Thursday, August 22, 2013

DONALD STRACHEY


I like the mystery thrill and the stories


Heres the review from http://www.thrillingdetective.com


Don Strachey
Created by Richard Stevenson (pseud. of Richard Lipez)

Albany, New York private peeper DON STRACHEY is openly gay, a younger (forty-something) more emotional, and slightly flaky persona compared to Joseph Hansen's middle-aged, controlled Dave Brandstetter. Where Dave is calm and collected, Don is flippant, sassy, sloppy, paranoid, compulsive, impulsive and prone to plots and plans. And sometimes just plain screwy. In other words, not particularly well-adjusted, although he is loyal to his friends, and he's not a complete write-off as a private eye.
And he gets better. In fact, it's one of the charms of the series to see Strachey develop emotionally and professionally through the series.
Aiding him in his cases are his live-in lover, and sometime-conscience, Timothy J. Callahan, a rather strait-laced Jesuit-trained attorney for the state government, and later an legislative aide for a New York senator, plus various friends and acquaintances in Albany's large gay network.
Don also receives some rather reluctant help from gruff, conservative, homophobic and not-quite-the-sharpest-knife-in-the-drawer Detective Lieutenant Ned Bowman of the Albany Police, "a man in love with the obvious," according to Don. "Homosexuals not wearing pleated skirts always confused Bowman."
What there is no confusion about is the quality of this series. Stevenson is simply one hell of a writer,.
As a friend of mine once opined, "I'm not even gay -- not that there's anything wrong with that -- but I think these are some of the funniest, smartest PI novels around. The guy is just a terrific writer! Maybe even brilliant."
There have also been several made-for-television films released for the Here! network ("Gay television. No apologies."), starring hunky Chad Allan as Strachey, Although low-budget, with British Columbia standing in for Albany, both have received generally good reviews, prompting The New York Times to tag A Shock to the System as "a sly, refreshingly grown-up gay entertainment" and Out Magazine to proclaim "Chad Allan "Hotter than Columbo. Way, way hotter."
And you've got to just love when Here! refers to Morgan Fairchild, who co-stars in one of the film as the "television diva and icon."
Author Richard Stevenson also reviews crime fiction for The Washington Post under the byline of Richard Lipez.
UNDER OATH
  • "One exquisite joy in reading an exciting mystery is to discover that the author has written others. If you read one Richard Stevenson mystery, sooner or later you will want to savor them all. Don's family life with Timmy provides an overall continuity for the series but one need not read these mysteries in any particular order. Make no mistake about it. These books are excellent."
    -- 
    John MorganThe Richard Stevenson Mysteries
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NOVELS
TELEVISION
  • THIRD MAN OUT)...Buy this DVD
    (2005, Here! Films)
    98 minutes
    Based on the novel by Richard StevensonTeleplay by Mark SaltzmanDirected by Ron OliverStarring Chad Allen as DONALD STRACHEY
    with Sebastian Spence as Timmy Callahan
    Also starring Mark Acheson, Sean Young, Sean Carey, Moneca Delain, Woody Jeffreys, Jack Wetherall, Kirsten Williamson, Nicola Crosbie
  • SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM.. Buy this DVD
    (2006, Here! Films)
    91 minutes
    Based on the novel by Richard StevensonTeleplay by Ron McGeeDirected by Ron OliverProduced by Kirk ShawExecutive producers: Barry Krost, James Shavick, Paul ColichmanOriginal Music by Peter AllenStarring Chad Allen as DONALD STRACHEY
    with Sebastian Spence as Timmy Callahan
    Also starring Daryl Shuttleworth, Morgan Fairchild, Anne Marie Deluise, Rikki Gagne, Stephen Huszar, Nelson Wong, Ryan Kennedy, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
    Shawn Roberts, Gerry Roberts
  • ICE BLUES.. Buy this DVD
    (2008)
    Based on the novel by Richard StevensonDirected by Ron OliverStarring Chad Allen as DONALD STRACHEYwith Sebastian Spence as Timmy CallahanAlso starring 
    Daryl Shuttleworth, Adrian Holmes
  • ON THE OTHER HAND, DEATH.. Buy this DVD
    (2008)
    Based on the novel by Richard StevensonDirected by Ron OliverStarring Chad Allen as DONALD STRACHEYwith Sebastian Spence as Timmy CallahanAlso starring Margot Kidder, Gabrielle Rose

Full movie On The Other Hand,Death on Twomovies
Full movie Ice Blues on DaClips
Full movie Third Man Out on Movlocker
Full Movie Shock to The System on MovLocker

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