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Rebecca Schwartz and her partner become caught up in a dangerous search for the killer of the owner of some prized sourdough starter, which also has disappeared

In Sharon McCone's 13th outing, the San Francisco P.I. investigates a famous society murder of the fifties, and her findings soon unnerve the city's uppercrust. Following the release of the woman convicted of a 1956 murder she claims she didn't commit, McCone discovers several suspicious people who don't want the case reopened.
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The highly acclaimed author of The Last Jews in Berlin now presents a frighteningly realistic, gripping novel about the transfer of Hong Kong's Triad underworld to America's West Coast as 1997 approaches--an ambitious international thriller that foreshadows tomorrow's headlines.
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First in a new mystery series with an outrageously funny hook--a drag queen detective! Doan McCandler, San Francisco's best dressed detective, is a Sherlock Holmes in high heels. His stunning sidekick Binky is Watson with a waistline. Together, they make a killer ensemble of amateur sleuths so smart and sassy, readers will just die!

It's been years since Stanley Ahearn lost interest in staying alive. Every Friday night, Stanley pays a visit to San Francisco's Tenderloin District, where pleasures are simple and cheap. One such night, he finds himself sharing an otherwise deserted bar with a green-eyed woman. Afterward, all he would remember was that right after she cried, they left the bar together. Three days later, Stanley wakes to find himself zipped into a sleeping bag, left for dead. He's missing a kidney. Just before he's expelled from hospital for having no insurance, a doctor kindly informs Stanley that there's something wrong - fatally wrong - with his remaining kidney. And Stanley Ahearn finds himself on the street with a new perspective. If he wants revenge, he has to find the woman with the green eyes. If he wants to live, he has to find himself a new kidney. Perhaps life and revenge are the same thing...?
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Jim Brogan's "A Time To Live" is as enjoyable as it is honest and wise. It's a 'must read' for the gay community because, finally, here is a book concerned with the problems of ageing, especially those of sex, affection, and grief in an AIDS-haunted San Francisco. The main character, Brian, becomes vastly richer through his need to accept the inevitabilities of maturing the 1990s ...as does the reader of this engrossing, well-told tale that dares embrace the intrigue of reality itself.
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