Attacks on Janet Osborne lend new significance to the earlier murder of her brother Eric. They were holding out to keep the family newspaper a beacon of liberal advocacy journalism. A screwy plot to save the newspaper turns tragic and even screwier before Strachey and a driven reporter step in to sort it all out.
From Booklist
Albany's best-known gay private eye, Donald Strachey, and his longtime lover, Timmy Callahan, return in a Lou Grantlike plot. A liberal newspaper is up for sale, and the family that owns it is divided between a liberal media firm's bid and the higher one from a chain that pays more attention to the ads than to editorial content. When Strachey enters, one of the party that wants to take the lower-paying offer is already dead, and two attempts have been made on the life of another. The plot strikes home for Strachey when it comes out that, back in high school, Timmy was another family member's lover. The new series entry features one of Stevenson's most interesting characters yet--dikey Dale, a surgeon who spares no feelings and minces no words during any of her appearances. Dale and her lover, Janet, should open up the Donald Strachey Mystery Fan Club to include many who ordinarily read only lesbian mysteries. Charles Harmon
Review
"[Richard Stevenson's] mysteries are among the wittiest and politically pointed around today."--The Washington Post
"Stevenson manages to bring new urgency to the crazy family scenario...enough to make you pack Uzis and hand grenades to your next family reunion."--Kirkus Reviews
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Attacks on Janet Osborne lend new significance to the earlier murder of her brother Eric. They were holding out to keep the family newspaper a beacon of liberal advocacy journalism. A screwy plot to save the newspaper turns tragic and even screwier before Strachey and a driven reporter step in to sort it all out.
From Booklist
Albany's best-known gay private eye, Donald Strachey, and his longtime lover, Timmy Callahan, return in a Lou Grantlike plot. A liberal newspaper is up for sale, and the family that owns it is divided between a liberal media firm's bid and the higher one from a chain that pays more attention to the ads than to editorial content. When Strachey enters, one of the party that wants to take the lower-paying offer is already dead, and two attempts have been made on the life of another. The plot strikes home for Strachey when it comes out that, back in high school, Timmy was another family member's lover. The new series entry features one of Stevenson's most interesting characters yet--dikey Dale, a surgeon who spares no feelings and minces no words during any of her appearances. Dale and her lover, Janet, should open up the Donald Strachey Mystery Fan Club to include many who ordinarily read only lesbian mysteries. Charles Harmon
Review
"[Richard Stevenson's] mysteries are among the wittiest and politically pointed around today."--The Washington Post
"Stevenson manages to bring new urgency to the crazy family scenario...enough to make you pack Uzis and hand grenades to your next family reunion."--Kirkus Reviews