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Sunday, June 21, 2015
Stripped by Brian Freeman
30. – 440.) Stripped by Brian Freeman – With a busy week at work and Rotary Conference I have been away from the blog. I return with a review of a book I read in 2008 by Brian Freeman.
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Jonathan
Stride has moved to Las Vegas
to be with his lover, Serena Dial. He has joined the LV police force as a detective. Stride is
adapting to LV
but it is not easy for a Minnesotan. A call to deal with a man killed while
engaged with a prostitute becomes a media murder when the victim turns out to
be M.J. Lane,
the son of wealthy and reclusive movie mogul Walker Lane. Stride starts working the
case with Amanda Gillen. Each thinks the department is punishing the other by
pairing them with a partner with whom no one else wants to be partner. Amanda
is the first transsexual detective (still retaining male sexual organs) I have
encountered in fiction. At the same time Dial is pursuing the killer of a young
boy. The murders intersect and lead back to the glory days of the soon to be
imploded Sherezade Hotel. The disparate threads are convincingly brought
together. It is more thriller than mystery as the story pounds to a conclusion.
Excellent. Hardcover or paperback. (July 26/08)
Las Vegas is most definitely a change from Minnesota, Bill. And it sounds like this is a solid Las Vegas-style story. I'm glad you found it a good read. It's reminding me too that there's a lot of crime fiction that takes place all or at least partly in Las Vegas. I'm going to have to do a post on that sometime.
This sounds like a good read, Bill, and I love the idea of the transsexual detective. I think I still haven't come across one and in 2008 that must have been quite advanced.
Las Vegas is most definitely a change from Minnesota, Bill. And it sounds like this is a solid Las Vegas-style story. I'm glad you found it a good read. It's reminding me too that there's a lot of crime fiction that takes place all or at least partly in Las Vegas. I'm going to have to do a post on that sometime.
ReplyDeleteMargot: Thanks for the comment. It was a convincing portrayal of Las Vegas.
DeleteThis sounds like a good read, Bill, and I love the idea of the transsexual detective. I think I still haven't come across one and in 2008 that must have been quite advanced.
ReplyDeleteMoira: Thanks for the comment. I do not think I have come across another transgendered detective.
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