{"product_id":"shock-to-the-system-richard-stevenson-9781951092849","title":"Shock to the System","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Donald Strachey Mystery, Book 5\u003c\/strong\u003e - Donald Strachey is asked to investigate the suspicious death of Paul Haig by three different people-Haig's homophobic mother, his ex-lover, and the psychiatrist hired to \"cure\" him of his homosexuality. Just as he gets started, however, all three remove him from the case, leaving Strachey with a brutal murderer that now everyone wants left alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten over a period of three decades, the Donald Strachey series authentically chronicles gay life as it unfolded in upstate New York. \u003cem\u003eShock to the System\u003c\/em\u003e was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Mystery. An author's note is included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stevenson's real coup in \u003cem\u003eShock to the System\u003c\/em\u003e is his memorably varied cast of suspects.\" - \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sassy and sexy ... Don Strachey is a private dick who really earns his title.\" - Armistead Maupin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stevenson writes wittily and knowingly about his subjects, both the gay world and the world of politics, and draws telling portraits of the bitter, clever amusing men who inhabit both.\" - \u003cem\u003eWest Coast Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Stevenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1951092848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951092849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Requeered Tales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Richard Stevenson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44181135294719,"sku":"9781951092849","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cd4b829d-6118-4d48-be9a-7b41728880e2.jpg?v=1690258747","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shock-to-the-system-richard-stevenson-9781951092849","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}