Of Course It's Murder

Kate Ryan Mysteries #5

by Kate Sweeney

Kate Ryan is sent to New England on a photo assignment. Seems her editor's ex-cousin, the hapless flamboyant Simon Merriweather needs photos of his new Inn for the local travel guide. It was to be a nice quiet week of reflection for Kate. What could go wrong?

Enter Kit Parker, Emily Masterson and Rebecca Townsend. Newport, Rhode Island's old, very old money... The irresistibly delightful elderly friends of Simon arrive for the grand opening. All hell breaks loose one stormy night and what happens?

Of course... It's murder!

Genres: Lesbian, Mystery, LGBT

220 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Kate Sweeney was the 2007 recipient of the Golden Crown Literary Society award for Debut Author for She Waits, the first in the Kate Ryan Mystery series, which was also nominated for the Lambda Literary Society award for Lesbian Mystery.

The second in the series, A Nice Clean Murder, was nominated the Lambda this year for Lesbian Mystery, and is a nominee for GCLS award in the Mystery category. Her novel Away from the Dawn released in August 2007 is also nominated for the GCLS award for Speculative Fiction. She is also a contributing author for the anthology Wild Nights: (Mostly) True Stories of Women Loving Women, published by Bella Books.

Born in Chicago, Kate resides in Villa Park, Illinois, where she works as an office manager—no glamour here, folks; it pays the bills. Humor is deeply embedded in Kate’s DNA. She sincerely hopes you will see this when you read her novels, short stories, and other works.

Reviews

[Viv · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the books. However the cliche of the relationship between Kate und Maggie I find annoying. Kate represents the "man" whilst Maggie plays the "women". I find that outdated und idiotic as it only represent the heterosexual role model.