| Title: |
Death Trick (#1 in the Donald Strachey series) |
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| Author: |
Richard Stevenson |
| Published by: |
St. Martin's Press, 1981 |
| ISBN: |
0-312-18876-5 [hardcover, 190 pages] |
When a sensational gay murder hits the headlines in Albany,
New York, and the prime suspect turns out to be a young gay activist who
has disappeared, his socially prominent and powerful parents call in Don
Strachey, a private eye in the classic tradition -- with a difference.
Strachey is a low key but cocky detective known for getting results when
the police can't, and for his connections in the gay community -- his community.
Threatened by the bad publicity, a wave of raids on their bars, and
the increased hostility of the police, the gay community closes ranks to
help solve the murder, making use of an astonishing network of connections
that rivals any "old boy" network. With the support of his lover
and the help of various friends, ex-lovers, and tricks, Strachey unravels
a plot that takes him through the bar-disco-cruising scene in Albany to
a complicated web of homophobia, jealousy and politics which lies behind
the murder.
