book fiction
  • Faked to Death: A Simon Kirby-Jones Mystery
  • Author: Dean James
  • Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp
  • Year: 2003
  • Country: US
  • 288 pages
Nudity
1
Violence
3
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Description:
Simon, along with his adoring young aide, Sir Giles, attends a crime writer's conference at Kinsale House presided over by its domineering chatelaine, Lady Hermione. To his astonishment, Simon discovers that the featured speaker purports to be one of his nom de plumes, Dorinda Darlington. The thoroughly nasty literary agent shared by all should be the murderer's object, but she has too much on her clients, and it's the Dorinda imposter who ends up squashed by a stone urn pushed from the terrace.

QVamp says:

A follow up to the first book Posted to Death, involving the gay vampire mystery writer Simon Kirby-Jones.

While this book is significantly better written than the first, it is still not technically a mystery. No clues are given for the reader to be able to solve the mystery. Instead, we are treated to the way that the 'detective' solved the crime after the fact. This is still an extremely unusual entry into the gay vampire category, and an enjoyable read for those who enjoy this genre. But, I don't recommend it for mystery writers.

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