Double Take Out (Stevie Houston Mystery) [Paperback]

Tracey Richardson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 167 pages
• Publisher: Naiad Pr; 1st edition (August 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562802445
• ISBN-13: 978-1562802448
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,198,148 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tracey Richardson lives in the Great Lakes region of Ontario, Canada. She was a daily newspaper journalist for more than 20 years and is now a freelance writer and editor. She has written several romance novels for Bella Books. Her novel "No Rules of Engagement" published in 2009, was a finalist for a Lambda Literary award as well as a finalist for two Golden Crown Literary Society awards. Her novels "Side Order of Love" and "The Candidate" were also awards finalists. "Side Order of Love" is also a Romance Writers of American Rainbow Award of Excellence winner in contemporary romance. "Blind Bet" was released in late 2010 and Tracey's 2011 release is "The Wedding Party". Tracey enjoys playing hockey and golf. Visit her website at www.traceyrichardson.net

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, January 17, 2010

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Robin (Mesa, Az USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Double Take Out (Stevie Houston Mystery) (Paperback)

Double Take Out by Tracey Richardson
'When a ruthless businessman is found dead from an apparent drug overdose, Stevie has no trouble discerning that it's murder - with all the evidence pointing to the dead man's wife. But the hard-charging detective has difficulty maintaining her professional objectivity after discovering that the chief suspect had passionate affairs with numerous women ... including Stevie's own lover, forensic pathologist Jade Agawa-Garneau.' (Summary back cover)
Richardson writes very well, not surprising considering her day job is listed on the back cover as a journalist at a daily newspaper, at least at the time of the book's printing in 1999. I generally don't like lesbian mystery's where I know who did it in the first chapter, where the heroine is paired with an over-the-top red-neck male partner and the plot submerges any lesbian relationship action, i.e. relationship growth, acknowledging women-love, or sexual/sensual activities. Richardson's Double Take Out hit all the right notes with a tight plot where you don't know who did it till toward's the end, her police partner was her friend as well, and she grew a bit in her relationship with her lover. Some sex but a good read nonetheless.

On the hot meter this was a 4; on the love meter it was a 8.

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