Chesapeake Project

by Phyllis Horn

From "Like the many generations of watermen who have sailed the Mid-Atlantic's storied Chesapeake Bay, Jessie Andrews and her father make their living harvesting crab from its depths. Jessie's father is murdered - and his shocking, gruesome death contains a symbolic his killers are not finished. They did not find what they sought. Realizing she is in mortal danger, Jessie flees with her lover Meredith. Jessie disguises herself in male clothing, and finds work on her beloved Chesapeake Bay when Wash, a black waterman, hires her. He tells Jessie, "Sometimes I see things. I know things...I ought not to know." But even Wash cannot see the full extent of the danger closing in on them."

Genres: Lesbian Fiction

206 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1990

Reviews

[grundoon · Rating 2 out of 5]

You know what'll totally save a plot that grows exponentially more ludicrous by the page? - throw in one or more sex scenes featuring a couple of starry-eyed 20-yo lesbians from the boonies every chapter! Yeah... no. Don't get me wrong, there are some fine examples of LGBT mystery - on the lavender side, Mary Wings and Barbara Wilson come readily to mind - this simply isn't one, not by a long stretch. There are elements of a perfectly good regional mystery here, and the writing is competent... too bad she didn't limit herself to those pieces. I'd more than likely have found real pleasure in a tale of Chesapeake waterfolk.