A Queer Kind of Death

by George Baxt

Paperback, 1979

Status

Available

Call number

PS3552.A85 Q844 1979

Publication

St Martins Pr (1979)

Description

New York detective Pharoah Love believes that the death od a young, handsome actor-model-hustler was no accident. But who killed him in his bathtub - his ex-lover? The literary agent? The society wit? It might be one of these but Pharoah Love has to learn just how you outsmart an ingenious killer.

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LibraryThing member ChrisWeir

Late 1960's mystery which involves a loosely veiled gay African American cop. A hustler/model is found dead in his bathtub from what looks like an accidental electrocution, the radio fell into the bathtub. The lead detective thinks it may not have been an accident after all. We meet a wide variety

of characters, the writer who's first two books didn't sell very well and also the deceased ex-"roommate" The writers ex-wife who's still in love with him, but is out to tank his latest book. An eccentric and very wealthy brother and sister duo. It's a little snap shot of the time everyone seems to use the word cat for people. Everyone drinks a lot and smokes. The mystery will have you guessing until the end and has numerous other twists as well.

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