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Strawberry Sunday: A John Marshall Tanner Novel Hardcover – January 1, 1999

by Stephen Greenleaf (Author)
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While struggling to recuperate from a near-fatal gunshot wound, San Francisco P.I. Tanner befriends fellow hospital patient Rita Lombardi, and when she is brutally murdered after her release, his investigation draws him deep into the violent and corrupt world of migrant farm labor
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  1. Book 13 of 14
    The John Marshall Tanner Mysteries
  2. Print length
    287 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Scribner
  5. Publication date
    January 1, 1999
  6. Dimensions
    6.5 x 1.25 x 9.75 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0684849542
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0684849546
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At the end of Past Tense (1997), the previous mystery featuring veteran PI John Marshall Tanner, readers might have wondered whether or not the San Francisco shamus would survive a particularly bloody shoot-out. But a good gumshoe is tough to kill, and Tanner is back. As his new adventure begins, Marsh is recovering physically from being nearly exsanguinated, and emotionally from the death of his old friend Charley Sleet. As he slowly mends, he meets a young woman, Rita Lombardi, on his daily walks in the hospital corridors. She is recovering from surgery to correct serious birth defects that had crippled both legs. For the first time in her life, she feels free and excited about her future, and her optimism lifts Marsh's spirits. After his release, he learns that she has been stabbed to death. Her death seems impossibly tragic to him, and so he sets out to find out who killed Rita. He starts by visiting her hometown of Haciendas, a small company town in the Salinas Valley, a strawberry-growing area in Monterey County. Everyone there seems to owe their livelihood to the Gelbride family, the local agricultural kingpins. As he digs into the circumstances of Rita's life and death, Marsh discovers that she had been working to improve working conditions for the laborers on the Gelbride strawberry farms. Everyone around her seems to think she was a saint?but perhaps she was also a revolutionary. The Tanner books often have been built around a specific social or political issue, and this one is no exception. Greenleaf takes a long, hard look at the miserable conditions in which many farmworkers live and toil, and builds a complex, absorbing plot around the topic.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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San Francisco private detective John Tanner investigates the murder of a young woman who worked hard for labor reform among strawberry pickers in the Salinas Valley. Sound plotting and meaty prose from the author of Past Tense (LJ 3/1/97).
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scribner; First Edition (January 1, 1999)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 287 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0684849542
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0684849546
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.25 x 9.75 inches
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  • Peter W. Sage
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well Done! Interesting characters, settings, plot
    Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 1999
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    Did you every wonder where your fresh strawberries come from? Or the pears, peaches, grapes, pineapples on your table?
    Stephen Greenleaf explores the agricultural caste system through the voice of his private investigator first person narrator, John Marshall Tanner.
    Tanner is a great narrator: an intelligent, world weary private eye. Tanner goes off to the strawberry fields of the Salinas area to investigate a murder, then two, and actually three. But this isn't a story of violent murder; it is a story of agricultural communities, of dating in the l990's, of small town politics, of family rivalries. Tanner's weapon is simple: he asks questions. The answers eventually fill in the pieces of a mystery.
    This is a great read.
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  • Sleuth Sister
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great sense of location
    Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2019
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    The protagonist, Marsh Tanner, is very likeable, not too complicated, but persistent. I liked the setting and the descriptions of the people and their lives. Except the killer's motive didn't seem very realistic--not sufficient to drive a person to kill, plus the physical strength to carry it out seems doubtful.
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  • Tom Kilroy
    5.0 out of 5 stars that's how good it is
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    i wish he wrote more books, that's how good it is.
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  • Steven E. Buster
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2014
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    Excellent!
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  • jvmeadows
    5.0 out of 5 stars Worthy of an Edgar.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2001
    Strawberry Sunday, by Stephen Greenleaf, was nominated for an Edgar Award, 2000 -- and reading it, it's not difficult to see why. This is a mystery novel with a social conscience and a wry sense of wit. It begins with the hero, P.I. John Marshall Tanner in a hospital recovering from a gut shot and mourning the death of his close (cop) friend Charley Sleet, but most of the action takes place in the California Salinas agricultural community. Tanner has resolved to find out who murdered Rita Lombardi, a fellow hospital patient who wants to better the life of farm workers.
    There are lots of red herrings, wonderful characters, and witty and often hilarious dialogues with them (and with himself). Tanner often reaches wrong conclusions and gets plenty of egg on his face, but in the end he prevails; he's a tough guy with loads of grace. Strawberry Sunday is a punchy, funny, touching novel. Read it.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific, as usual
    Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 1999
    As a long time fan of Greenleaf and Marsh Tanner, I thoroughly enjoyed Strawberry Sunday. I love books that inform and challenge me as well as entertain, and can always count on this author to accomplish that.
    A rumor has been circulating that Greenleaf planned to retire the Tanner series, and with the last book seemed to have done so, in a most excruciating way. With this book, Marsh has been returned to me and I can imagine him, one of the rare really good people, continuing to do what he does best.
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