FEARFUL SYMMETRY
TASH FAIRBANKS
"Crime-noir with an authentic British accent." -A Shot in the Dark. Sam
Carter is the street-savvy lesbian detective who sifts through the suspects
in this atmospheric novel. Set in Brighton, with its high profile gay
communities and famous Victorian seafront, the plot revolves around
religious fundamentalism, genetic research and several sorts of feminist
politics.
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ALONG THE JOURNEY RIVER
CAROLE LAFAVOR
Follow the trail of sacred objects
stolen from the Minnesota Red Earth Reservation's Ojibwa tribe in this
first Native American lesbian mystery. Renee LaRoche is caught up in these events,
and the murder of Tribal Chairman Jed Morriseau, as she finds herself torn
between the ways of her people and helping her Chimook lover come to terms
with their cultural differences.
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TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE
KATE ALLEN
"While slicing and dicing enough dyke sacred cows to fill a refrigerator
truck, Kate Allen sends poor Alison through 18 kinds of mayhem but still
finds time to investigate the real allegiances we owe to our friends and to
our communities. By turns harrowing and hilarious, this intricate puzzler
is Allen's best yet."-Linnea Due. The third Alison Kaine mystery.
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TROPICAL STORM
LINDA KAY SILVA
Another action-packed adventure featuring smart and sassy heroines, an
exotic setting and a plot with more twists and turns than a coiled cobra.
Megan has disappeared into the Costa Rican rainforest and it's up to Delta
and Connie to find her. Will Delta risk all to save the woman she loves in
this perilous terrain filled with deadly snakes and Colombian drug runners?
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LIBERTY SQUARE
KATHERINE V. FORREST
The newest mystery from two-time Lambda Award-winning author Katherine V.
Forrest. Lesbian LAPD detective and ex-Marine Kate Delafield goes to
Washington D.C. for an FBI seminar - and searches for a killer among her
former military colleagues. "Forrest has spent the past decade delighting a
wide readership with her versatility as a writer." -Lambda Book Report.
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DIRTY WORK
VIVIEN KELLY
A very urban story sparked by the death of a young lesbian. When the
authorities believe suicide, Jo, a counselor at a hostel for the homeless,
suspects murder. Snappy ripostes and moral dilemmas fill the text of a plot
set among London's "caring" professionals and gay community. "A real
page-turner...good lesbian detective fiction." -Gay Community News
(Ireland).
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