tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435570733711194686.post8944388204904748457..comments2023-11-15T20:30:24.859+00:00Comments on A Sign of the Crimes: Body Language by Michael CraftA Sign of the Crimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05753757938979390225noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435570733711194686.post-72815658037985729472017-09-03T22:29:01.194+01:002017-09-03T22:29:01.194+01:00Excellent -- thank you, Noah! Nathan Aldyne is a c...Excellent -- thank you, Noah! Nathan Aldyne is a completely new name for me, and I'll check those out asap.A Sign of the Crimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753757938979390225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435570733711194686.post-41533078097182772242017-09-02T14:22:26.160+01:002017-09-02T14:22:26.160+01:00I really don't like most gay mysteries either....I really don't like most gay mysteries either. Many of them these days are wish-fulfillment fantasies, as you note, usually of a protagonist in a perfect relationship with a gorgeous guy who solves murders on the side. I do hear great things about Michael Nava's mysteries but I find them so darn depressing ... <br />But if you're interested in what it was like to be a gay man before AIDS, I recommend four novels by Nathan Aldyne; Cobalt, Vermilion, Canary, and Slate. They're not very good mysteries -- even Anthony Boucher didn't think they were very good mysteries. But he and I both liked the authenticity of the milieu and the setting, in the late 1970s/early 1980s. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com