Synopses & Reviews
Donald Strachey is asked to investigate the suspicious death of Paul Haig by three different people-Haig's homophobic mother, his ex-lover, and the psychiatrist hired to "cure" him of his homosexuality. Just as he gets started, however, all three remove him from the case, leaving Strachey with a brutal murderer that now everyone wants left alone.
Review
"Stevenson has deftly picked up where he left off...A tightly plotted, fast-paced, entertaining mystery full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the very end." --
Lambda Rising Book Report on Third Man Out"Stevenson's real coup in Shock to the System is his memorably varied cast of suspects." --Kirkus Reviews on Shock to the System
"A warm welcome back to Richard Stevenson-his admirable, absorbing new mystery has the immediacy and realism of a telegram from the front." --Katherine V. Forrest, author of Flashpoint