MABEL MANEY

CHARACTER:	NANCY CLUE & CHERRY AIMLESS
CATEGORY:	LESBIAN DETECTIVES

If you read Nancy Drew as a kid, and you thought there was something about Nancy and George and Bess that Caroline Keene wasn't mentioning, you'll love these books. Combine Nancy Drew with Cherry Aimes and the Hardy Boys and you have the makings of some of the best satire currently being written.

The Case Of The Not-So-Nice Nurse
The Case Of The Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend
A Ghost In The Closet

REVIEWS :
The Case Of The Not-So-Nice Nurse
The publisher, Cleis Press, pghcleis@aol.com, 08/23/96:
Mabel Maney's hilarious lesbian parody of Nancy Drew. When Cherry Aimless lands in the Castro in search of Nancy Clue and a flock of missing nuns, the earnestly whitegirl '50s meet the oh-so-queer '90s in a delightful satire of both girl detective novels and lesbian romantic fiction. Mabel Maney's hilarious and perceptive parody is the culmination of a lifetime of gay research into the gosh-golly world of the 50s as seen in the popular culture of the period, including a master's thesis on the genre and several major art installations. Mabel Maney has also written The Case of the Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend and Nancy Clue and the Hardly Boys in A Ghost in the Closet (Cleis Press).
Annotation copyright Cleis Press, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA and San Francisco, CA.

The Case Of The Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend
The publisher, Cleis Press, pghcleis@aol.com, 08/23/96:
A Gay Adventure!
For everyone who knew all along that Nancy and her chums had secrets of their own. . . Wedding bells make way for the judge's gavel when Nancy Clue takes Cherry Aimless R.N. home to River Depths, Illinois, to rescue beloved housekeeper Hannah Gruel, who has been accused of murdering famous attorney Carson Clue! When a Navy Nurse turns up, polishing her brass buttons at Nancy's door, Cherry makes a few choice accusations of her own. Is there any hope for romance? Join Cherry Aimless and Nancy Clue and their chums for yet another gay adventure! Mabel Maney has also written The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse and Nancy Clue and the Hardly Boys in A Ghost in the Closet (Cleis Press). Annotation copyright Cleis Press, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA and San Francisco, CA.

not so nice

good for nothing

ghost