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Chain of Fools (Donald Strachey #6)
Albany's only gay P.I., Donald Strachey, investigates a family feud that seems to have boiled over in this latest mystery by the author of Shock to the System and Third Man Out.
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Published
2009
by MLR Press
(first published 1996)
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Mar 22, 2009
Jane
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3 of 5 stars
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Recommended to Jane by:
fandom osmosis
Well, I wouldn't describe Chain of Fools as an atypical Donald Strachey mystery, but it is an atypical mystery novel, I think, with the standard intra-family assassination plot. Still, it beats Strachey's Folly in plot and as addictive to read as the others.
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a good solid detective story with a non- stereotyped gay twist. i got into these books via the movies - which are pleasant but a bit twee, and was happy to discover that the original books are quite a bit smarter, sharper, and more political.
This was my first Donald Strachey mystery story. I have seen one of the movies made for here! TV, don't remember which one.
I found it to be a good page turner. A nice quick summer read, not too heavy and not too light, but just right!
I'll be reading more Strachey books in the future that's for sure.
I found it to be a good page turner. A nice quick summer read, not too heavy and not too light, but just right!
I'll be reading more Strachey books in the future that's for sure.
The new MLR Press editions, at least the ebook versions, have a disappointing number of typographical problems, both minor and major.
A newspaper on the brink of extinction and a family at war with itself. Don Strachey's got his hands full, but when Timmy Callahan gets caught in the cross fire, he's not a happy man.
In the end I enjoyed this story, but it felt a bit thin and a rare thing for me, I actually sussed out the culprit at about the same time Don did.
In the end I enjoyed this story, but it felt a bit thin and a rare thing for me, I actually sussed out the culprit at about the same time Don did.
An intricate plot involving a very dysfunctional family. Timmy getting hurt and Donald following one strange leads after another. Not the strongest book of the series but still very enjoyable if only for the banter between Timmy and Dale.
Dec 18, 2010
Joe Scholes
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3 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
Greg Rowland, Mark Stout
This was a quick read. The story was OK, but I really liked the characters. Stevenson's sense of humor comes through really well, and he had me laughing out loud in several places.
Good gay mystery in which Done investigates what may be one part of a family turning against another over selling the family's award-winning newspaper to pay off debts.
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Probably my least favorite of the Strachey novels. This one feels a little detached and impersonal, although it's still well-written and entertaining.
Not his best--but still not bad.
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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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