Hallowed Murder (Jane Lawless Series #1)

by Ellen Hart

Overview

t’s almost winter in Minnesota. As the icy cold begins to grip the Twin Cities, restaurant owner, Jane Lawless, and her eccentric sidekick, Cordelia Thorn, are caught up in a spiraling chain of events centering on the university sorority, Kappa Alpha Sigma. Allison Lord, a popular sorority member with a secret, is killed and the murderer continues to stalk the house amid charges of theft, lesbianism and religious intolerance. Featuring a memorable cast of characters and an intriguing inside view of the dark undercurrents of sorority life, this page-turning mystery by newcomer, Ellen Hart, is full of suspense and surprise.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012027399
Publisher:	Ellen Hart
Publication date:	12/17/2010
Series:	Jane Lawless Series , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	244,702
File size:	689 KB

About the Author

Ellen Hart is the author of twenty-six crime novels in two different series.  She is a five-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery, a three-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award for Best Popular Fiction, a three-time winner of the Golden Crown Literary Award, a recipient of the Alice B Medal, and was made an official GLBT Literary Saint at the Saints & Sinners Literary Festival in New Orleans in 2005.   In 2010, Ellen received the GCLS Trailblazer Award for lifetime achievement in the field of lesbian literature. Entertainment Weekly named her one of the “101 Movers and Shakers in the Gay Entertainment Industry.” For the past fourteen years, Ellen has taught “An Introduction to Writing the Modern Mystery” through the The Loft Literary Center, the largest independent writing community in the nation.

Editorial Reviews

Hallowed Murder engulfs the reader from the very first page...This novel is so tightly plotted that every word counts.

. - Bay Windows

Hart’s crisp, elegant writing and atmosphere are reminiscent of
the British detective style, but she has a nicer sense of character,
confrontation, and sparsely utilized violence...Hallowed Murder is as
valuable for its mainstream influences as for its sexual politics.

.. - Mystery Scene

Hart’s crisp, elegant writing and atmosphere are reminiscent of
the British detective style, but she has a nicer sense of character,
confrontation, and sparsely utilized violence...Hallowed Murder is as
valuable for its mainstream influences as for its sexual politics.

Mystery Scene