{"id":40757,"date":"2026-08-16T14:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T14:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?p=40757"},"modified":"2026-08-16T14:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T14:18:17","slug":"faint-praise-by-ellen-hart-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/faint-praise-by-ellen-hart-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Faint Praise by Ellen Hart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\r\n\r\nFaint Praise (1995) is the sixth installment in Ellen Hart&#8217;s Jane Lawless mystery series. As an explicit work of lesbian fiction, it follows an openly lesbian protagonist\u2014Minneapolis restaurateur and amateur sleuth Jane Lawless\u2014and highlights queer community connections alongside intricate procedural elements.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<h2><\/h2>\r\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\r\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n .TFtable<br \/> .TFtable td<br \/> \/*  Define the text for all the 2nd columns  *\/<br \/> .TFtable td:nth-child(2)<br \/><\/style>\r\n<table class=\"TFtable\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>ISBN: <\/strong>9781878067678<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Subtitle: <\/strong>a Jane Lawless mystery<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Genre: <\/strong>Mystery<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Subject(s): <\/strong>Lawless, Jane (Fictitious character) &#8211; Fiction; Lesbians &#8211; Fiction. &#8211; Minnesota; Minneapolis Metropolitan Area (Minn.) &#8211; Fiction; Restaurateurs &#8211; Fiction. &#8211; Minnesota; Women Detectives &#8211; Fiction. &#8211; Minnesota<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Publication Date: <\/strong>1995-09-29<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Original Publication Date: <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Publisher: <\/strong>Da Capo Press<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Language: <\/strong>English<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Format: <\/strong>Hardcover<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Pages: <\/strong>264<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Rating: <\/strong> <\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Notes: <\/strong>When long-time Minneapolis television personality Arno Heywood leaps to his death from a downtown high-rise while wearing women\u2019s clothes, the city is left in shock. 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