EAST OF NIECE: A Sydney Sloane Mystery
Randye Lordon, EAST OF NIECE: A Sydney Sloane MysteryLambda Award winner and Shamus finalist Lordon's (Brotherly Love ; Sister's Keeper ; etc.) sixth Sydney Sloane novel should please her fans, but others may find it predictable and formulaic. At the urging of her lover/sidekick, Leslie, the perky New York City PI decides to take a vacation in the south of France. There they visit Sloane's niece, Vickie, who is living with an artist named Gavin. A succession of unpleasant surprises ensues: Vickie has married Gavin; his parents, Jules and Nan Mason, have died in a suspicious car accident; Gavin has disappeared; and the police, having upgraded the "accident" to homicide, want to question Gavin, their chief suspect. In addition, a mysterious somebody has ransacked the Masons' apartment looking for some incriminating item Gavin may have. Can "Aunt Sydney" sort it all out? Natch—although she does it over several more dead bodies. The elements are as familiar as your face in the mirror. The villains introduce themselves; and the murderer, gun in hand, Sloane at bay, takes as long to explain everything as a diva does to expire in a death scene. Worse is that Lordon's dialogue is so often irritatingly cute. This is the kind of book people check out of the library by the armload. Still, it is a tribute to the author's matter-of-fact approach that her lesbian heroine should have such mainstream appeal. (June 11)
closeDetailsReviewed on: 04/02/2001
Genre: Fiction
Open Ebook - 256 pages - 978-1-4668-4817-7
Paperback - 288 pages - 978-0-312-28714-6
Lambda Award winner and Shamus finalist Lordon's (
Reviewed on: 04/02/2001
Genre: Fiction
Open Ebook - 256 pages - 978-1-4668-4817-7
Paperback - 288 pages - 978-0-312-28714-6
