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Available
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Series
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Publication
Seal Press (CA) (1989), 230 pages
Description
When the bodies start to drop, Jane Lawless realizes it might not be love at all that brought a young diva and an aged director together, but something perhaps more sinister.
User reviews
LibraryThing member BookConcierge
Stilted dialogue, poorly plotted, swift unrealistic ending. There's a kernel of a great buddy relationship between Jane Lawless and Cordelia Thorn but it's undeveloped in this debut. The series has continued and won awards, so she must get better. I would rate it only 1 star normally, but since
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that means "I hated it" in this system, I think that's too harsh. Show Less
LibraryThing member mirihawk
The very first book in the Jane Lawless series, this book is set in the 80s (and written then also, I think) and might seem odd to those of us used to the modern tech - internet and cell phones, just to mention a few things that are not in the book... The book does a good job of introducing us to
The Audio version definitely has some volume control issues - the sound goes up and down. The reader did a decent job, though, and it was not distracting. The whisper sync worked as it was supposed to.
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what I am hoping will be main characters that flow through the series. The characters are human and complex; the murderer was not obvious. Many red herrings were dragged across the path on the way to the solution. The Audio version definitely has some volume control issues - the sound goes up and down. The reader did a decent job, though, and it was not distracting. The whisper sync worked as it was supposed to.
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Subjects
Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Nominee — 1989)
Minnesota Book Awards (Finalist — Mystery — 1991)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1989
Physical description
230 p.; 5.25 x 0.75 inches
ISBN
0931188830 / 9780931188831