{"id":11120,"date":"2012-01-28T03:14:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-28T03:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?p=11120"},"modified":"2012-01-28T03:14:10","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T03:14:10","slug":"amateur-city-by-katherine-v-forrest-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/amateur-city-by-katherine-v-forrest-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Amateur City by Katherine V. Forrest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(A Pandora whodunnit)<\/p>\n

Ellen O’Neil has antagonized her lover by taking a job in a Los Angeles highrise office building \u0096 only to find herself sole witness to events surrounding a baffling murder.<\/p>\n

LAPD Detective Kate Delafield, tough and demanding leader of the homicide investigation team, soon discovers strong motives for the killing of Fergus Parker in an office united in hatred of the murdered man. And with her own personal life in crisis, she finds her path increasingly intersecting with that of Ellen O’Neil\u0085<\/p>\n

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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! <\/P>

In Amateur City<\/I>, Kate and her partner, Ed Taylor, investigate the murder of a highly placed executive, whose body was found by a coworker, a woman who begins to break down Kate’s defenses.<\/P>

In addition to penning the legendary Kate Delafield mystery series, –Katherine V. Forrest <\/I>has written the lesbian romantic classic Curious Wine <\/I>and the science fiction novels Daughters of a Coral Dawn <\/I>and Daughters of an Amber Noon<\/I>. She lives in San Francisco.<\/P><\/div>\n

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