Blanche McCrary Boyd
Terminal Velocity
Pbk published September 1999 by Serpent's Tail at £9.99
ISBN: 1852426438
A young, married editor from Boston finds herself swept up in the radical feminist movement and winds up in a California commune, where the movement begins to dissolve into factionalism and ultimately turns violent.
Moving, funny take on the 1970s sexual revolution This latest book by the author of The Revolution of Little Girls is a slapstick comedy of a straight woman who becomes radical and lesbian and a radical lesbian. At a time when all varieties of post-feminists are denying that the feminist revolution ever took place, Terminal Velocity is a joyous reminder that it did, that it was fun and that, hey, it changed a lot of peoples' lives.
John Dale
The Dogs Are Barking
Pbk published July 1999 by Serpent's Tail at £7.99
ISBN: 1852426098
Who can you trust when even the investigators are under investigation?
When a young Asian student is strangled, Nickie Taroney suspects the killer may be a cop.
On the case is Detective Terry Dedovic, a man with a messy past looking for redemption.
But there is something about Dedovic that Nickle doesn't trust. Why is he running errands
for a group of ex-drug squad police? Where exactly do his loyalties lie? When Nickie
becomes involved in a risky sexual relationship, her worst suspicions are confirmed. The
Dogs Are Barking is a thrilling journey through Sydney's underworld, a place where
corrupt police and drug-dealers work together, and a place where the boundaries between
good and evil blur.
John Dale's first novel. Dark Angel,won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Crime Novel in 1995. He lives in Sydney, edits a crime magazine, Mean Streets, and is working on a non-fiction book.
George Pelecanos
Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go
Pbk published August 1999 by Serpent's Tail at £5.99
ISBN: 1852427167
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Liz Lees
'You already been a punk. Least you can do is go out like a man.' Overheard words start Nick on a murder investigation.
George P. Pelecanos is the author of seven novels including the blaxploitation thriller King Suckerman which was shortlisted for the 1998 Crime Writers' Association Golden Dagger Award and is being filmed with multiplatinum Tapper Puff Daddy in the star role. Pelecanos lives in the DC about which he writes. As an independent film producer, he handles the movies of the Coen Brothers and other cutting edge film makers.
George Pelecanos
Nick's Trip
Pbk published August 1999 by Serpent's Tail at £5.99
ISBN: 1852427140
George Pelecanos
A Firing Offense
Pbk published August 1999 by Serpent's Tail at £5.99
ISBN: 1852427159
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John Baker
- author of the Sam Turner mysteries and one of Britain's most highly acclaimed writers
As Advertising Director of Nutty Nathan's, Nick Stefanos knows all the tricks of the electronics and hi-fi business. When a stockroom boy hooked on speed metal and the fast life disappears, Nick has to help find him.
George P. Pelecanos is the author of seven novels including the blaxploitation thriller King Suckerman which was shortlisted for the 1998 Crime Writers' Association Golden Dagger Award and is being filmed with multiplatinum Tapper Puff Daddy in the star role. Pelecanos lives in the DC about which he writes. As an independent film producer, he handles the movies of the Coen Brothers and other cutting edge film makers.
