My Sweet Untraceable You - Softcover

Scoppettone, Sandra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345391624 ISBN 13: 9780345391629

Publisher: Fawcett, 1995

Synopsis

"Sandra Scoppettone's mysteries are a sparkling combination of detective story, lesbian comedy of manners, steamy New York atmosphere and social critique."
--San Francisco Chronicle
"FAST-PACED AND UNPREDICTABLE...Laurano's quick wit and her canny observations on life and people make this a delightful novel."
--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
When an unlikely character named Boston Blackie hires Lauren Laurano to find out who killed his mother more than thirty-five years ago, Lauren learns that the murdered mom may not be actually dead.
Then again she might. To find out, Lauren goes toe-to-toe with a cast of actor wannabes. Using her uncanny knack for finding the truth, her computer bulletin board, and a little extra help from her friends in the theater world, Lauren plans to bring down the curtain on murder, revenge, and the greedy ghosts of the past.
But someone else hopes she takes a final deadly bow....
"Engaging, entertaining, and eminently readable...No mystery novelist does New York's Greenwich Village as well as author Sandra Scoppettone."
--The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Her most satisfying case yet."
--Kirkus Reviews

About this title

From the Publisher

For the initial paperback covers of Sandara Scoppettone's Lauren Laurano mysteries, we did photo shoots in locations in and around Greenwich Village. Though they were loads of fun to art direct (MY SWEET UNTRACEABLE YOU was shot on Bleecker Street in the middle of a blizzard, but still the crowds gathered to watch our model private eye lurking round corners), we decided to change directions and go with a brighter more graphic cover rather than the dark, moody look. LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DIE turned out great. (With its bright yellow background, you certainly can't miss it on the shelf.) Now I'm working on Sandra Scoppettone's new mystery, GONNA TAKE A HOMICIDAL JOURNEY, which takes place largely outside of New York, on Long Island. This may be the last novel in the Lauren Laurano series, so I want to end it with a BANG!

--Barbara Leff, Associate Art Director

From Publishers Weekly

A tortuously contrived plot and too-cute tone undermine the third adventure (after I'll Be Leaving You Always ) of New York City PI Lauren Laurano. Lauren, who lives in the Village with her female lover, psychotherapist Kip Adams, is hired by an ex-druggie called Boston Blackie to investigate the death, 38 years earlier, of his mother, Susie Mcmann. Blackie has been told she died in a car accident, but he has always believed she was murdered by his father, Harold. The case takes Lauren, Kip and a few friends away from the hot pavement of a New York City summer and into rural upstate territory, to Blackie's hometown. Soon after interviewing Blackie's very odd Aunt Almay Mcmann in her remote mobile home, Lauren is told that Almay doesn't exist--and then can't find her again to prove that she does. Interviews with other family members and town residents send the PI back to Manhattan, where her client's relatives proliferate in campy, soap-opera style. Neither the occasional gruesome scene nor Lauren's persistent I-can't-believe-this stance offsets the narrative's silliness. The humor is even more artificial when Kip faces a difficult moment in her life. Lauren and Kip remain a likable, with-it urban lesbian couple, but their appeal is diminished here by a coincidence-laden, hard-to-credit story line.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fawcett
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0345391624
• ISBN 13: 9780345391629
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320