The Radio Red Killer

Lindsey & Plum #7

by Richard A. Lupoff

All the D.J.s at station KRED maintain their innocence after one of their own is murdered on the air, and it is up to newcomer Marvia Plum to put her finger on which old-time radio lover is the killer

Genres: Mystery

274 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Richard Allen "Dick" Lupoff (born February 21, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American science fiction and mystery author, who has also written humor, satire, non-fiction and reviews. In addition to his two dozen novels and more than 40 short stories, he has also edited science-fantasy anthologies. He is an expert on the writing of Edgar Rice Burroughs and has an equally strong interest in H. P. Lovecraft. Before becoming a full-time writer in 1970 he worked in the computer industry.

Reviews

[Darinda · Rating 3 out of 5]

The 7th book in the Lindsey & Plum series. Entertaining mystery.

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

No wonder this seemed familiar, i've already read it. gave it four stars the first time, i'd only give it two or three this reading. even though the book is 270 pages it needed at least another twenty to explain the aftermath of the solve and what happened to the characters immediately after the killer was caught.
Loved the feel of the book, Berkeley post-fire feels right. and for a book that is only 25 years old there's still some things that will strike a future reader as as weird i.e. Sgt. Plum picking answering a "cordless phone" (Daddy did you really have phones tied to cords when you were a kid?). Superman is referred to as being in a chair, kept thinking that is was weird that Lupoff, a comicbook historian, would confuse Superman w/an obscure character like Metron, until i realized the reference was to Christopher Reeve.
This is the nitpickiest of complaints, there's a fictional radio program for kids in 1959 and to join the club and get the badge and decoder it costs $1. Comics were all in color for a dime then, and the Archie Club only cost a quarter, can't imagine it being a buck to join.
The plot is a ultra-liberal radio host on a KPKA style station is murdered, someone mentions a shooting at KGO radio some years back, i don't remember that. i'm writing this review one day after the 35th anniversary of Loma Prieta, no mention of it in the book, did we move on that quick or did the Berkeley Hills fire become the touch point of the the time?

[Steph (loves water) · Rating 3 out of 5]

My first Lupoff. I grabbed this when I saw the cover at my library, I thought it looked like a lot of fun, and I was right. Good writing, a lot of humor. I will definitely be checking out his other titles, since I came in mid series.