Gaudi Afternoon by Barbara Wilson (2)

Cassandra Reilly, a Spanish translator and amateur detective, agrees to go to Barcelona and search for Frankie Stevens' missing husband, Ben, who disappeared without a trace.

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Barbara Wilson's mysteries are witty, fast-paced, and fun to read. Plus, they have enough politics so that you can tell yourself that reading them is good for you. Gaudi Afternoon, written before 'gender studies' became a buzz phrase, looks and laughs at what makes a gal straight or queer, femme or butch, lesbian or dyke, transgendered or translated. Cassandra Reilly, Wilson's wry, savvy, globetrotting sleuth, charges through Barcelona to find a missing person or two of indeterminate gender.