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Overview
Joanna Kasimir, an old friend of Jane Lawless’s, left town years ago to make it big in Hollywood. She succeeded, but stardom had a price. Early on, Joanna met a man who quickly went from being a dalliance to a stalker. A decade has passed since she sent him to prison, but just as she has returned to Minneapolis to perform at Jane’s friend Cordelia Thorn’s theater, Joanna receives one of his ominous calling cards.
Joanna refuses to let fear control her life—-she can’t. Not again. So she goes to Jane, restauranteur and amateur sleuth, for help. But can Jane protect her from a man who refuses to be anyone’s one-night stand?
A deadly game of cat and mouse, Night Vision proves to be one of Ellen Hart’s best mysteries yet.
Synopsis
Praise for Ellen Hart
“Jane Lawless and her trusty sidekick, Cordelia Thorn, are the most refreshing, entertaining, and cerebrally stimulating duo since Rex Stout’s unbeatable combo of Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin.”
—-Baltimore Alternative
“Pitting sib against sib in a deadly game, the fourteenth Lawless mystery gets highly dramatic.”
—-Booklist on Night Vision
“Hart masterfully whips these intrigues together with her sleuths’ interesting nonmystery lives . . . to add a fine sauce to a hearty, Minneapolis-flavored mystery dish.”
—-Rocky Mountain News on The Iron Girl
“Incorporating societal ills torn from the headlines, Hart bares the weaknesses in her well-realized characters as well as their strengths. . . . [A] spunky page-turner.”
—-Publishers Weekly on An Intimate Ghost
Publishers Weekly
At the start of Hart's entertaining, unpredictable 14th mystery to feature lesbian restaurateur and amateur sleuth Jane Lawless (after 2005's The Iron Girl), movie star Joanna Kasimir returns home to Minnesota to perform in a production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at her friend Cordelia Thorn's St. Paul theater. As it turns out, Joanna has a lot to be afraid of her ex-husband, Gordon, who once served prison time for stalking her, may be back to his old tricks. Joanna enlists her old chum Jane to tail Gordon. Meanwhile, Jane's best friend, David who happens to be Joanna's brother shows up in the Twin Cities carrying secrets that he's afraid to reveal even to Jane. When Gordon turns up dead, David looks like the most plausible suspect. In fact, any number of Joanna's adoring fans might have bumped off her stalker. Hopefully, Jane's long-distance relationship with girlfriend Kenzie, who's mostly offstage, will receive more attention in the next installment. (Dec.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Editorials
From the Publisher
Praise for Ellen Hart“Jane Lawless and her trusty sidekick, Cordelia Thorn, are the most refreshing, entertaining, and cerebrally stimulating duo since Rex Stout’s unbeatable combo of Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin.”—-Baltimore Alternative
“Pitting sib against sib in a deadly game, the fourteenth Lawless mystery gets highly dramatic.”—-Booklist on Night Vision
“Hart masterfully whips these intrigues together with her sleuths’ interesting nonmystery lives . . . to add a fine sauce to a hearty, Minneapolis-flavored mystery dish.”—-Rocky Mountain News on The Iron Girl
“Incorporating societal ills torn from the headlines, Hart bares the weaknesses in her well-realized characters as well as their strengths. . . . [A] spunky page-turner.”—-Publishers Weekly on An Intimate Ghost