{"id":37285,"date":"2025-05-09T20:53:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T20:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/amateur-city-by-katherine-v-forrest-7\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T20:53:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T20:53:16","slug":"amateur-city-by-katherine-v-forrest-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/amateur-city-by-katherine-v-forrest-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Amateur City by Katherine V. Forrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Amateur City<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>a Kate Delafield mystery<\/em><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Katherine V. Forrest<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\n<p>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 Amateur City, 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.In addition to penning the legendary Kate Delafield mystery series, -Katherine V. Forrest has written the lesbian romantic classic Curious Wine and the science fiction novels Daughters of a Coral Dawn and Daughters of an Amber Noon. She lives in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n .TFtable<br \/> .TFtable td<br \/> \/*  Define the text for all the 2nd columns  *\/<br \/> .TFtable td:nth-child(2)<br \/><\/style>\n<table class=\"TFtable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>ISBN: <\/b>9781555837181<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Genre: <\/b>Crime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Subject: <\/b>Delafield, Kate (Fictitious Character)\/ Fiction; Los Angeles (Calif.); Mystery Fiction; Police\/ California\/ Los Angeles\/ Fiction; Policewomen\/ Fiction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Publication Date: <\/b>2003-08-01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Publisher: <\/b>Alyson Pubns<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Language: <\/b>English<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Format: <\/b>Paperback<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Rating:<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Notes: <\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Book_ID: <\/b>257522<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amateur City | Katherine V. 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