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The bar watcher : Dick Hardesty mystery series novel (original 2001; edition 2001)

by Dorien Grey

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When the manager of an elite local bath is stabbed to death, attorney Glen O’Banyon hires Dick Hardesty to check into it. The motive for the murder isn’t hard to figure—Comstock was a jerk of the first order. In fact, the list of people who might have wanted him dead might be larger than the club’s membership roster.Then, two obnoxious bar hoppers die in an apparent accident that turns out to be another murder, and when a third unpleasant individual meets an untimely demise, Dick begins to see a sinister pattern. All of the victims, prior to their deaths, had behaved badly in one of the local bars. Is someone on a mission to rid the world of people behaving badly?… (more)
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Title:The bar watcher : Dick Hardesty mystery series novel
Authors:Dorien Grey
Info:San Francisco : GLB Publishers, 2001. 237 pages ; 21 cm. Second edition.
Collections:Your library, Gay, Mystery
Rating:****
Tags:Dick Hardesty, Gay sleuth, Gay P.I., Gay bar, Mystery, Private investigator, LCSH in comments, read, WorldCat gay mystery

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This is set right at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic. We find Hardesty a bit at loose ends and playing the field. We have a killer knocking off "not nice" people. That's about it for the plot. It's okay in style and action. Better than most gay detective novels. ( )
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To those who not only hear the different drummer within themselves, but dare to march to its beat.
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When the manager of an elite local bath is stabbed to death, attorney Glen O’Banyon hires Dick Hardesty to check into it. The motive for the murder isn’t hard to figure—Comstock was a jerk of the first order. In fact, the list of people who might have wanted him dead might be larger than the club’s membership roster.Then, two obnoxious bar hoppers die in an apparent accident that turns out to be another murder, and when a third unpleasant individual meets an untimely demise, Dick begins to see a sinister pattern. All of the victims, prior to their deaths, had behaved badly in one of the local bars. Is someone on a mission to rid the world of people behaving badly?

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