Love You To Death - Michaels, Grant

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Résumé :
A Stan Kraychik Mystery, Book 2 - Valentine's Day is fast approaching and everyone has a sweetheart, except Stan Kraychik, Boston's sassiest hairdresser. Ever hopeful of meeting Mr. Right, Stan attends a gala reception that culminates in a death by poisoning, and romantic problems take a back seat to murder. Then Boston police arrest Stan's friend Laurett Cole, who leaves her four-year-old son in Stan's care. In his quest to free Laurett from suspicion and himself from his ill-mannered ward, Stan finds himself exploring the secrets of a revered Boston institution, the Gladys Gardner Chocolate Company. There, along with the sweet edibles, he finds an assortment of not-so-delectable murder. A Lambda Literary Awards Finalist in 1993, this new edition includes a foreword by Frank W. Butterfield. Refreshing ... a pleasant story of murder, mixups, and mayhem ... The story's perky pace is due to Michael's penchant for campy conversation and humorous insights from the snappy snipper from Snips. - Lambda Rising Book Report The one-liners fly as fast as the bullets and there is a surprise in nearly every chapter. Love You to Death is an engaging murder mystery that epitomizes the best of the genre. - The Advocate Grant Michael's sleuthing hairdresser has both the sensitivities of his craft and the balls to impel him into atypical daring. A Body to Dye For has the tart, racy smell of success. - Bay Area Reporter A delightful debut with a gay hairdresser-investigator who gets his fingers into a lot more things than hair. It's a promising start to what looks to be a successful series. - George Baxt, The Dorothy Parker Murder Case...

Sommaire:
Grant Michaels, the pen name of Michael Mesrobian (1947-2009), wrote six mystery novels centering on Stan Kraychik, a gay hairdresser turned amateur detective. I wanted to do something that would really entertain readers. What could be more outlandish than a gay hairdresser who solves crimes? said Mesrobian concerning the 1981 debut of A Body to Dye For.Boston was home for the author. He studied at Boston University then settled in San Francisco. Returning to Boston in his mid-30s, he began writing novels, landing a deal with St Martin's Press' Stonewall Inn imprint. His friends loved him for his incredible sense of fun, wit and giggles. He had a great love of music, good food, gin martinis and sometimes great scotch. An independent spirit, his conversation was filled with truth, beauty, an artistic bent touching on dance, piano, drama, writing, art, ballet, and opera.He made an ideal travel companion, as one friend relates, who shared a 3-week tour of France and Spain taking in the beautiful European male eye candy. Another friend recalled taking ballet classes with him where he invented the rescue pas de deux. This involved showing up next to his friend at a difficult moment, providing someone to grab on to for support. The ballet teacher was not amused, particularly by the giggling it produced.All six novels were shortlisted as Lambda Literary Award finalists in the Gay Men's Mystery category....