Twist of Lime: A Lynn Evans Mystery [Paperback]

Claudia McKay (Author)

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Series protagonist Lynn Evans (The Kali Connection, New Victoria, 1994) is spending part of her vacation in Belize at the archaeological dig of friend Sarah Donovan. Several of Sarah's students help as well, along with the secretive and aloof Ann, who recoils at the sudden appearance of Ed Kelly, a suspiciously greedy alumni sponsor in search of Maya artifacts. Sarah and Lynn track Ann, who disappears, only to find her dead of an apparent snake bite. Police investigate, and Lynn does too, confronting drug agents, hidden identities, and peripatetic hippies. A moderately involving adventure; for most collections.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 188 pages
• Publisher: New Victoria Publishers (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 093467888X
• ISBN-13: 978-0934678889
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,670,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Where's the rest of it?, December 4, 2007

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Valley Gay Press Book Review "VGP Book Reviewer" (Lehigh Valley, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Twist of Lime: A Lynn Evans Mystery (Paperback)

Valley Gay Press Book Reviewer: Liz Bradbury
I really wanted to like this book. It had potential - lesbian mystery, warm sandy beaches, romance, intrigue... But it didn't pay off. While the descriptions of the landscape in Belize were fairly lush, the character development and action seemed stunted and flat.

There's really no mystery for the reader to figure out, no clues, just the solution revealed at the end. When main character of the series Lynn Evans meets the sultry Ivette, there's little tension and their ultimate affair is so abbreviated it seems as though a prudish editor cut it out and substituted the words "They made love." In fact the whole book seems cut down, maybe it was, at only 188 pages.

At least the characters don't suffer from low self-esteem and internalized homophobia, like many characters in other lesbian mystery stories of the last ten years. So good for Claudia McKay on that point.

McKay has written other novels more recently, (she wrote this in one 1997). I'd bet she could pull off a better effort if she had better editorial help and less restrictions (and if someone would let her use contractions in her dialog, after all, that's the way people talk!). Here's hoping.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What a snore...., December 26, 1999

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Bruce Hagen (Belize) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Twist of Lime: A Lynn Evans Mystery (Paperback)

I bought this book because it takes place in Belize and is about an archaeological expedition murder mystery. Sounds great...but it only sounds great. The book is terrible. The author has the annoying habit of asking full paragraphs of 'what ifs'? . I figured that since it was a Lesbian title than at least the sex would be good. That is not the case either. I could probably write better lesbian sex....Don't bother with this one unless you are looking for something to put you to sleep.