Synopses & Reviews
"A MUST-READ FOR CRIME-NOVEL FANATICS . . . That rarity, a serious, multilayered novel of crime that recalls Graham Greene's Third Man and Brighton Rock."
--Booklist
All is not well in the life of Greenwich Village lesbian P.I. Lauren Laurano. She and her lover are drifting apart. There's a psychopath watching her every move. Her friend Elissa's rich aunt has just been brutally murdered--and the police suspect that Elissa is the killer.
Lauren knows better. So, using her unique combination of street-savvy detecting and on-line know-how, Lauren sets out to prove Elissa's innocence. But exonerating her friend rapidly turns into a perilous assignment.
Stalking and being stalked, Lauren Laurano is forced to use resources she never knew she had--just to stay alive.
"ENGAGING . . . A deft touch is the closing cliffhanger."
--Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
All is not well in the life of Greenwich Village P.I. Lauren Laurano. She and her lesbian lover are drifting apart. There's a psychopath watching her every move. And her friend Elissa has been accused of murdering her wealthy aunt.
Lauren knows better and sets out to prove Elissa's innocence. But it's a more perilous assignment than Lauren imagined, and she's soon forced to use resources she never knew she had -- just to stay alive.
Synopsis
Witty, hip, pretty, and gay, Lauren Laurano isn't your typical private detective. She shares an apartment with Kip, her longtime lover, in New York's Greenwich Village, where they are surrounded by a close-knit group of friends. But Lauren and Kip's relationship has hit a rough patch, and when Kip goes out of town for a month-long conference, Lauren's life gets complicated by a new case, a new love interest, and a menace from her past. Lauren's friend Elissa is in trouble. Her elderly aunt has been found brutally stabbed to death, and much to Elissa's dismay, the police suspect she's the killer. Elissa's situation looks dire: she's without an alibi and in line to inherit a large sum of money. Undaunted, Lauren takes the case, using her unique combination of street-savvy detecting and electronic know-how to find the real killer. Tapping into the Internet for clues, Lauren gets more than she bargained for. First on-line, then in person, she meets Alex, a young woman to whom she is powerfully attracted. As the investigation grows more complex, Lauren becomes more and more distracted by thoughts of Alex and guilt about Kip. And just as Lauren thinks she has her hands full, one of her dearest friends is hospitalized and Lauren begins receiving death threats herself.
About the Author
Sandra Scoppettone's previous Lauren Laurano mysteries are Everything You Have Is Mine (nominated for a Lambda Literary Award), I'll Be Leaving You Always, and My Sweet Untraceable You. She has published twelve other novels, many under the pseudonym Jack Early. Ms. Scoppettone lives with the writer Linda Crawford in New York City.