This book is number one of the series, featuring Dick Hardesty. Hardesty is pressed into service when someone starts burning down gay bars all over town and the police chief (nicknamed 'the butcher') shrugs the whole thing off. Then drag queens and female impersonators get into the act and Dick is required to sleuth out who is hot and who is not.
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Extends a glimpse inside the mind of an obsessed individual that will clinch you tight beginning to end. - hollingshead -- The Bookdragon Review
Grey left me gasping with surprise. A little gay sex, ambience of drag shows, accurate depictions of love. -Jay Hartman -- KnowBetter.com
Just as intriguing as "Murder She Wrote" and our sleuth is as much fun as Columbo and gayer than Selleck. -- Stonewall News Northwest
The Butcher's Son has several stories running concurrently that mesh well, and has an astonishing ending. Five stars! -Beth Anderson -- Beth Anderson
Grey left me gasping with surprise. A little gay sex, ambience of drag shows, accurate depictions of love. -Jay Hartman -- KnowBetter.com
Just as intriguing as "Murder She Wrote" and our sleuth is as much fun as Columbo and gayer than Selleck. -- Stonewall News Northwest
The Butcher's Son has several stories running concurrently that mesh well, and has an astonishing ending. Five stars! -Beth Anderson -- Beth Anderson
About the Author
Dorien Gray is the pen-name and alter ego of a former book and magazine editor now living in Los Angeles. He currently devotes his energies to writing, and has two novels and a book of poetry in the works.
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I've always resented reality. It is far too capricious and too often unkind and unfair. I avoid reflective surfaces whenever possible. Being a writer allows me to create my own reality, and worlds over which I have some degree of control.
I'm an incurable romantic. I believe strongly in things which reality views too often with contempt, such as happy endings, true love, and the baic goodness of people.
The one personal characteristic in which I take great pride, and which has been my rock throughout life is that I never, ever, take myself too seriously. If one has a choice between positive and negative, why would anyone (though too many people do) opt for the negative? Life is not always kind, but it is a gift beyond measure, and one which must all too soon be given back. I really try to enjoy and be thankful for ever single day allotted to me.
For most people, children are their posterity. For me, as a gay man, it is my words which will, I hope, stand as evidence that I was here (albeit, no matter how long I may live, never long enough to suit me).
And because written words are nothing unless someone reads them, I am heavily reliant on my readers. I sincerely look on every reader as a partner and traveling companion on every journey my writing embarks on.
I invite you, individually and personally, to join me.
I'm an incurable romantic. I believe strongly in things which reality views too often with contempt, such as happy endings, true love, and the baic goodness of people.
The one personal characteristic in which I take great pride, and which has been my rock throughout life is that I never, ever, take myself too seriously. If one has a choice between positive and negative, why would anyone (though too many people do) opt for the negative? Life is not always kind, but it is a gift beyond measure, and one which must all too soon be given back. I really try to enjoy and be thankful for ever single day allotted to me.
For most people, children are their posterity. For me, as a gay man, it is my words which will, I hope, stand as evidence that I was here (albeit, no matter how long I may live, never long enough to suit me).
And because written words are nothing unless someone reads them, I am heavily reliant on my readers. I sincerely look on every reader as a partner and traveling companion on every journey my writing embarks on.
I invite you, individually and personally, to join me.
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A Most Engaging Mystery,
This review is from: The Butcher's Son (Dick Hardesty Mysteries) (Paperback)
The second in the Dick Hardesty series, though describing events prior to those in book one, this most gripping story held my attention throughout.Grey (through Hardesty) continues with his delightfully acidic pen portraits of the other characters. The boss of the public relations firm is described as the "rear end of a horse with a monumental ego." While the chief's politics are said to run "considerably to the right of Atilla the Hun." The book has several beautifully interwoven strands: The slow collapse of Dick's five year relationship with his boyfriend Chris is especially poignant. The gay bar scene gets several mentions, complete with delightful asides about drag shows and their begowned performers. A series of arson attacks befall the bars, I defy anyone, gay or straight not to be moved by the plight of the victim's friends. homophobia and intolerance are major themes throughout the story, set as it is in the immediate post-Stonewall era. The mystery centers around a set of identical twins. One twin is gay and dead, the other is supposedly straight and very religious. Despite himself, Dick finds he is drawn to the reverend Kevin Rourke, often feeling sorry for the inner mental struggles Dick is sure Kevin is facing. While I guessed fairly early on who the likely arsonist would be, I still wasn't totally sure until the most satisfying conclusion. Although it doesn't really matter, I would advise any reader new to the series to read this book first, then follow it with The 9th Man.
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my first of Dorien Grey,
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This review is from: The Butcher's Son (Dick Hardesty Mysteries) (Paperback)
*The Butcher's Son* is my first read of anything that's penned by Dorien Grey. I found it to be a good read.Dick Hardesty is going through a gradual break-up from his boyfriend. The break-up is made a reality when the boyfriend gets offered a new job far away. Meanwhile, there's a series of arsons against the gay bars in town, eventually resulting in deaths. In the midst of his investigation, Dick encounters twins (one's gay and the other's allegedly disappeared), the homophobic police chief and drag queens. If you liked Michael Nava's Henry Rios series, then you should like Grey's Dick Hardesty series.
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Who was that man?,
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This review is from: The Butcher's Son (Dick Hardesty Mysteries) (Paperback)
Grey combines deft characterization and good, crisp writing in this whodunnit in the long running Dick Hardesty series. The plot twists just keep coming, and keep the reader guessing till the very satisfying end. Victor J. Banis, author of TALES FROM C.A.M.P., JACKIE'S BACK
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