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On the Other Hand, Death (Donald Strachey #2)
When the giant Millpond Company finds its plans for a mega-shopping mall stymied by the refusal of an elderly lesbian couple to sell their home, the ladies are subjected to ugly vandalism and frightening death threats. The powerful director of Millpond in turn hires Don Strachey, Albany's only gay detective, to protect the ladies, find the culprits, and clear the corporate
...morePaperback, 216 pages
Published
November 6th 1985
by Penguin Books
(first published 1984)
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Solid entry in the Donald Strachey series with a nice mystery setup. The story starts out as a simple vandalism case-an elderly lesbian couple is being harrassed with homophobic slurs painted on their property. Purely coincidentally, we're sure, a developer wants to buyout the homeowners in the area to put up a shopping mall and the lesbian couple happens to be the only holdout. Just when you think-am I really about to read a two hundred page novel about vandalism and urban development?, the plo...more
Mar 24, 2009
Jane
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommended to Jane by:
fandom osmosis
The case in On The Other Hand Death is another case that will be later referenced in Tongue Tied, but unlike Death Trick, it fell a little flat - or rather the ending fell a flat and that emotional reward wasn't there.
I don't know what it is about the end of summer, but that's when I find myself curling up with a mystery. The Strachey books are a perfect fit this time of year for me. The second book in the series has a good mystery that had me guessing a little and there's something really...endearing about a book set (and written) in the days before cell phones and internet searches.
Don and Timothy are one of my favorite fictional couples. Don is probably not the romantic ideal in a lot of ways, but that's...more
Don and Timothy are one of my favorite fictional couples. Don is probably not the romantic ideal in a lot of ways, but that's...more
loved this book. Now that Ive read two I guess I'll just have to read the rest . His second is even better than the first. All of the characters were very real for me because Ive known people just like them. When reading ( On the other hand ) I found myself in my own past and that's what a good writer should be capable of doing. I would recommend this to any one who likes a good detective story and likes gay people .
(3.5 / 5)
The mystery in the second Strachey book is more solid, but I'm still feeling distanced from the characters. Would love to know more backstory.
Also note, this ebook edition is just as badly formatted as the first. I don't know what MLR are doing here.
The mystery in the second Strachey book is more solid, but I'm still feeling distanced from the characters. Would love to know more backstory.
Also note, this ebook edition is just as badly formatted as the first. I don't know what MLR are doing here.
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Oct 31, 2008
Rachael
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
mystery,
so-very-very-gay
Though my feelings may be somewhat tainted by my love for Chad Allen (who plays Don in the movies) and my longing for this to come out on DVD, I have to say that this is one of my favorite Strachey books. The actual plot, what with the real estate deal and harassment, is not exactly original but is nonetheless solid. It's Don and Timmy, with their sarcasm and quick-witted relationship reminiscent of Hammett, that really entertain me. And this is book, after their relationship and characters are...more
Got into series via movies. See the movies, the language of the books is too dated.
Book two in the Donald Strachey Mystery series.
I didn't enjoy it quite as much as book one; there's a line between "cheerfully damaged" and "campily self-destructive," and Strachey was on the wrong side of it in this book. But the mystery was interesting, Timmy continues to be my gay fictional boyfriend, and I'm starting to develop just the tiniest bit of appreciation for Strachey's cop nemesis/collaborator, Bowman.
Next up (as soon as I can get back to the library) is Third Man Out, and I loo...more
I didn't enjoy it quite as much as book one; there's a line between "cheerfully damaged" and "campily self-destructive," and Strachey was on the wrong side of it in this book. But the mystery was interesting, Timmy continues to be my gay fictional boyfriend, and I'm starting to develop just the tiniest bit of appreciation for Strachey's cop nemesis/collaborator, Bowman.
Next up (as soon as I can get back to the library) is Third Man Out, and I loo...more
The new MLR Press editions, at least the ebook versions, have a disappointing number of typographical problems, both minor and major.
Mar 17, 2011
Blaine
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
all mystery lovers
Shelves:
mystery-suspense,
2011
Loved it!
Don isn't infallible, he isn't perfect, knows how to rub people the wrong way and he can get it wrong ... until he gets it right.
Great writing that just keeps you reading!
Don isn't infallible, he isn't perfect, knows how to rub people the wrong way and he can get it wrong ... until he gets it right.
Great writing that just keeps you reading!
Nov 05, 2010
Joe Scholes
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
read-in-2010,
permanent-collection
Another good mystery and a quick satisfying read.
This is the second book of the series. In this Donald and Timothy are having relationship troubles, the mystery is twisted enough to keep you reading but it's the characters' relationships that makes you laugh, frown and smile.
3.5 stars. Good gay mystery in which Don's hired by a sly developer to find out who vandalized a lesbian couple's barn, in the hope that they'll be more willing to sell their property out of gratitude.
Fast, tense, highly atmospheric, & the dialogue really snaps. I love the Donald Strachey books.
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Ronald Wilcox
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Shelves:
gay-an-lesbian-interest,
mystery
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Richard Stevenson is the pseudonym of Richard Lipez, the author of nine books, including the Don Strachey private eye series. The Strachey books are being filmed by here!, the first gay television network. Lipez also co-wrote Grand Scam with Peter Stein, and contributed to C...more
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Richard Stevenson is the pseudonym of Richard Lipez, the author of nine books, including the Don Strachey private eye series. The Strachey books are being filmed by here!, the first gay television network. Lipez also co-wrote Grand Scam with Peter Stein, and contributed to C...more
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