exciting moment indeed." — Seattle Times

     "[A]...

2. • premium: True
   • source:
   • content:

     October 27, 2014
     Bestseller Margolin (Worthy Brown’s Daughter) stumbles with this overly complicated whodunit. At an exhibit of Kathy Moran’s photographs at Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art, budding novelist Stacey Kim is transfixed by a picture of a woman standing on a beach in a white dress, holding a gun. Stacey decides to ditch her East Coast life and travel to Palisades Heights, Ore., where Kathy took the photo and now lives. Flash back to 2005, when Kathy snapped the picture after coming upon newlywed Megan Cahill, whose millionaire husband, Raymond, was shot to death hours after their wedding. An outside prosecutor who shares a history with Kathy helps investigate Raymond’s murder. Back in the present, another body turns up soon after Stacey arrives in Palisades Heights, and she must unravel Raymond’s unsolved murder if she hopes to crack the new case and get the real story behind Kathy’s photograph. With too many characters clogging the story, an intriguing premise devolves into a disappointing mess. Agents: Jean Naggar and Jennifer Weltz, Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency.

3. • premium: True
   • source:
   • content:

     July 1, 2014
     

     In this thriller with a difference, the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Woman with a Gun, showing a bride facing an expanse of ocean with a six-shooter held behind her back, sparks the imagination of aspiring novelist Stacey Kim--especially when she learns that the woman in question was suspected of killing her millionaire husband on their wedding night. What does the photographer know? Especially intriguing because this photograph actually exists.

     Copyright 2014 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

4. • premium: True
   • source:
   • content:

     November 15, 2014
     A haunting photograph sets an aspiring novelist to sniffing out clues in a cold case with roots in an even more distant past.Kathy Moran's Pulitzer-winning photo is notorious not only because it shows a bride standing by the seaside with a long-barreled revolver in her hand, but because she snapped it the night the bride in question, Megan Cahill, was married and widowed 10 years ago. Palisades Heights investor Raymond Cahill's murder has never been solved, and Stacey Kim, the hopeful writer toiling as a receptionist in a Manhattan law firm, is convinced that the photo holds the key to the novel she hasn't been able to write. Before she can book a flight to Oregon to interview the principals in the case, Margolin (Worthy Brown's Daughter, 2014, etc.) takes his time relating the facts-which implicate both Megan and her abusive ex, Oakland Raiders running back Parnell Crouse-from the viewpoint of Jack Booth, the assistant attorney general who's been packed off to Palisades Heights to help Siletz County D.A. Teddy Winston handle the case. And, as if that weren't enough, the tale delves further back to Jack's first encounter with Kathy Moran five years earlier, when she was a young defense attorney he squared off against the time she defended Portland drug dealer Gary Kilbride on a murder charge while Jack dreamed about getting her into bed. Stacey's improbable search for the truth-isn't she supposed to be writing a novel?-eventually pays off in a best-selling nonfiction book for her and a satisfying solution for the rest of us. The Chinese box puzzle takes some getting used to, but it allows Margolin to deliver one of his cleverest cases while concealing his principal flaw-paper-thin characters-beneath constant shifts in time and case.

     COPYRIGHT(2014) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

5. • premium: True
   • source:
   • content:

     December 1, 2014
     This is hands down the best thing Margolin has written in years. He apparentlygot the idea for the book from a photograph of a woman standing by the ocean with a gun in her hand; fascinated by the picture, he decided to create a story around it. What he came up with might be a bit more convoluted than it needs to beits time line isn't exactly linear, and the story doesn't require such an elaborate setupbut the novel boasts characters who are more alive than Margolin's characters have been in a long time. The main story, the backbone of the novel, mirrors Margolin's own story: a young woman sees a photograph much like the one the author saw and determines to find out its history, but she doesn't count on wandering into a decade-old murder case. In terms of storytelling skill, the book hearkens back to Margolin's early, top-notch novels like After Dark (1995) and The Last Innocent Man (1981). It's a welcome return to form.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2014, American Library Association.)

6. • premium: True
   • source:
   • content:

     February 2, 2015
     The title refers to a photograph that wannabe novelist Stacy Kim espies at the Museum of Modern Art in N.Y.C. She becomes obsessed by it and discovers that back in 2005, while taking a stroll on a beach in the seacoast town of Palisades Heights, Ore., photographer Kathy Moran saw and quickly photographed a dazed gun-toting newlywed Megan Cahill, just after her wealthy and powerful new husband, Raymond, was murdered in a nearby mansion. Determined to spin a fiction based on the actual event, Stacy quits her dreary job and drives to the scene of the crime to gather more background material. But someone in Palisades Heights doesn’t want new attention drawn to this unsolved murder and is willing to kill Stacy if that’s what it takes. Reader Huber treats Margolin’s extremely tricky novel with a careful, unhurried narration that helps keep its interlocked stories on track and in focus. And as the book’s main characters go through a panoply of changes, she smartly adjusts to their shifting moods. Stacy, for example, answers the phone at her dull day job with a false perky voice that immediately becomes elated when she’s freed from her job and the big city—and she sounds even happier when she falls in love with a helpful Palisades Heights attorney, then turns terrified after discovering a corpse and receiving a series of threats. A Harper hardcover.

popularity

554

links

• self:
  • href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BWwAAAA2I/products/6672bab9-b4f8-40d9-856e-4c868eb29617/metadata
  • type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json

id

6672bab9-b4f8-40d9-856e-4c868eb29617

starRating

3.9

images

• cover:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0293-1/{6672BAB9-B4F8-40D9-856E-4C868EB29617}Img100.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• thumbnail:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0293-1/{6672BAB9-B4F8-40D9-856E-4C868EB29617}Img200.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• cover150Wide:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0293-1/667/2BA/B9/{6672BAB9-B4F8-40D9-856E-4C868EB29617}Img150.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• cover300Wide:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0293-1/667/2BA/B9/{6672BAB9-B4F8-40D9-856E-4C868EB29617}Img400.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg

isPublicPerformanceAllowed

False

languages

1. • code: en
   • name: English

subjects

1. • value: Fiction
2. • value: Literature
3. • value: Suspense
4. • value: Thriller

publishDateText

12/02/2014

otherFormatIdentifiers

1. • type: ISBN
   • value: 9780062399588

mediaType

eBook

shortDescription

New York Times bestselling master of mystery Phillip Margolin transcends his traditional territory in this new and different book, a haunting thriller inspired by an unforgettable photograph.

Visiting an art museum displaying a retrospective of acclaimed photographer Kathy Moran's work, aspiring novelist Stacey Kim is stunned by the photo at the center of the show—the famous "Woman with a Gun," which won a Pulitzer Prize and launched the photographer's career. Shot from behind, the enigmatic black-and-white image is a picture of a woman in a wedding dress, standing on the shore at night, facing the sea. Behind her back, she holds a six-shooter.

The image captures Stacey's imagination, raising a host of compelling questions. Has the woman killed her husband on their wedding night? Is she going to commit suicide? Is she waiting for someone she plans to kill? Obsessed with finding answers, Stacey discovers that the woman in the photograph is Megan Cahill,...

sortTitle

Woman with a Gun A Novel

crossRefId

1586451

subtitle

A Novel

publisher

HarperCollins

bisacCodes

1. • code: FIC030000
   • description: Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
2. • code: FIC031010
   • description: Fiction / Thrillers / Crime