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Overview
The debut of the Lauren Laurano murder mystery series.Lauren Laurano is surely not the first gay P.I. in New York City, but she is in a class by herself. When she's on a case she becomes obsessed by it. Lovely, shy Lake Huron has been raped but refuses to talk. Before Lauren can learn more, Lake is killed, and as Lauren moves closer to the truth, her own life is enangered and she discovers a family's past can't always stay buried....
"Powerful...Ms. Scopettone has created an original and daring private detective."
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Gay Greenwich Village private detective Lauren Laurano wins the trust of a rape victim who won't talk to police. But before she can learn all the facts, the woman is murdered, leaving Lauren to explore a past that won't stay buried. "A welcome addition to the ranks of female detectives."--San Francisco Chronicle.
Editorials
Publishers Weekly -
Lauren Laurano, Manhattan PI and former FBI agent, is 40ish, feisty, quick-witted and gay. In her engaging debut she solves a complicated case that begins with the rape and subsequent murder of a young woman named Lake Huron, who ran a computer dating service. To find out if Lake's rapist was also her murderer, Lauren must untangle the victim's knotted family ties and determine why her relatives all lie about their relationships to one another. The threat to Lauren, announced in an attack on her in her office, sparks anxiety and anger in psychotherapist Kip Adams, Lauren's lover of more than a decade, with whom she shares a Greenwich Village brownstone. Scoppettone ( Some Unknown Person ) evokes palpable Village scenes as Lauren's search takes her back to the unbridled '60s, when a fatal legacy of jealousy and deception was spawned. After another murder, the unmasking of several false identities, the mastering of basic PC technology and tense confrontations with Kip, Lauren sets herself up as a decoy to capture rapist and murderer. A lively pace, convincing characterization (Lauren, Kip and their circle of mostly gay friends are especially clearly drawn), colorful scene setting and sensitive observations about complications among families ordinary and unusual far outweigh the overwrought elements of the plot; readers will want to follow Lauren on her next case. (Apr.)Library Journal
Hired to find the second-date rapist of a beautiful New York woman of means, private detective Lauren Laurano (a lesbian with a social conscience) must soon look for the woman's murderer instead. As she struggles through a sticky web of family relationships to reach the unsuspected killer, Lauren becomes a computer ad dict, jeopardizes her own safety, and reveals a realistic sketch of contemporary life in the Village. The author imbues her concerned heroine--who often refers to other fictional female sleuths--with a certain feckless charm and scatterbrained wit that both endear and entertain. A winning combination.Book Details
Published
July 20, 1992
Publisher
New York : Ballantine Books, 1992, c1991.
Pages
307
Format
Paperbound
ISBN
9780345376824