The Case of the Good-for-nothing Girlfriend: A Nancy Clue Mystery - Softcover

Maney, Mabel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0939416913 ISBN 13: 9780939416912

Publisher: Cleis Press, 1994

Synopsis

A parody of girls' mystery fiction that has heroine Nancy Clue rushing to her home in River Depths, Illinois, to confess the murder of her father and free the housekeeper, Hannah Gruel, who has shouldered the blame

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Review:

"America's two greatest girl detectives as lovers? Could anything in the history of pop culture be more irreverent?" - New York Newsday "Maney flawlessly lampoons the torpid style of both children's books and lesbian mysteries where similarly nothing happens without at least three changes of clothing and a good, hot meal." - SF Weekly "This is good satire, done with love and nostalgia.... It's what we've been waiting for: Nancy goes butch. We always knew she was." - Lambda Book Report"

Synopsis:

More golly-gosh romps set in the splendid world of swell gal detectives made immortal by the adventure novels of the 1950s. Join Nancy down in River Depths, Illinois, where Nancy's beloved housekeeper Hannah is accused of murdering famous attorney Carson Clue. As with The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse expect plenty of wardrobe changes, wholesome American cooking, hairpin plot twists, and trouble in paradise. Is Nancy a boozer5? What will Cherry do? How can Bess forgive George her butch transgressions? If you liked the first book, you won't want to miss the second.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cleis Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0939416913
• ISBN 13: 9780939416912
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 180