Killing at the Cat

Carlene Miller

Lexy Hyatt’s chance to prove herself as a crime reporter comes when a woman is found dead at her favorite local lesbian bar. When, to her dismay, her own ex-lover looks like a prime suspect, Lexy finds herself in an emotional quandry and struggles to cast suspicion elsewhere.

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From Publishers Weekly

Lesbian newspaper reporter Lexy Hyatt is on hand at her favorite bar, The Cat, when Darla Pollard, an insurance agent, is murdered in this provocative debut. Wary of the kind of coverage her Florida paper might give the story, Lexy convinces her editor to assign it to her. Lexy learns that homophobic Edward Driscoll blamed Darla for the suicide of his teenage daughter, who had worked in the insurance office and confided in Darla. He had vowed revenge, and was at the bar when Darla died. Also, a gay-bashing skinhead gang had targeted The Cat. While Lexy would like to believe in Driscoll’s or the gang’s guilt, she unearths more unsavory secrets about the victim’s friends and clients than she can ignore. Among those who fit on the suspect list are The Cat’s owner, Darla’s secretary, and a former love of Lexy’s; the solution, however, begins in left field. While not graphically sexual, Miller’s debut is steeped in the details of lesbian culture and romance.

From Library Journal

Newspaper reporter Lexy Hyatt escapes the humdrum boundaries of her usual political/social assignments when she and others discover a murder victim in a lesbian bar. The bar owner asks for Lexy’s help, Lexy clears the potential story with her editor, and an investigative journalist is born. In her search for clues, Lexy interrogates her own ex-lover, the bar owner herself (a former lover of the victim), and a straight couple who blame their daughter’s suicide on the victim. The central Florida atmosphere, lesbian bar-scene backdrops, and the ever-attendant quest for romance recommend this debut effort to appropriate collections.

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Details

ISBN	934678952
Genre	Mystery
Copyright Date	1998
Publication Date	Aug-98
Publisher	New Victoria Publishers
Format	Trade Paperback
No. of Pages	189
Series	Lexy Hyatt Mystery
# in Series	1
Language	English
Rating	NotRated
BookID	6366

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Killing at the Cat by Carlene Miller