{"product_id":"blackmail-my-love-katie-gilmartin-9781627780643","title":"Blackmail, My Love: A Murder Mystery","description":"Lambda Award 2015 for Best Gay Mystery! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews' 2014 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Winner\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Josie O'Conner travels to San Francisco in 1951 to locate her gay brother, a private eye investigating a blackmail ring targeting lesbians and gay men. Jimmy's friends claim that just before he disappeared he became a rat, informing the cops on the bar community. Josie adopts Jimmy's trousers and wingtips, to clear his name, halt the blackmailers, and exact justice for too many queer corpses. Along the way she rubs shoulders with a sultry chanteuse running a dyke tavern called Pandora's Box, gets intimate with a red-headed madam operating a brothel from the Police Personnel Department, and conspires with the star of Finocchio's, a dive so disreputable it's off limits to servicemen -- so every man in uniform pays a visit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlackmail, My Love\u003c\/i\u003e is an illustrated murder mystery deeply steeped in San Francisco's queer history, as established academic and first-time novelist Katie Gilmartin's diverse set of characters negotiate the risks of same-sex desire in a dangerous era. Set in such legendary locations as the Black Cat Cafe, the Fillmore, the Beat movement's North Beach, and the Tenderloin, \u003ci\u003eBlackmail, My Love\u003c\/i\u003e is a singular, stunning introduction to a new author and to gay noir.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katie Gilmartin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1627780645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781627780643\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cleis Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e IndieFab awards - Gold Medal Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/27\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/17\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Katie Gilmartin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439875469567,"sku":"9781627780643","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c1564c69-556f-45cd-a9ac-26ac333dfd42.jpg?v=1777179619","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blackmail-my-love-katie-gilmartin-9781627780643","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}