Gonna Take a Homicidal Journey - Softcover

Scoppettone, Sandra

3.81

214 ratings by Goodreads

9780345431189: Gonna Take a Homicidal Journey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345431189 ISBN 13: 9780345431189

Publisher: Fawcett, 1999

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Greenwich Village private investigator Lauren Laurano feels like a fish out of water in the Long Island countryside, but she is taking some R&R from big-city crime to please her lover. But when Lauren is hired to investigate a suspicious suicide, the town's prominent citizens close ranks--and the remote vacation spot begins to look less charming and more lethal. Anyone who suggests there is trouble in paradise quickly turns up dead. And Lauren may be next on the list of casualties. . . .

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Review:

Fans of the lesbian detective Lauren Laurano and her lover Kip will be thrilled to learn of the fifth book in Scoppettone's much-loved series. Here are the familiar wisecracks and the hard-edged New York humor, but in a new setting, a Long Island resort town where two of Lauren and Kip's close friends have just moved. Their trip to North Fork is supposed to be a healing, romantic vacation--Lauren has even forsworn e-mail and the Internet in an attempt to rekindle the fire with Kip--but they haven't even ordered their first breakfast at the local diner when a stranger bursts in, announcing that a body has been found hanged in the woods. The dead man's cousin insists it can't be suicide. Over Kip's objections, Lauren plunges into the case, making enemies of almost every town official. Or is almost every town official trying to cover something up? The investigation unfolds against the backdrop of Kip's disappointment in her lover and Lauren's fears that their relationship can never recover the trust and passion it once had. --Regina Marler

From the Back Cover:

"SCOPPETTONE BALANCES HER TWIST-FILLED MURDER PLOT WITH A GENUINELY ENGAGING STUDY OF THE EMOTIONAL DENOUEMENT BETWEEN THESE TWO PARTNERS."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"Scoppettone [is] a mystery veteran and one of the best around . . . Her thoughtful musings on love, sex, and long-term commitment will resonate with those of any sexual persuasion, and her characters are all quirky and unique. This one deserves careful reading."
--The Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Scoppettone is a sophisticated old pro who writes engagingly and with just the right degree of menace."
--The Women's Review of Books

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