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Plot / Content: Rating: G "'LEAVE OR DIE' Dot Fisher and Edith Stout, two elderly women, awake one morning to find this frightening message scrawled across the side of their barn. Their refusal to sell their home to the Millpond Company, builders of giant shopping malls, has clearly made someone very angry. Is it Crane Trefusis, chairman of Millpond? Or could it be the neighbors, with secrets of their own? Millpond has made generous offers for their homes - but only if Dot and Eve sell as well. "When vandalism escalates to kidnapping, extortion and murder, Don Strachey, Albany's only gay detective, is brought in to investigate. With the help of the close-knit gay underground and some very unconventional crime-solving methods, Strachey finally uncovers the surprising truth. (from the cover) Background / Biography: Richard Lipez (born 30 November 30, 1938 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania) is an openly gay American journalist and mystery author currently residing in Massachusetts. He is best known for his Donald Strachey mysteries, which were originally published under the pen name Richard Stevenson. continued on Wikipedia Reviews: "The plotting is fast and clever; the gay background works . . . engaging characters." Publishers Weekly "Stevenson is also a good writer of fine wit and his asides are as good as his story." Philadelphia Gay News "This is a lively book. Skillful plotting carries the reader straight along. Highly recommended." New York Times Book Review (from the cover) Arbery Books also sells secondhand and rare non-gay fiction and non-fiction. Click here for our full list. |
"Trefusis was going on about a case of 'Mandelstam' or 'Handel-schism', which made no sense. 'Hang on a minute,' I yelled into the mouthpiece. 'I can't make out what you're saying.' 'I'll hold, of course, Mr Strachey.' I set the sweat-slick receiver on my desk, reached round and whacked the top of the clanking and gurgling air conditioner with a slat from the wooden swivel chair that had collapsed back in January. The only effect was a slight shift by the machine in its rotten moorings. The 200 pound Airtemp now threatened to plummet out the window onto Central Avenue two stories below, crushing the shins of the winos who lounged in my entryway. I reached down and yanked out the plug. A distant thunk was followed by a diminishing whine, a sputtering sound and then hot wet silence." opening paragraphs Secondhand booksellers |
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