A Stan Kraychik Mystery – Book 2
It’s Valentine’s Day … and there’s Murder with Chocolate!
LOS ANGELES—September 13, 2019—ReQueered Tales is proud to announce it has formed a new publishing venture to re-publish older LGBTQ fiction—beginning with award-winning titles and acclaimed authors. Our eighth release, available worldwide on Amazon as a Kindle e-book, and Kindle Unlimited, is “LOVE YOU TO DEATH” by Grant Michaels.
On its first appearance, Lambda Book Report found this second installment in the Stan Kraychik series: “Refreshing…a pleasant story of murder, mixups, and mayhem…. The story’s perky pace is due to Michael’s penchant for campy conversation and humorous insights from the snappy snipper from Snips.”
Two decades later, prolific Goodreads reviewer Nathan Burgoine agreed: “Funny, witty, and pretty campy … the plot just twisty enough for fun, and it was an easy two-evening.”
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and everyone has a sweetheart, except Stan Kraychik, Boston’s sassiest hairdresser. Ever hopeful of meeting Mr. Right, Stan attends a gala reception that culminates in a death by poisoning, and romantic problems take a back seat to murder. Then Boston police arrest Stan’s friend Laurett Cole, who leaves her four-year-old son in Stan’s care. In his quest to free Laurett from suspicion and himself from his ill-mannered ward, Stan finds himself exploring the secrets of a revered Boston institution, the Gladys Gardner Chocolate Company. There, along with the sweet edibles, he finds an assortment of not-so-delectable murder.
Over at The Advocate, the reviewer purred: “The one-liners fly as fast as the bullets and there is a surprise in nearly every chapter. Love You To Death is an engaging murder mystery that epitomizes the best of the genre.”
Most recently, Amazon best-selling author Frank W. Butterfield (Nick Williams Mystery series) stated: “Coming back to this book is like visiting an old friend. When I opened this book to revisit it, I was delighted to find a world that once existed but, like even the best color jobs and our favorite bookstores, has faded away. However, I was sucked in from the beginning. Just like I had been when I bought it the first time.”
When it was first published in 1992, LOVE YOU TO DEATH was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award as Best Gay Mystery; this 2019 edition features a new foreword by Frank W. Butterfield.
LOVE YOU TO DEATH ebook:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2lVCWHr
US $5.95 • CAN $7.95 • UK £4.95 • EU €5.95 • AU $8.95 • Read free on Kindle Unlimited
