Sweet Poison: A Jane Lawless Mystery (Jane Lawless Mysteries #16)

Ellen Hart

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Publication Date: November 10th, 2009

Publisher:

Minotaur Books

ISBN:

9780312375263

Pages:

320

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Description

Ellen Hart was named the 2017 MWA Grand Master, the most distinguished lifetime achievement award offered in the mystery community.

Lambda and Minnesota Book Award–winning author and MWA Grand Master Ellen Hart delivers another high-caliber mystery with Sweet Poison, her newest Lambda Award Finalist in a mystery series as loved for its delightful charm as for the absorbing psychological depth of its characters.

Jane Lawless is at her wit's end keeping her Minneapolis restaurants running while volunteering on her father's campaign for governor. With a solid lead, the race is Ray Lawless's to lose, but that changes when his rival posts a list of criminals who are on the streets, thanks to Ray's work as a defense lawyer. Corey Hodge is one of the ex-cons who took Ray's advice to plead guilty for a crime he swears he didn't commit, and revenge is never far from his mind. Then one of Ray's volunteers is killed in such a way that mirrors the crime Corey was convicted of, and Jane must bring in the killer to save her father's political career and to keep Corey from going to prison again.

The high stakes and intrigue that fuel Sweet Poison make for a gripping novel of ambition and obsession.

About the Author

ELLEN HART, named the 2017 Mystery Writers of America’s Grandmaster, is the author of more than thirty mysteries, many of them featuring private investigator Jane Lawless. Entertainment Weekly has called her “a top novelist in the cultishly popular gay mystery genre.” She has won multiple Minnesota Book Awards, and has been nominated twenty-three times for the Lambda Literary Award, winning six. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with her partner of forty years.

Praise for Sweet Poison: A Jane Lawless Mystery (Jane Lawless Mysteries #16)

“Juicy . . . Fans will enjoy the many twists, both personal and criminal.” —Publishers Weekly

“Ellen Hart, one of Minnesota's bestselling mystery writers, weaves a net of complex relationships. . . . Sweet Poison is as much a psychological thriller about unrequited love as a mystery.” —Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minnesota)

“A solidly satisfying sixteenth title in this popular lesbian murder-mystery series . . . [Hart] plumbs deeper into the convoluted hearts and minds of her fascinating characters.” —Booklist