Death Trick (Donald Strachey Mystery) - Softcover

Stevenson, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934531901 ISBN 13: 9781934531907

Publisher: MLR Press, 2009

Synopsis

Gay activist and accused murderer Billy Blount's missing, but Albany PI Donald Strachey doubts Billy's guilt. The 1981 book that launched Richard Stevenson's pioneering series is a cracking mystery and a fascinating trip into bygone gay culture - before HIV, in the bad old days of bath houses and gay disco, police corruption and tacit policies of harassment.

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Review

"A great lazy-day read." -- The Advocate

"More than just a first-rate murder mystery." -- The New York Native

"Well written and compelling." -- Newsday

Death Trick is one of a select group of mysteries that I reread every couple of years. Its Chandler-esque wisecracks always make me laugh and its late 1970s picture of raucous and exuberant gay nightlife always makes me mourn anew the brevity of that pre-AIDS golden age. In Death Trick, Richard Stevenson, like his contemporaries Robert B. Parker and Sara Para Paretsky, began transforming the traditional politics of the hard-boiled form. -- Maureen Corrigan, Book Critic, "Fresh Air," National Public Radio

Of all the gay mystery writers of the past twenty years, Richard Stevenson is the most underestimated but may be the best of the lot. His books are wise and witty and in Don Strachey he has created a wonderful character who is a lot less dour than most private investigators and a lot more fun to spend time with. I'm glad to see him back in action." -- Michael Nava, Author of the Henry Rios mysteries

Edition details

• Publisher: MLR Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934531901
• ISBN 13: 9781934531907
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228