Love Notes

Penny Mickelbury

Migibooks

Someone is killing closeted gays and lesbians in our nation's capital! Hate crime? Or just plain murder? Investigative reporter Mimi Patterson wants to know and thinks the public should know, too. She won't let anything or anyone keep her from uncovering the truth. After all, the next victim could be someone she knows. Lt. Gianna Maglione wants to keep a tight lid on this case, while she and her Hate Crimes Unit figure out just who would commit such gruesome murders. Why is the FBI involved in her case and who tipped off the press? Mimi and Gianna. Murder. Mystery. Passion.

Keeping Secrets

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Kings Crossing Publishing

<p>In this intriguing and sophisticated fourth novel of the Mimi/Gianna Mysteries, Mickelbury is masterful in her exploration of the underground lives of the AGs and Doms, the downlow brothas and the hidden world in which they live. Mimi Patterson, the passionate, resourceful investigative reporter and her partner, the impassioned, leader of D.C.'s Hate Crime Unit, Lt. Gianna Maglione find balance with each other while seeking those that hate enough to commit blackmail, rape and murder when darkness descends on the city.</p>

Darkness Descending (Mimi/Gianna Mysteries)

Literature & Fiction

From one alley to the next in the seamy underside of our nation's capitol, the city's top reporter, Mimi Patterson investigates the virtual disappearance of two prostitutes her sources on a potentially huge stroy. Her partner, Lt. Gianna Maglione, head of the city's Hate Crime Unis is fighting mad. Women are being murdered. Just because they are prostitutes, doesn't mean it isn't a hate crime. As the police department relegates the gruesome murders to low priority, Mimi and Gianna once again find themselves racing the clock and each other's professions toward truth and danger. Touted as a follow-on to the sensational insder look at Keeping Secrets Washington, D.C., Night Songs was nominated for a Lambda LIterary Award when first released. In this rerelease, we again hang on as Mickelbury wends her way from headline news to the pages of another Mimi/Gianna Mystery.

Night Songs

Phil Rodriquez is the newest of the New York City private eyes. The Lower East Side is his turf, and the people who live their lives and ply their trades in the narrow tip of Manhattan are his clients. He is a native New Yorker and an ex-cop, but his Puerto Rican heritage both separates him from the pack and endears him to clients who might not trust the cop in him. Phil is hired to find out who's hurting little girls in the 'hood' victimized by a serial rapist and a grown-up woman being harassed by somebody who doesn't want her back in her old neighborhood. Then rape turns into murder, harassment turns into terrorist attacks, and the ugly past rears its head to wreak havoc on the narrow East Village streets. At first reluctant to take the job, Phil changes his mind when it appears that the cops are dragging their feet. Then secrets from the past start to emerge, giving Phil a closer look into the dark corners of some of his hometown-the wealthy Upper East Side and the newly-gentrified Harlem. While Phil seeks answers in the streets, his best friend and business partner, Yolanda Aguillera, works the phones, the computers, and the clients. And it's Yo who knows first that it's the secrets and the lies that are at the root of all the misery. Two Graves Dug presents a New York City of narrow Village streets and tenements, filled with people whose lives are anything but narrow. And it presents Phil Rodriquez, a PI who sees these people as his own, sees their problems as his, and isn't beyond bending-or breaking-a rule to help them.  Penny Mickelbury is the author of eight previous mystery novels in two series. She also is an accomplished playwright. The former reporter teachers journalism at a Los Angeles middle school and oversees publication of the school newspaper.

Five Star First Edition Mystery - Two Graves Dug

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