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Donald Strachey is asked to investigate the suspicious death of Paul Haig by three different people-Haig's homophobic mother, his ex-lover, and the psychiatrist hired to "cure" him of his homosexuality. Just as he gets started, however, all three remove him from the case, leaving Strachey with a brutal murderer that now everyone wants left alone.
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Three different persons all want to hire gay private detective Donald Strachey to prove that somebody other than they killed Paul Haig, the son of a rich, politically connected lush. The real fun begins when Strachey discovers that the common thread linking Haig to all his potential employers is "reparative" therapist (i.e., one of the kind that "cures" homosexuals) Vernon Crockwell, whose hatred of homosexuals is exceeded only by that of Haig's mother. Stevenson's dialogue grows increasingly hilarious as his hero deals with these two characters whose every other word derides the very person they're asking to help save them. As in other Strachey mysteries, the detective's tranquilly domestic relationship with his longtime lover stands in refreshing contrast to affairs in most other gay novels, with their less contented leading characters. Charles Harmon
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"Stevenson has deftly picked up where he left off...A tightly plotted, fast-paced, entertaining mystery full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the very end." --Lambda Rising Book Report on Third Man Out
"Stevenson's real coup in Shock to the System is his memorably varied cast of suspects." --Kirkus Reviews on Shock to the System
"A warm welcome back to Richard Stevenson-his admirable, absorbing new mystery has the immediacy and realism of a telegram from the front." --Katherine V. Forrest, author of Flashpoint
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- PublisherSt. Martin's Griffin
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0312147325
- ISBN 13 9780312147327
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages192
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