Cassidy James
Created by Kate Calloway (pseudonym of Kit Cameron; 1957 --)
Neophyte "uppity lesbian gumshoe" CASSIDY JAMES is the star of a series put out by (who else?) Naiiad Press. It's received some good press, particularly at first, and people were whispering good things about it on the Internet, for what that's worth.
Cassidy does seem to be an appealing young heroine, not afraid to get physical if she has, either on the mean streets of Oregon or -- unapologetically -- between the sheets.With its tough, tender, appealing heroine and realistic love scenes, many readers consider it a fresh and welcome alternative to "straight" mystery fiction.
With its numerical titling gimmick (Grafton has problems with 26 letters?), fill-in-the-blanks cover design and the two-books-a-year publishing schedule it looked like the series was on its way to becoming the lesbian equivalent of a men's adventure series from the seventies, but the series petered out after 8th Day (2001).
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Report respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.
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