Amateur City; Murder at the Nightwood Bar & The Beverly Malibu (3 novels)
Katherine V. Forrest
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Murder at the Nightwood: Most of us are gray people who just make our way through life. And then some of us are like Dory. I know she’s what Shakespeare thought about when he wrote that phrase she was life’s bright fire.’
But Dory is dead. Found lying in the parking lot of a lesbian bar, her white-blonde hair ruffled by the gentle breezes of a June evening.
For homicide detective Kate Delafield, a look into the bewildered silver-blue eyes of the murdered girl is the start of a terrifying journey.
A journey first to the gay city of West Hollywood where Kate uncovers shocking facts about the brief life of the murdered woman.
Then an emotional trek fighting against the uncooperative silence from Dory’s parents and the hostile women who should be Dory’s friends the lesbians who frequent the Nightwood Bar.
Emotions run high in Kate’s private life as well, with Kate see-sawing in and out of love
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When Katherine V. Forrest’s Amateur City was published in 1984, introducing LAPD detective Kate Delafield, it not only marked the beginning of one of mystery fiction’s most successful series, it also created one of the most lucrative genres in gay publishing: the lesbian mystery. With her next six Kate Delafield novels, Forrest’s complex and determined lesbian detective became the most celebrated figure in lesbian fiction. Alyson is proud to present the first and second Kate Delafield mysteries, back in print and ready to captivate a new generation of fans!
In Murder at the Nightwood Bar, Kate investigates the murder of a homeless 19-year-old addict-prostitute, whose battered body is found outside a popular lesbian bar.
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Beverly Malibu: Winner of the Lambda Literary Award, Best Lesbian Mystery .On Thanksgiving Day, LAPD homicide detective Kate Delafield and her partner, Ed Taylor, are called to an apartment building on the edge of Beverly Hills to investigate a premeditated and pitiless murder.
No one appears particularly grieved by the shocking end to old-time Hollywood director Owen Sinclair. Surely not three other tenants of the Beverly Malibu, who worked in the motion picture industry during the blacklist years and loathed Sinclair for having been a “friendly witness” before the House un-American Activities Committee.
Nor is Sinclair’s latest ex-wife grieved, or even his children. Nor film actress and former paramour Maxine Marlowe. Nor Dudley Kincaid, whose brilliant screenplay Sinclair stole. Nor landlady Hazel Turner, whose husband , Jerome, is decreased but not exactly gone
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Details
| Genre | Mystery |
| Publication Date | 1996 |
| Publisher | Quality Paperback Book Club |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 710 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | NotRated |
| BookID | 413 |
