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Death Trick (Donald Strachey #1)

Richard Stevenson

Start date: March 1, 2015

Finish date: March 31, 2015

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Jul 23, 2013 Deanna rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery, m-m, makes-me-laugh

A mystery that took me back to the 70's. A murder mystery set in a lifestyle that existed before Aids. A well written mystery with entertaining characters, some likeable and some not. Don Strachey is a licensed detective who is gay and is very funny. He is also a very good detective. I did not feel any true emotion between him and his lover, Timmy. There did not seem to be anything between them except occasional sex. Strachey seemed to feel more emotion for many others than for Timmy. This was a ...more

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Jul 09, 2012 Kay Sachse rated it really liked it

Shelves: krimis, schwulenkrimis, schwulenromane, ebooks

The first of the Strachey mysteries, this is. But it wasn´t the first of the Strachey books I read, so I already knew the characters.
Set in the early 80´s this is the story of homophobic parents, homophobic society and a gay society before the Aids epidemic kicked in. A young man runs after his trick of the night ends up dead in bed. While the police thinks he´s guilty, Strachey who was hired by the young man´s parents, thinks otherwise. A compelling story with moving parts that sets you thinki ...more

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