Jean Taylor

Thoroughly enjoyable lesnov! I just finished re-reading this and was once again struck by the humor in the narration.

Maggie Garrett, red-headed San Francisco lesbian PI, is a great character. "Frequently I feel like a brief way station for money. It comes in, I deposit it, the bills come in, I pay them. I think profit is supposed to play a role here somehow, but I don't have the hang of that part yet."

Later, three men from a local gay pride organization stop by to see her, to try to get her to back off of an investigation involving missing funds and their group.

" 'Maggie, we want to appeal to your consciousness on racism and sexism in the gay movement,' Warren said. My face must have registered something along the lines of 'Thanks for sharing, white boy,' because he blushed. 'Betty is concerned that any further efforts on your part may profoundly damage the most important political organization in the Bay Area.'

" 'Did Betty ask the three of you to come here?' Even in extremis, I couldn't believe Betty would sic these guys on me.

" 'Not exactly,' Miguel applied, looking very uncomfortable.

" 'Does she even know you're here?'

" 'Well, no, but - '

" 'So when she talked to you, it wasn't to persuade you to act like shining knights for her and take care of things, so she wouldn't have to worry her pretty little head?' Oh dear, I was yelling at clients again. "

As I said - very entertaining narration!… (altro)