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Stan "Vannos" Kraychik isn't your everyday Boston hairdresser. Co-owner of Snips Salon with best bud (and occasional nemesis) Nicole, thought this day was an ordinary one. A delivery van backed into the salon's rear driveway and accidentally spilled gallons of conditioner, leaving Stan (and hunky Roger) embracing in a gooey mess trying to staunch the flow, with little success as they slid and slipped with Nicole watching on with rolling eyes. Later Roger is found murdered in his apartment, and Stan's client, Calvin Redding, who was also on the scene, can't explain why Roger's body dressed in little more than bowties. Enter Lieutenant Branco, dark, muscular, Italian, (straight) of Boston PD Homicide who immediately suspects everyone, especially Stan. In an attempt to clear his name, Stan travels to California, takes up mountain climbing, eavesdropping, spying, schmoozing, and a little bit of schtupping, all in an attempt to find the truth.
Grant Michaels' zany series of adventures starring Stan Kraychik garnered multiple Lambda Literary Awards including a 1991 nomination for Best Gay Mystery for A Body to Dye For. For this new edition, Carl Mesrobian reminisces about his brother Grant in an exclusive foreword, and Neil S. Plakcy provides an appreciation in a 2019 introduction.
"I really loved this book with its cleverly invented plot, and I was more than happy to discover that Grant Michaels (who passed away in 2009, alas) wrote five more Stan Kraychik-novels. Hopefully, ReQueered Tales will re-publish them as well in ebook-version, because I really dig this kind of fun-read with its pinch of suspense." - Gay Book Reviews
"[I]t's a great opportunity to see an early instance of a gay author using gay stereotypes to subvert gay stereotypes." Gregory Ashe, Goodreads
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