Queer Street

Jake Rossiter and Miss Jenkins #3

by Curt Colbert

While following up on a lead in a gay nightclub in Seattle, private investigator Jake Rossiter finds himself behind bars after a police raid and already heavily invested in a case that will introduce him to a bizarre cast of characters.

Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Noir

236 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Author of the Jake Rossiter and Miss Jenkins Mystery series set in 1940s Seattle.

Reviews

[Andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was not as good as Rat City, but I love reading about old-timey Seattle. It's fun to go look for the locations, as I think that Mr. Colbert does a lot of research.

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

It took me ages to get this book, and once I got my grubby little mitts on it I did not let it go until I finished it. The best in the Jake Rossiter & Miss Jenkins series sees Jake entering into the world of gay bars, pornographers, and blackmailers. Jake's a product of his time, but even he can see the difference between the patrons of The Garden of Allah and the blackmailing blue movie producers he faces in this the third of the series.

If only the fourth of the series would ever appear ...

[nancy bennington · Rating 5 out of 5]

Queer Street

Best book I’ve read in a long while! Loved it. Great read and couldn’t put it down. Thank you Mr. Colbert I’m hooked 😀

[Karl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Those who had fun with this book might enjoy tracking down a copy of An Evening at the Garden of Allah by Don Paulson and Roger Simpson, a non-fiction account of the real Garden of Allah and Seattle's gay scene in the 1930s - 1950s.