by Richard Stevenson

The 38 Million Dollar Smile
has been nominated in the
"Best Gay Mystery" Category

The 38 Million Dollar Smile
Gadfly scion of Albany old money Gary Griswold goes missing in Thailand, and his ex-wife wants him found - with his 38 million dollars. Soon Albany’s only gay PI, Don Strachey, is out of his element, and lover Timmy is out of his comfort zone combing the Land of Smiles for a man with unerring weakness for the poorest possible choice and a daft plan to buy 38 million dollars worth of good karma.
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ON THE OTHER HAND, DEATH (1984)

Dot and Edith's happiness in their home stands in the way of their neighbors' decisions to sell to the Millpond Corporation so it can build another blight on the landscape. A campaign of intimidation, at first merely irritating, escalates to murder before PI Strachey sorts it all out and learns something about his feeling for lover Timothy Callahan.
(Filmed for release by HereTV in 2008; originally published 1984.)
MLRPress release date date: July 2008
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ICE BLUES (1986)

Someone's left a man's body in Donald Strachey's car -- the grandson of Albany's most connected political fixer. A letter from the deceased asks Strachey to dismantle his grandfather's party machine. Like a chess master, Strachey moves ten suitcases, an army of colorful pawns (all of whom think they're king), and $2.5 million across the continent and around Albany. One of the funniest in the series.
(Filmed for release by HereTV in 2008; originally published 1986.)
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DEATH VOWS (2008)
When two social arbiters of the gay community ask him to investigate a friend's fiance, PI Donald Strachey barely tolerates the priggish busybodies. But, it seems a murder might have gone unrecognized - although a new murder certainly hasn't. It turns out that the young fiance is hiding something so toxic that it survives even death.

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THIRD MAN OUT (1992)
Sixteen years after this 1992 story, and forced outing remains a hot button in gay politics. When an activist's claims that men he's outed are stalking him don't ring true, Albany's only gay PI drops his protection detail - and the client winds up dead. Strachey peels back the layers of his client's double cross only to find...a triple cross.
(Filmed for release by HereTV in 2005.)
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SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM (1995)
Young Paul Haig dies after hiring PI Donald Strachey. Despite his dislike of her, Strachey agrees with the boy's homophobic mother: Paul didn't commit suicide. But, she clings to deep denial about her son's sexual orientation. Conversion therapy - interventions to create ex-gays - get the once over in this Strachey mystery, and it ain't a pretty sight.
(Don't let the HereTV adaptation of this story put you off this title. Originally aired on HereTV; originally published 1995.)
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DEATH TRICK (1981)
Gay activist and accused murderer Billy Blount's missing, but Albany PI Donald Strachey doubts Billy's guilt. The 1981 book that launched Richard Stevenson's pioneering series is a cracking mystery and a fascinating trip into bygone gay culture - before HIV, in the bad old days of bath houses and gay disco, police corruption and tacit policies of harassment.
(Originally published 1981.)
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CHAIN OF FOOLS (1996)
Attacks on Janet Osborne lend new significance to the earlier murder of her brother Eric. They were holding out to keep the family newspaper a beacon of liberal advocacy journalism. A screwy plot to save the newspaper turns tragic and even screwier before Strachey and a driven reporter step in to sort it all out.
(Originally published 1996.)
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STRACHEY'S FOLLY (1998)
Violence interrupts quiet reflection on tragedy when Donald and Timmy visit Washington to view the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Unexpected stories about a disgraced, conservative congresswoman, and a gay Lothario with designs on Strachey are catalysts for Donald's investigation into a memorial to a man who isn't quite as dead as he seems.
(Originally published 1998.)
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TONGUE TIED (2003)
A long-defunct gay activist group seems to be threatening radio shock jock Jay Plankton. As The J-Bird, the man's hate-filled rants offend Strachey deeply. Among the subjects Stevenson tackles in this series entry is homophobia in modern police services like the NYPD, where coming out carries more than its usual share of costs. (Originally published 2003.)

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