When University of Minnesota student Allison Lord is found drowned in the icy waters of the Lake of the Isles, the local police are quick to rule her death a suicide. However, Allison’s grieving sorority sisters refuse to accept the verdict and urge their alumni advisor, Jane Lawless, to investigate. Guided by her own sharp instincts and accompanied by her theatrical, larger-than-life best friend Cordelia Thorn, Jane starts chipping away at the victim’s seemingly perfect life. She uncovers a hidden landscape of secret campus trysts, religious fanaticism, and family disinheritance threats, risking her own life at a remote vacation lodge to catch a calculating killer before they strike again.
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| ISBN: 9781888348002 |
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| Genre: Mystery |
| Subject(s): Literary; Literature & Fiction; Mystery; Mystery, Thriller & Suspense; Thrillers & Suspense |
| Publication Date: 1995-11-01 |
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| Publisher: Hall Closet Book Co |
| Language: English |
| Format: Audio Cassette |
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| Notes: Hallowed Murder (1989) is the debut novel in Ellen Hart’s Jane Lawless mystery series. As an explicit work of lesbian fiction, it introduces the iconic, openly lesbian protagonist—Minneapolis restaurateur and amateur sleuth Jane Lawless—and earned a nomination for the 1989 Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery, establishing a foundational footprint for modern queer cozy crime fiction. |
| Book_ID: 107915 |