From Library Journal
Breaking for the moment with his beloved PI, antiques dealer Lovejoy, Gash introduces a new series featuring Dr. Clare Burtonall, a substitute-physician. Clare's life is changed forever when she attempts to save the victim of a fatal traffic accident; someone delivers the victim's stolen briefcase to her rich husband, raising unruly suspicions. Clare soon teams up with another would-be Samaritan, a well-spoken (but streetwise) male escort called Bonn, to uncover corruption and murder. As usual, Gash imbues his prose with bouncy vigor, ready wit, and colorful slang?focused here on the sex trade and gambling. Told with the author's accustomed panache; highly recommended.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Here's something very curious from the creator of the Lovejoy novels. Gash introduces a new series character, cardiologist Dr. Clare Burtonall, but the novel is practically stolen from her by Bonn, the soft-spoken and mysterious male prostitute who helps Clare investigate a suspicious road accident. Lovejoy fans prepare for a shock: if this first novel is any indication, Gash's new series will be a lot rougher than his stories about the popular antique dealer. The novel is written in the language of the underworld, where people are coarse, sex is a commodity, and murder is sometimes the logical solution to a tricky problem. Perhaps in the series' next installment, Clare will emerge as a stronger heroine, but here the central character (by accident or design) is the charismatic Bonn--a truly remarkable creation who seems to be many things but is probably none of them.
Different Women Dancing seems as though it might not be quite what Gash intended it to be. But it is, nevertheless, a compelling novel.
David Pitt
