
Blackmail, My Love
A Murder Mystery
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Narrated by:
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Eva Kaminsky
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By:
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Katie Gilmartin
Josie O'Conner travels to San Francisco in 1951 to locate her gay brother, a private dick investigating a blackmail ring targeting lesbians and gay men. Jimmy's friends claim that just before he disappeared he became a rat, informing the cops on the bar community. Josie adopts Jimmy's trousers and wingtips, battling to clear his name, halt the blackmailers, and exact justice for the many queer corpses. Along the way she rubs shoulders with a sultry chanteuse running a dyke tavern called Pandora's Box, gets intimate with a red-headed madam operating a brothel from the Police Personnel Department, and conspires with the star of Finocchio's, a dive so disreputable it's off limits to servicemen - so every man in uniform pays a visit.
Blackmail, My Love is a murder mystery deeply steeped in San Francisco's queer history. Established academic and first-time novelist Katie Gilmartin's diverse set of characters negotiate the risks of same-sex desire in a tough time for queers. Humor leavens the grave subject matter. Set in such legendary locations as the Black Cat Cafe, the Fillmore, the Beat movement's North Beach, and the sexually complex Tenderloin, Blackmail, My Love is a singular, visually stunning neo-noir experience.
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I have no words for how good this book is
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Film Noir for your ears
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Good Story
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The story will stay with me for a while.
The narration of Eva Kaminsky... she didn’t read this story to me. She transported me into this world and brought the characters to life. I heard them, not her voicing them.
I don’t know why I waited to listen to this title. I’m so glad I finally took the plunge. I wish there was more from this duo.
Really, really, so good.
The content was hard and has affected me. I will carry it with me. And isn’t that about the highest praise there is for a writer?! Wouldn’t have been the same with a lesser narrator. Excellent match.
Seriously, not enough good things to say about this one.
Why did I wait so long to listen?!
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A roller coaster trip thru SF
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it was way kool
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More please?
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I love this story.
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This story is at its core about community and love, and how integral those things are to finding joy, self acceptance, and self-actualization in the face of a world that would prefer you were dead. A reality that is unfortunately still especially relevant in 2023.
I initially struggled with the heavy-handed use of what I assume are accurate 1950s hard-boiled genre language, but I knew I’d finish the book once the main character described attending pretend “church” as a child with her older brother, Jimmy, whose disappearance drives the plot of the story. The reader learns about Jimmy through the main character’s memories of him and those of the characters she meets. The content of those memories and their consequences are what give this book its heart.
A gem of a story
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