Death Trick
Registered by cathepsut of Metzingen, Baden-Württemberg Germany on 9/25/2009
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
3 journalers for this copy...
Book Description from Amazon:
"It's 1979, the height of the post-Stonewall era of gay sexual liberation, and a young man has been brutally murdered. The gay son of a wealthy family has disappeared. Now it's up to Don Strachey to get to the bottom of this mess - even if he has to cruise every gay bar in the city to do it! "Sassy and sexy...Don Strachey is a private dick who really earns his title" - Armistead Maupin"
This was a pretty enjoyable book. Light, sometimes funny, good suspense, some friendly and engaging entertainment. Sympathetic characters, good atmosphere and although it was written in '81, it doesn't feel dated.
What did annoy me a little was the shoddy editing. In the middle of the bock about 4 pages just repeated themselves and there where quite a few typos. Just the last two chapters must have had at least 4 obvious type-setting mistakes. Which is a shame, considering that the book was otherwise nicely bound and good quality.
"It's 1979, the height of the post-Stonewall era of gay sexual liberation, and a young man has been brutally murdered. The gay son of a wealthy family has disappeared. Now it's up to Don Strachey to get to the bottom of this mess - even if he has to cruise every gay bar in the city to do it! "Sassy and sexy...Don Strachey is a private dick who really earns his title" - Armistead Maupin"
This was a pretty enjoyable book. Light, sometimes funny, good suspense, some friendly and engaging entertainment. Sympathetic characters, good atmosphere and although it was written in '81, it doesn't feel dated.
What did annoy me a little was the shoddy editing. In the middle of the bock about 4 pages just repeated themselves and there where quite a few typos. Just the last two chapters must have had at least 4 obvious type-setting mistakes. Which is a shame, considering that the book was otherwise nicely bound and good quality.
Journal Entry 2 by cathepsut at RABCK, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, October 11, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (10/12/2009 UTC) at RABCK, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Mooching this out to Australia. Enjoy!
Journal Entry 3 by 
crimson-tide
from Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, January 14, 2010
crimson-tide from Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, January 14, 2010
.Mooched from a fellow BookCrosser,
and arrived safely and in good condition
after the long trip.
Thanks cathepsut.
I see this has been on my shelf for close to four years now. I think initially I was a bit put off by the cover, which is stupid really (me being stupid that is, not the cover), but once I got into reading it I was pleasantly surprised. Well plotted and well written, Donald Strachey is a believable protagonist with a good "voice". There is also a definite ring of truth about the settings and the attitudes of the time.
"Death Trick" is the first of the Donald Strachey series, and as the author mentions in the Author's Note to this re-issued edition, it is the only one of the series set in the pre AIDS era. I'd be interested to read some of the later ones to see how the situation, attitudes and behaviours change over time in view of that.
Update 10th January 2015:
Reserved for catsalive as a wishlist tag.
"Death Trick" is the first of the Donald Strachey series, and as the author mentions in the Author's Note to this re-issued edition, it is the only one of the series set in the pre AIDS era. I'd be interested to read some of the later ones to see how the situation, attitudes and behaviours change over time in view of that.
Update 10th January 2015:
Reserved for catsalive as a wishlist tag.
Journal Entry 5 by crimson-tide at Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Friday, January 23, 2015
crimson-tide at Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Friday, January 23, 2015
Released 9 yrs ago (1/23/2015 UTC) at Balingup, Western Australia Australia
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Off to catsalive as a wishlist tag. Happy reading!
Journal Entry 6 by 
catsalive
at Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, February 12, 2015
catsalive at Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, February 12, 2015
Thanks for tagging me, crimson-tide.
Journal Entry 7 by catsalive at Seven Stars Pub, 53 Carey Street in Holborn, Greater London United Kingdom on Thursday, October 12, 2017
catsalive at Seven Stars Pub, 53 Carey Street in Holborn, Greater London United Kingdom on Thursday, October 12, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (10/12/2017 UTC) at Seven Stars Pub, 53 Carey Street in Holborn, Greater London United Kingdom
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Left on the bookshelf in the pub.
