East Of Niece by Randye Lordon

East Of Niece

A Sydney Sloane Mystery

Randye Lordon

Private investigator Sydney Sloane is reluctantly on vacation in France to visit with her niece Vickie. But she is unpleasantly surprised to find that not only has Vickie secretly married, but her new husband Gavin’s parents were just killed in a suspicious car accident. So suspicious that the police are looking for the now-missing Gavin. Wrapped up in a murder investigation in a country where she doesn’t speak the language, Sydney must find both Gavin and the truth. But someone out there is determined to stop her from doing just that….by any means necessary.

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From Publishers Weekly

Lambda Award winner and Shamus finalist Lordon’s (Brotherly Love; Sister’s Keeper; etc.) sixth Sydney Sloane novel should please her fans, but others may find it predictable and formulaic. At the urging of her lover/sidekick, Leslie, the perky New York City PI decides to take a vacation in the south of France. There they visit Sloane’s niece, Vickie, who is living with an artist named Gavin. A succession of unpleasant surprises ensues: Vickie has married Gavin; his parents, Jules and Nan Mason, have died in a suspicious car accident; Gavin has disappeared; and the police, having upgraded the ‘accident’ to homicide, want to question Gavin, their chief suspect. In addition, a mysterious somebody has ransacked the Masons’ apartment looking for some incriminating item Gavin may have. Can ‘Aunt Sydney’ sort it all out? Natch although she does it over several more dead bodies. The elements are as familiar as your face in the mirror. The villains introduce themselves; and the murderer, gun in hand, Sloane at bay, takes as long to explain everything as a diva does to expire in a death scene. Worse is that Lordon’s dialogue is so often irritatingly cute. This is the kind of book people check out of the library by the armload. Still, it is a tribute to the author’s matter-of-fact approach that her lesbian heroine should have such mainstream appeal.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

In her lastest adventure, private detective Sydney Sloane (Sister’s Keeper) and Leslie, her lover, take a vacation to Nice in order to visit Sydney’s favorite (and only) niece, who lives nearby. A surprise marriage, a double murder, and a missing husband who becomes a prime suspect put Sydney on the alert. Sydney may not speak the language, but she will do anything to help her niece find her husband, including investigate him, his friends, his parents, and their backgrounds. Highly evocative descriptions, brilliant plotting, and clever characterization by a Lambda Award winner make this easy read a necessary acquisition for gay/lesbian and general mystery collections.

Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Details

ISBN	312287143
Genre	Mystery
Publication Date	14-May-02
Publisher	Griffin
Format	Trade Paperback
No. of Pages	288
Series	Sydney Sloane Mystery
# in Series	6
Language	English
Rating	NotRated
BookID	3385