Nathan Aldyne
1) Cobalt
Author
Pub. Date
c1982
Description
In this 1982 gay murder mystery by the author of Vermilion, summer in Provincetown is a nonstop party-until it stops dead.
Daniel Valentine is a gay bartender and former social worker. Clarisse Lovelace is his straight pal who works in real estate. They make an unconventional investigative duo-but sometimes unconventional is exactly what's called for.
Summer in P'town is definitely earning its reputation as Sodom-by-the Sea. Daniel scored a job...
2) Vermilion
Author
Pub. Date
c1980
Description
Two misfit sleuths search for a street hustler's killer in this mystery series debut first published in 1980 and set in Boston's gay scene.
Daniel Valentine is a gay bartender and former social worker. Clarisse Lovelace is his straight pal who works in real estate. They make an unconventional investigative duo-but sometimes unconventional is exactly what's called for.
When Billy Golacinsky, a teenage street hustler, is found dead on the lawn of...
3) Canary
Author
Pub. Date
1986
Description
A gay bar's business is getting killed-along with its clientele-in the final novel of this beloved mystery series set in early-eighties Boston.
Daniel Valentine is Boston's most fabulous gay bartender. Clarisse Lovelace is his straight-yet glorious-pal and business partner. Together they run Lovelace's bar. And also, when necessary, solve the occasional murder.
Lovelace's bar, once the darling of Boston's gay brigade, is losing money like crazy-mostly...
4) Slate
Author
Pub. Date
1984
Description
Daniel Valentine is a gay bartender. Clarisse Lovelace is his straight pal. From Boston's gay underground to the fabulous beaches of Provincetown, they do everything together (well, okay, not everything). And between it all, they still find time to solve a few murders.
When Clarissa is gifted a run-down building by her gay uncle Noah, she and Daniel decide to make a dream come true: opening their own gay bar. While Clarissa heads off to law school,...
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