Dead Midnight (Sharon McCone Mysteries)
Sharon McCone, Marcia Muller's street-smart, San Francisco PI, is still  dealing with the emotional aftermath of her brother Joey's suicide when she's  hired by Roger Nagasawa's parents to prove that their son died of overwork, and  that he was driven to kill himself by the brutal, high-pressure atmosphere at  Insite, the hip online magazine that employed him. Enlisting the help of her  reporter friend J.D., McCone learns that the magazine is failing, despite the  millions in venture capital that's supposedly financing it. The mystery deepens  when she retrieves deleted files from Roger's computer suggesting that he knew  who was sabotaging the magazine and shared that information, which he  characterized as "insurance," with Jody Houston, a close friend, before he  jumped off the Bay Bridge. Tracking Houston to an isolated cabin on the Oregon  coast, McCone stumbles over the dead body of her friend J.D., and then finds  herself framed for his murder. By the time she uncovers the truth about Roger's  suicide and unmasks J.D.'s killer, she's confronted her remorse over Joey's  death and put a painful part of her own past behind her. As usual, Muller turns  in a solidly plotted, well-paced mystery with a heroine who grows in  self-awareness and complexity with every new adventure.--Jane Adams--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.