Nathan Aldyne is the pseudonym for Michael McEachern McDowell, an American novelist and screenwriter who is perhaps best known for writing the screenplay Beetlejuice. Under the pseudonym, Nathan Aldyne, four gay-themed murder mysteries with Dennis Schuetz were penned and initially published in the 1980s Vermillion (1980), Cobalt(1982), Slate (1984), and Canary (1986).
Set in the pre-AIDS era the books capture what gay life in Boston and Provincetown was like. All four books have been been reprinted in handsome editions by Felony & Mayhem. They are available on the publisher’s website for purchase as well as Amazon.com and Apple’s iBooks. I’ve just downloaded the series and am reading them now. I am loving them. Pick up a copy.
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Thanks for the recommending this. I’m always looking for a good set of mysteries.
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Thanks SO MUCH for the great shout-out, folks! I remember loving these books when they first came out (and I was living in Boston and hanging out in Provincetown), so I was thrilled to reissue them. FIWI, although they are set in the “gay community,” they are really an updating of the “Thin Man” stories — think Nick and Nora Charles with a disco soundtrack. I hope you like them. We’d love to hear your thoughts. — Maggie from Felony & Mayhem Press
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Please ask your local bookseller to order these for you in they are not in stock. Please support your local bookseller. Thank you.
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Please ask your local bookseller to order them for you if they are not in stock. Thank you for supporting your local bookseller
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