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Bradford Fairfax, special agent, has a romantic New Year’s Eve in store for his boyfriend Zach: a stay at a luxury resort in Key West. But their plans are turned upside down when the pair run into an improbable "heiress" to one of the world’s great fortunes — someone who is desperate to convince anyone that his father wants him dead. But how much of a grasp on reality can a drug-abusing mega-wealthy man who thinks he’s Maria Callas really have? And who or what is this mysterious "Baby" that he pines for? Does the transvestite ghost, Rosie, hold the answers to these and other troubling questions? Join Brad and his sidekick Zach for this second instalment in the Bradford Fairfax mystery series, a madcap and raunchy romp through the original gay Shangri-La.
About the Author
Jeffrey Round is an internationally bestselling author and playwright from Toronto. He has worked as a television producer and writer for the CBC and Alliance Atlantis, has a BA in English Literature and Theatre from Dalhousie, attended the Humber School for Writers, and studied film and television at Ryerson University.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Let's Head for Key West,
This review is from: Death in Key West: A Bradford Fairfax Murder Mystery (Paperback)
Death in Key West: A Bradford Fairfax Murder Mystery
Let's Head for Key West Amos Lassen I have been a fan of Jeffrey Round for a couple of years now and now I am also a fan of Key West. In his new book the descriptions of Key West are so vivid and the characters are so outrageous that I am thinking of catching the next plane in that direction. Many of us gay men are aware that Key West is a Garden of Eden for gay men and our hero, Bradford Fairfax, obviously knew this too when he decided to spend his New Year's vacation there. His boyfriend and side-kick, Zach joins him and they begin to meet the rich residents of the Florida keys. Among their acquaintances is Quentin Ashley Vanderbilt III, heir to a great fortune but unfortunately he feels that his father wants him dead. Of course Bradford does not take him seriously and looks at him as just another rich eccentric. However, soon a group of outlandish drag queens begin to turn up dead and Brad and Zach realize that there may be some truth to what Quentin feels. They therefore join the quest for the truth and unbelievable happenings ensue. What began as a New Year's holiday becomes more than what Bradford anticipated and we are introduced to some of the wildest characters to be between the covers of a book. Jeffrey Round writes with great wit and style. His novel is full of surprises and his characters are larger than life and endearing. If this had been set in New Orleans, I could compare it to a Creole gumbo that has a little something for everyone. Round won my complete attention from the first page as he did with his previous book, "The P-town Murders". I suppose that means that we have not seen the last of Brad and Zach. If you see Round let him know that I have heard that there is something strange going on in Eureka Springs, Arkansas and we need his detectives to help us understand exactly what it is.
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2.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
For those who love mystery books it is a great read!,
By Carlos T. Mock "carloschicago" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Death in Key West: A Bradford Fairfax Murder Mystery (Paperback)
After reading the 800 plus page epic of The Mists of Avalon, it was such a pleasure to turn to a mindless, exciting, and fun "who done it" thriller.
This is Mr. Round's second installment of the Bradford Fairfax Murder Mysteries. In the first one. Brad solved a murder case in Key West and met his present boyfriend Zach Tyler. The book starts as Brad and Zack decide to take a New Year vacation in Key West. They are rooming at the Lighthouse Estate. There they meet a very interesting couple; Count Yuri Von Ladislau, or Yuri, the Russian lover of James Quentin Ashley Vanderbilt III, or Jim/La Madame, according to the garments he/she wore. Brad and Zach see them quarreling on New Year's Eve. Later, Brad and Zach overhear Jim sing an aria from Madame Butterfly.l It is breathless and wonderful. Next morning they meet at the poolside and Brad and Zach find that Yuri and Jim were arguing because Jim did not want to go sing at the Pussy Palace with five other drag queens (The Twisted Bitches), where he was supposed to be the main attraction. The first murder(s) occur when the five drag queens are poisoned with aconite on their lipstick. Jim thinks that it was his father who killed them because his father wants him dead so that his brother Andrew Robertson could become president of the United States. Jim disappears next day but Brad rents a car and following Yuri's lead they find her at No Name Key in Lindsey Loman's house, where she dealt in drugs (Jim being a good customer) and used the money to save the Key's wildlife. On the way home, the car's brake fail and Brad discoves that they have been tampered professionally. Reporting to his boss Grace, she warns hin that the killer may not be trying too kill Jim, but rather himself and warns him to be careful. Finally Jim is killed--even though it is made to look like suicide, they find out that she was overdosed with Rohypnol, the date rape drug, dumped in the pool to drown, and then thrown in the sea. As Brad relates to Grace all of this, they find out that Jim's father, Frank Robertson, is a very powerful and dangerous man. From here on, the plot thickens quickly, and it is now up to Brad and Zach to decipher all the clues and solve the intricate and twisted murders that follow, being at risk for most of the rest of the tale. The book reads fast, it is well written, and it follows the "who done it" formula perfectly. It will keep you interested until you get hooked and then it will wrap you and you'll need to read to find out who did it! For those who love mystery books it is a great read! 5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Slow Death,
By Frank Berkeley - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Death in Key West: A Bradford Fairfax Murder Mystery (Paperback)
I really wanted to like this book. Really. Love the setting. On the plus side, the main characters, lovers Brad (31) and Zach (21), are appealing (except maybe for Zach's blue hair which in Florida might be assumed to have come from a rinse in an old ladies' beauty parlor). Our boys are spending their vacation in Key West where they become entangled in a series of murders. Brad's day job is with a mysterious CIA-type organization called Box 77 so he is not so far afield. But then the problems with the story begin. The plot is overly complicated involving a ghost, candles that predict the future and too many characters. If it had been played as a straight (you should pardon the expression) murder mystery it would have been more credible. And speaking of credibility, the murder of five people on a single night in a resort town like Key West would have been the crime of the century, not a routine homocide assigned to one lonely police sergeant. Then there is the writing. I'm sure the author, Jeffrey Round, is a nice person but he tends to be a bit of a name dropper. In the space of just a few pages are numerous references to famous authors, movie stars, fictional and non-fictional characters, and just about everybody who has sung or written opera. But apparently this is part two of a series of novels featuring Brad (the first was set in Provincetown). One can assume that we can look forward to stories set in Fire Island, West Hollywood and, of course, San Francisco and that's a good thing. I'm sure each will be better than the last.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Death in Key West,
By kwfan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Death in Key West: A Bradford Fairfax Murder Mystery (Paperback)
I love Key West and its diversity. I have been there over 30 times since 1980. I have read every book by Tom Corcoran, Lawrence Shames, Lee Sandiford etc. I guess I should have "looked inside" before purchasing this book. A good novel does not need blatant sexual overtones to make it a good read, especially gay overtones. I could not get past the "pool boy with the permanant erection in his bath trunks" to the every other paragraph of gay flirting and way to detailed descriptions of the characters of the plot line. I do not need to know about anyones body to the detail described in this "novel". It is funny, I think this could have been a decent read if there was less beefcake and more developement of the characters beyond the physical.
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