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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
4.5 stars. Well crafted, tense and very funny mystery in Albany, NY in the late 70's/early 80's. Deft portrait of the gay community at that time.
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((Read in 2009, reread for a challenge in January 2016))
A solid mystery, the development of the relationship between Don and Tim highligthing the conflict monogamy/open relationship, the usual humor, also directed towards the homosexual community and some of their more dogmatic leaders: all of this makes an excellent book. I also loved the presence of two elderly lesbians: we wish now more diversity in m/m books, but this was first published in 1984!
A solid mystery, the development of the relationship between Don and Tim highligthing the conflict monogamy/open relationship, the usual humor, also directed towards the homosexual community and some of their more dogmatic leaders: all of this makes an excellent book. I also loved the presence of two elderly lesbians: we wish now more diversity in m/m books, but this was first published in 1984!
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