A Virginia Kelly Mystery, Book 2
Virginia Kelly heads to Provincetown for a holiday with an unexpected bonus
LOS ANGELES—August 18, 2020—Nikki Baker, author of In the Game, is the first Black voice in lesbian mystery fiction. Following a strong debut, Virginia Kelly is back and headed to Provincetown.
“It is a refreshing change to see real-life lesbians with real-life terrors and real-life anger on the pages of a novel …”
— Washington Blade
By night – the bars, the music, the sexual energy. By day – the beaches, the bay … basking in the sun and the scent of suntan lotion. And everywhere the women of Provincetown.
Among these women in the sun is Virginia Kelly, a woman of color, on vacation from the mostly white world of finance. Ginny has come to P-town with friend Naomi, and without lover Emily. They stay at Lavender House, a hotel for lesbians run by Sam, a woman with whom Naomi has had some dramatic history. Other inhabitants include Anya, who works for the inn; Joan, a writer and sometime guest; loud Barb and her quiet partner. And in P-town, Ginny is drawn to another woman. Then … murder shatters the vacation bliss. For among the people brushing up against Ginny and Naomi for these few sensual days is a ruthless killer. And a victim whose death will change the lives of Ginny and Naomi.
“Baker has produced a winning character in Ginny Kelly … Read it by the fire one cold autumn night, then smugly recommend Nikki Baker to your friends.”
—Deneuve
First published to acclaim in 1992, and nominated for Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery, this new edition features a 2020 foreword by Ann Aptaker (Criminal Gold).
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