Sorry Now?

The daughter of an anti-gay preacher and politician is murdered before his eyes. Has a gay group dedicated to outing publically anti-gay but secretly gay politicians gone too far?

At first I found this book to be very so-so but after a while the main character and his relationships with his sons, neighbours, and colleagues grew on me even if the actual mystery he was solving (and the solution was more due to the murderer's decision to confess than to the detective's efforts) was not terribly interesting. I might read more in the series to see if the author improves, but my inner series junky is not really kicking in for this one.

This is the first book in the series and despite the slightly too pat ending, I really liked it and the characters as I have with the rest of the Paul Turner mysteries. I would love to meet Buck Fenwick someday. He's a hoot.

Paul Turner is a Chicago detective with two sons, who happens to be gay. When Bruce Mucklewrath, a televangelist with a message that leans towards gay-bashing, ends up the victim of a crime, his daughter dead, Paul and his partner are called in to lead the investigation.

What they discover are a number of crime scenes against those who are homophobic, all with the cryptic message of "Sorry now, aren't you?" Paul struggles to tie the cases together with a possible conspiracy against the gay community, while dealing with his kids and a possible relationship with handsome doctor George Manfred.

The book had a great premise, and the storyline was well-thought out, but the lack of real characterization and an abundance of typos in the book show more kept me from truly enjoying it. I'll still probably look for the second book in this series, but it wasn't one of my favorite reads. show less

First in the Paul Turner mystery series. A gay cop and his partner are assigned a case of a preacher's daughter being shot in Chicago. Numerous twists and turns and many dead ends before the revelation of the killer in the last few pages.

What is about gays and religious extremists. This combination is found rather often when reading gay detectives. And this story from 1991 is another one. The openly homosexual police detective and father of 2 kids has to investigate the murder of a religious zealot who is on campaign tour in Chicago. Could it be true that a gay group has started out to fight back against any gay bashers? Probably not. And probably the whole crowd of religious crackpots are to blame themselves. Or aren’t they.
A nice read with an over-political correct policeman who is also a great dad and perhaps even a nice lover… Too good to be true?! Probably, but still a nice read.