TONGUE TIED IBD

Sinopsis

A Donald Strachey Mystery, Book 8á- Under normal circumstances, PI Donald Strachey wouldnâÇÖt take a job from right-wing radio 'shock jock' J-Bird - the manâÇÖs hate-filled homophobic rants offend Strachey deeply. And not just Strachey: listeners include people identifying as members of a long-defunct gay rights activists, the Forces of Free Faggotry. Though peaceful, the group was originally known for rescuing young men from enforced conversion therapy. When J-BirdâÇÖs potty-mouthed sidekick is kidnapped, and the FFF claim credit, Strachey becomes involved.Leads take Strachey to a Berkshire Wooley Llama Cheese farm, Brooklyn, late night New York and Long Island as he finds himself partnered with a not-out gay cop heâÇÖd tangled with in the copâÇÖs Albany days and a shy, but talented, housebreaking Amish gay man. When J-Bird himself is kidnapped, the stakes are raised as the first body parts arrive as a warning ...áWritten over a period of three decades, the Donald Strachey series authentically chronicles gay life as it unfolded across upstate New York, Washington and elsewhere. An authorâÇÖs note is included.'DonâÇÖt we all entertain fantasies about what weâÇÖd like to do to those toxic shock jocks who foul the airwaves with their hate-filled rants? Donald Strachey, the fastidious gay sleuth in Richard StevensonâÇÖs Tongue Tied and several previous books in this sophisticated series, is above all that. But as a favor to a friend in the New York Police Department, this Albany private eye lends a hand when Jay Plankton, a radio talk show host appositely named for a primitive life-form, is plagued by threats from a long-dormant gay-activist group that appears to have resurfaced as a gang of crypto-terrorists. Once the alphabetized threats turn nasty, Stevenson smoothly engineers the action into a smartly entertaining investigation that also makes a serious point about the uneasy lives of gay cops: âÇÖThe out cops get beat up on, and the non-out cops beat up on themselves.âÇÖ' -áNew York Times'Richard StevensonâÇÖs mysteries are among the wittiest and most politically pointed around today.'á- Washington Post