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NY, NY: St. Martin, 2006. 1st. Ed. FINE/FINE. Jane Lawless, lesbian restaurateur in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is featured in the fourteenth title in this fine series of literary lesbian lifestyle.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 1991. 1st US Edition, April 1991, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Publishers review page laid in stating the price would be $15.95 but by the time the book was published the price on the jacket flap became $16.95. "This intriguing second novel by the author of Report for Murder again casts lesbian Scottish journalist Lindsay Gordon. Lindsay is living temporarily in Italy when fellow writer Alison Maxwell is found strangled in Glasgow and the victim's ex-lover, journalist Jackie Mitchell, is convicted of the crime. On Lindsay's return to Scotland, Jackie's friends, including Lindsay's last lover, Cordelia Brown, and Cordelia's new mate, Claire Ogilvie, ask Lindsay to look into the murder. Lindsay agrees even though she hasn't recovered from her breakup with Cordelia, a recovery made harder when she reads Cordelia's new book and realizes how much… Leer más

Tallahassee, Florida: Naiad Press, 1993. 1st ed. fine copy of this trade Paperback Original. Berkeley private eye Helen Black.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback Original.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 1999. 1st edition, June 1999, with complete number line beginning with 1 A fine, unread copy of this Paperback Original. P.I. Emma Victor, San Francisco. ""Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble, we'll turn the patriarchy into rubble." So chants PI Emma Victor, caught in a militant Lesbian Revengers demonstration on Halloween night in San Francisco. Emma is flying high after unknowingly ingesting a hallucinogenic mushroomAnot the best state to be in while protecting research scientist Dr. Rita Huelga, whose life is in danger after outing her ex-girlfriend, the rock diva Audra Leon, on a TV talk show. The PI can't help wondering what would motivate the fiercely private mycologist to reveal her deepest secret, and her suspicions of Huelga are heightened when Leon's girlfriend dies after dining on pasta and poisonous mushrooms. Lambda Award-winning Wings is superb in conjuring up the atmosphere of the city's lesbian scene as… Leer más

Berkley, 1997. 1st edition, April 1997, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Publicity sheet laid in. Lambda Award winning author. 4th in lesbian P.I. Emma Victor series. San Francisco. The Castro is holding a Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. the whole city is talking politics, caught up in nasty three-way mayoral race and Emma is trying to catch a man blackmailing one of the candidates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Seattle, WA, U.S.A.: Seal Press, 1986. 2nd printing, light soiling at page edges else near fine of this trade paperback. Pam Nilson, her reluctant sleuth, is struggling to maintain the collective which runs her family's printing business while her twin sister picks coffee beans in Nicaragua. She is also nursing a broken heart after her first woman lover has left town. Naturally her good Samaritan rescue of two young women introduces murder, prostitution, drug dealers, and incest into her already strained life. When one of the girls dies from a beating and the other disappears Pam scours the streets of Seattle and Portland to find her and seek some answers to how a 14-year-old becomes hardened by drugs and crime. The trail leads through scummy artist's lofts, shelters for homeless teens, and inevitably (and sadly) back to the family. It is Pam's capacity for caring about people that makes this novel so compelling. 2nd Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Book.

Seal Press 1994 1ST. ED. FINE/NEAR FINE DJ shows slight shelf wear. Another effort by author Ellen Hart, in the highly acclaimed Jane Lawless series, When one of the group that Jane is working with is murdered, Cordelia Thorne, Jane's wise cracking sidekick helps out. Author has signed in a bookplate, set in.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.

London, United Kingdom: Women's Press Ltd,The, 1994. 1st British prtg. Very light wear else near fine. The Werness family are Minneapolis" leading theatrical dynasty. But just as the curtains are about to open on their latest production, Torald Werness -- son and heir apparent -- is murdered backstage. Enter Jane Lawless, restauranteur and sleuth.. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Trade Paperback.

NY: Midwood Books, 1959. 1st edition. Midwood Books #16 [.35 cover price]. Paperback Original. Light wear to edges, lightly soiled at rear, a few indentations on covers else vg. This very early Midwood finds Orrie Hitt exercising his Catskills Noir muscles in this story of a beautiful young wife scheming the demise of her wealthy older husband all set in a Summer resort hotel. -- Goodreads. All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil plastic bag and taped closed with removable tape which will not tear the covers if it sticks to them when the book is removed.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Very Good. Vintage Paperback.

N.Y.: St. Martins, 1995. 1st printing, March 1995, with complete number line beginning with 1. Oversize trade paperback. Lesbian private detective story begins as Maine's music-loving PI, Lil Ritchie, is hired by bass player Ernie West to find his group's legendary guitarist Andre Ledoux. Before disappearing, ex-addict Andre, acting as though he were on a bad trip, stole money from his sister and then skipped town. Although Lil easily locates Andre at his Aunt Eulalie's house in Maine, she can't get him to tell her what's wrong, although he does agree to rejoin the band. When Andre and the band surreptitiously cross the border for the Montreal Jazz Festival, Lil follows and persuades Andre to let her hang around the band as protection. Despite this precaution, Andre is murdered and Lil, feeling responsible, hunts for his killer. She discovers that Aunt Eulalie has also been attacked and manages to find a few clues before the old woman dies. Maine and Montreal setting. First… Leer más

N.Y.: St. Martins, 1994. 1st edition, March 1994, so stated. jacket shows light wear at spine head, some very minor wear along edges. Otherwise book is tight and clean. lesbian private detective story begins as Maine's music-loving PI, Lil Ritchie, is hired by bass player Ernie West to find his group's legendary guitarist Andre Ledoux. Before disappearing, ex-addict Andre, acting as though he were on a bad trip, stole money from his sister and then skipped town. Although Lil easily locates Andre at his Aunt Eulalie's house in Maine, she can't get him to tell her what's wrong, although he does agree to rejoin the band. When Andre and the band surreptitiously cross the border for the Montreal Jazz Festival, Lil follows and persuades Andre to let her hang around the band as protection. Despite this precaution, Andre is murdered and Lil, feeling responsible, hunts for his killer. She discovers that Aunt Eulalie has also been attacked and manages to find a few clues before the old… Leer más

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 1989. 1st. Ed. FINE/FINE. A Violet Childes Murder Mystery. Author's 1st book. "Shortly after returning to New York from a recuperative trip to Milan, Violet Childes, a theatrically bisexual photographer with little time for actual work, sets out to discover who murdered her private eye father. Violet finds a body in her office, attracts bullets in the street, and then tracks a crucial missing witness to a mental hospital." --LJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Tallahassee, FL, U.S.A.: Naiad Press Tallahassee: FL 1992, 1992. 1st ed. PBO, large oversize trade pbk. Set in Victoria, British Columbia. "In her fourth adventure, Canadian lesbian PI Caitlin Reece catches up with a couple of her high-school classmates, Jonna Rowan and Kirk Ratliffe. Jonna calls and begs Caitlin to meet her, saying she fears for her life. But Caitlin is met not by Jonna but by her 10-year-old daughter, Jory, who explains that Kirk, her father, murdered her mother in a motel room. Jory wants Caitlin to find and kill Kirk. The police, however, say that Jonna's body is not at the motel and that Jory's account has ``a lot of inconsistencies.'' Jory sticks resolutely to her story, but then, she also claims that she once saw a UFO. A row of scars on Jory's back, together with some digging into the recent past, indicate to Caitlin that neither Kirk nor Jonna qualifies as a model parent. With the help of Gray Ng (a psychic friend), Francis the Ferret (a computer… Leer más

San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.: Spinsters Ink, 1992. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback original. Set in San Francisco's Tenderloin district debut's private investigator Nell Fury. "The plot of this first novel by ex-private eye Pincus seems improbable: two heiresses who are identical twins get embroiled with sleaze elements in San Francisco's Tenderloin district. Yet Pincus pulls it off, largely because her lesbian PI, Nell Fury, is such an engaging sleuth--part Philip Marlowe, part good buddy, and part politically savvy sexual outlaw and jaunty rescuer of well-to-do orphans cruising the California coast. Nell has been hired by one sister, Olive Jones, to find her missing twin, Cate, who, despite her inheritance, has been working at a strip joint called Club Femmes. The search for Cate discovers a nasty brew of murder, arson and insurance fraud. Along the way, Nell takes a slug in the shoulder and tracks a San Francisco… Leer más