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Canary, Valentine & Lovelace

A gay bar’s business is getting killed—along with its clientele—in the final novel of this beloved mystery series set in early-eighties Boston.

Daniel Valentine is Boston’s most fabulous gay bartender. Clarisse Lovelace is his straight—yet glorious—pal and business partner. Together they run Lovelace’s bar. And also, when necessary, solve the occasional murder.

Lovelace’s bar, once the darling of Boston’s gay brigade, is losing money like crazy—mostly because someone keeps leaving dead bodies around. The cops are, unsurprisingly, not interested in the gay community’s problems. Good thing Valentine and Lovelace know a thing or two about catching killers.

Nathan Aldyne

Michael McDowell was a novelist and screenwriter who wrote under several pseudonyms and in many genres, including mystery and horror. His screen credits include "Beetlejuice" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas." Among many other things, McDowell wrote four gay-themed mysteries (with his friend Dennis Schuetz), published under the pseudonym Nathan Aldyne.

Felony & Mayhem Press