George Baxt: A Queer Kind of Death (USA 1998)

From the Publisher:
New York detective Pharoah Love must answer these questions: Was the death of actor-model-hustler Ben, found snuggled up to a transistor radio in his bathtub, an accident -- or murder? And if it was murder, who did it? Was it Seth, a writer who was living with Ben most recently before his death and who was, in fact, with Ben just minutes before he was electrocuted? Or maybe Veronica, Seth's estranged wife, who might have held a grudge against the man who took her husband away from her? What about Ella Hurst, Jameson Hurst, Adam Littlestorm, or Ben's sister, Ada? When Seth decides his next book will be about Ben, everyone formerly involved with the dead man is suddenly very interested in Seth's every move -- especially the killer.

George Baxt: A Queer Kind of Death. A Pharoah Love Mystery. Alyson Publications, ISBN: 1555834485 (July, 1998), 243 p., $10.00.

George Baxt: A Queer Kind of Death (USA 1986)

From the Publisher:
INTRODUCING PHAROAH LOVE
This is a detective story, and unlike any other that you have read. No brief review can attempt to convey its quality. | merely note that it deals with a Manhattan subculture wholly devoid of ethics or morality, that staid readers may well find it 'shocking,' that it is beautifully plotted and written with elegance and wit, that I have certain reservations concerning its strict technical fairness, and that you must under no circumstances miss it. This is announced as the first of a trilogy about the dual minority (Negro and homosexual) police detective Pharoah Love; and I wish I could simply estivate until the second appears. -- Anthony Boucher, The New York Times, June 12, 1966

George Baxt: A Queer Kind of Death. 20th Anniversary Edition. With a new Introduction by the Author. International Polygonics, ISBN: 0930330463 (September, 1986), 243 p., $4.95.

George Baxt: A Queer Kind of Death (USA 1967)

From the Publisher:
A QUEER KIND OF DEATH
is a shocking way to go, as Ben Bentley discovers one day while lounging in the tub listening to Johnny Mathis. One push and ZAP!... you're a dead male prostitute and an ex-blackmailer.

It's an AC-DC case for a turned-on detective named PHAROAH LOVE who revvs up his zippy red Jag and swings into the Camptown races. The clues are way out and the suspects are off and prancing. It's the year's wildest mystery charade. It's a gamey kind of life and...
A QUEER KIND OF DEATH

A Queer Kind of Death marks the first appearance of Pharoah Love. And New York Times' critic Anthony Boucher can't wait for his comeback: ''This is a detective story, and unlike any other that you have read. No brief review can attempt to convey its quality. I merely note that it deals with a Manhattan sub-culture wholly devoid of ethics or morality, that staid readers may well find it 'shocking,' that it is beautifully plotted and written with elegance and wit... AND THAT YOU MUST UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES MISS IT."

George Baxt: A Queer Kind of Death. Introducing PHAROAH LOVE in the turned-on mystery of the year... the no-holds-barred story of a queer kind of murder in a queer kind of crowd. New York: New American Library, 1967, Signet Mystery P3188, 243 p., ¢60.