- Paperback: 236 pages
- Publisher: New Victoria Publishers (November 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0934678987
- ISBN-13: 978-0934678988
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 240 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,391,429 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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After someone murders closeted police detective Sarah Lindstrom's ex-lover in Sarah's bed, suspicion naturally falls on Sarah, the dead woman's jealous ex-husband, and her abusive current lover. Series investigator Meg Darcy, at least half in love with Sarah, succeeds in broadening the range of suspects?especially after realizing that the murderer killed the wrong person. Meg, gay friend Patrick, and the lachrymose Sarah haunt the streets of St. Louis until the killer is found. Energetic prose, detailed action, and inextricably interwoven subplots lead to solid reading. Recommended for larger collections.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Like some TV mystery movie, Dead and Blonde starts out with a promisingly grisly murder, proceeds to lots of clue gathering, and has a rousing chase in it--on foot through a crowded produce market at dawn. Its strong thread of romance has private investigator Meg Darcy atwitter over ice-queen cop Sarah Lindstrom, in whose bed Sarah's ex, Vivian, has been brutally slaughtered. Since the woman she loves is in jeopardy as bait for the culprit, Meg hunkers down as Sarah's protector, sleeping alone on the couch amid many mixed messages, much to her disappointment. Eventually, Meg and loyal gay sidekick Patrick capture the sicko-creep murderer. Marcy's talent with the telling nuance and the subtlety of a glance held a nanosecond too long rescues the book from melodramatic sound and fury that ultimately signify, if not nothing, at least not very much. Hopefully, better is in the works from Marcy, unless this one is snapped up for a TV movie. Whitney Scott
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Team Effort Shines in Second Engaging Mystery,
By Lori L. Lake "Author of Like Lovers Do, Buyer... (Portland, Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dead and Blonde: A Meg Darcy Mystery (Paperback)
The second offering in the Meg Darcy P.I. series picks up where CEMETERY MURDERS left off. Darcy gets a late night call from enigmatic police detective Sarah Lindstrom and learns that the cop's ex has been murdered...in Lindstrom's home...in Lindstrom's bed...with a baseball bat. Darcy takes her in for the night. The normally unflappable and distant Lindstrom is stunned and disbelieving. She is a suspect and it's personal, too, so she is not allowed to work with the police on the case. Because of this, she does something totally unexpected and asks Darcy to help investigate the case. The course of the investigation reveals that Lindstrom and Darcy are both in danger, so the grieving cop grudgingly allows Darcy to stay at her house. The combination of stress and anguish makes for a taut and fearful situation for both women as they seek the killer. Meg's wit and longing shine in this installment of the series. It gets bogged down in the relationship angst once or twice in the middle, but very quickly regains steam and takes the reader to a satisfying and slightly unexpected resolution.
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This second volume of the Meg Darcy mysteries,
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This review is from: Dead and Blonde: A Meg Darcy Mystery (Paperback)
may be the best so far, though there is huge pleasure in tracking the evolving relationship betweem Darcy and Lindstrom from one book to the next. Like its predecessor, it stands out for the clear and unassuming prose style with which the first-person narrative draws us into Darcy's wryly self-deprecating, and surprisingly literate point of view. The cool and accomplished Lindstrom--whose career and safety are put in jeopardy in this story--is a very suitable counterpart to the stubborn and vulnerable Meg. As in the other volumes, the erotic encounters (intense yet handled with a light touch) are skilfully woven into the narrative. With its rich depiction of the St. Louis locales, compares well with Redmann's angstier Micky Knight series (set in New Orleans) and Kate Allen's kinkier Alison Kaine series (set in Denver).
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Team Effort Shines in Second Engaging Mystery,
By Lori L. Lake "Author of Like Lovers Do, Buyer... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dead and Blonde: A Meg Darcy Mystery (Paperback)
The second offering in the Meg Darcy P.I. series picks up where CEMETERY MURDERS left off. Darcy gets a late night call from enigmatic police detective Sarah Lindstrom and learns that the cop's ex has been murdered...in Lindstrom's home...in Lindstrom's bed...with a baseball bat. Darcy takes her in for the night. The normally unflappable and distant Lindstrom is stunned and disbelieving. She is a suspect and it's personal, too, so she is not allowed to work with the police on the case. Because of this, she does something totally unexpected and asks Darcy to help investigate the case. The course of the investigation reveals that Lindstrom and Darcy are both in danger, so the grieving cop grudgingly allows Darcy to stay at her house. The combination of stress and anguish makes for a taut and fearful situation for both women as they seek the killer. Meg's wit and longing shine in this installment of the series. It gets bogged down in the relationship angst once or twice in the middle, but very quickly regains steam and takes the reader to a satisfying and slightly unexpected resolution.
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This second volume of the Meg Darcy mysteries,
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This review is from: Dead and Blonde: A Meg Darcy Mystery (Paperback)
may be the best so far, though there is huge pleasure in tracking the evolving relationship betweem Darcy and Lindstrom from one book to the next. Like its predecessor, it stands out for the clear and unassuming prose style with which the first-person narrative draws us into Darcy's wryly self-deprecating, and surprisingly literate point of view. The cool and accomplished Lindstrom--whose career and safety are put in jeopardy in this story--is a very suitable counterpart to the stubborn and vulnerable Meg. As in the other volumes, the erotic encounters (intense yet handled with a light touch) are skilfully woven into the narrative. With its rich depiction of the St. Louis locales, compares well with Redmann's angstier Micky Knight series (set in New Orleans) and Kate Allen's kinkier Alison Kaine series (set in Denver).
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