What the Critics Say:

• "Mystery fans had better grab hold of this and keep an eye out for Richard Stevenson. He probably has further gripping adventures in mind for Don Strachey. We'll want to stick around when the next killer turns up." -- Bay Area Reporter on Death Trick
  
  
• "This is a lively book, skillful plotting carries the reader straight along. Highly recommended." -- The New York Times Book Review on On the Other Hand, Death
  
  
• "The plotting is fast and clever; the gay background works; and the lesbians are engaging characters." -- Publisher's Weekly on On the Other Hand, Death
  
  
• "Stevenson takes a familiar whodunit formula and infuses it with new life. The action is lively and the plotting honest and nonexploitative" -- Chicago Tribune on Third Man Out
  
  
• "Stevenson makes his way deftly through Chain of Fools, with a strong sense of plot and a good ear for dialogue." -- The Boston Globe
  
  
• "As a writer, Stevenson holds his own with the top novelists of the mystery genre. He writes wittily and knowingly about his subjects." -- West Coast Review of Books
  
  
• "Stevenson's real coup in Shock to the Ststem is his memorably varied cast of suspects." -- Kirkus Reviews
  
  
• "Stevenson's mysteries are among the wittiest and most politically pointed around today." -- The Washington Post on Chain of Fools
  
  
• "Death Trick is my favorite among the current crop of gay mystery stories. The story line has that kind of Swiss-watch complexity that good mystery writers can put together with seemingly effortless expertise. But Stevenson is also a writer of fine wit, and his asides are as good as his story." -- Philadelphia Gay News
  
  
• "This murder mystery, recounted with sassiness and wit, is full of true-to-life details about contemporary gay existence. Stevenson uses the yarn to poke fun at straight laced parents, homophobic cops and greedy gay bar owners....This is a great lazy-day read --- and politically correct, yet!" -- The Advocate on Death Trick
  
  
• "Let's hope this is the beginning of a series of Don Strachey, Private Dick....It's a hell of a good read." -- New Jersey Gay Times on Death Trick
  
  
• "Literate...skillfully plotted..Stevenson keeps the action on an even keel and the characters believable, throughout it all, the author imbues his characters with a keen sense of humor." -- Fort LauderdaleSun-Sentinel on Chain of Fools
  
  
• "Fun....hilarious....Jesse Helms had better not read this book." -- The Washington Post on Strachey's Folly

What His Colleagues Say:

• "Sassy, sexy, and socially conscious! At last a private dick who really earns the title." -- Armistead Maupin, author of Tales of the City
  
  
• "Awarm welcome back to Richard Stevenson -- his admirable, absorbing new mystery has the immediacy and realism of a telegram from the front." -- Katherine V. Forrest, author of Flashpoint
  
  
• "The wait has been worth it. Richard Stevenson's long awaited (by me, among others) Don Strachey mystery, Third Man Out, is smart and funny. If you've never read a Strachey mystery before, you're in for a wonderful time. As for me, I hope stevenson is hard at work on the next book." -- Michael Nava, author of Howtown
  
  
• "You don't have to be gay to like Death Trick. It is bright, witty and on occasion the author has his tongue in his cheek."-- George Baxt, author of A Queer Kind of Death
  
  
• "Mr. Stevenson's writing itself is the superior joy of Death Trick; he has an eagle eye for minute gesture and psychological movement, and an unmistaking ear for telling nuances of speech and meaningful silence. To write a book that is always clever and always entertaining and at the same time politically correct is quite a feat -- and one that Mr. Stevenson has accomplished deftly." -- Nathan Aldyne, author of Vermillion
  
  

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