Chain of Fools (Donald Strachey, #6) in Q&A with Josh Lanyon

Jun 25, 2014 Karen rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery-with-gay-protags, series, detective-p-i, 1990s, donald-strachey

Donald Strachey #6. Some great lines and witty dialogue as usual, but things are taken very lightly for all the murder and mayhem described. Strachey seems more cynical than usual. I suppose that was fitting for the times. The epilogue regarding the newspaper is redundant. Maybe not so much when this was written, but certainly in light of how things have gone since then.

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Aug 08, 2012 Lori S. rated it really liked it

Shelves: lgbtqa-et-al, 2012_challenge, gay-mystery, mysteries, authors-richard_stevenson

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. ...more

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Jan 30, 2008 Josh rated it really liked it

Shelves: influential-books

Probably my least favorite of the Strachey novels. This one feels a little detached and impersonal, although it's still well-written and entertaining. ...more

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Jan 26, 2016 Antonella added it · review of another edition

Shelves: donald-strachey-challenge-2015

((Read in 2009, reread for a challenge in January 2016))
4.5
A good mystery, some little annoying things I didn't find in the other books of the series: for ex. Dale treating Tim rudely the whole time instead of clearing her grudge against him, the slower pace. Still, it's Richard Stevenson, that is it is well written and entertaining.
I'm glad that finally Don meets a non homophobic policeman ;-). ...more

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