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Read “Idaho Code” with New West’s Joan Opyr


By Courtney Lowery, 5-16-06

A reminder: Our esteemed Northern Idaho editor, Joan Opyr, is reading from her novel, "Idaho Code" Tuesday, May 16, (tonight) at Shakespeare and Co. on Third Street. The reading starts at 7 p.m.

The goods: "Idaho Code" is ... "where family therapy comes with a shovel and an alibi. Small town Idaho, where everyone knows your business, is no place for a baby dyke to go looking for love. Especially when murder and homophobia are stalking the streets. For Wilhelmina 'Bil' Hardy, trapped in the coils of her eccentric family and off-the-wall friends, neither the course of true love nor amateur sleuthing runs smoothly. Mistaken identity, misunderstandings and mysteries galore take Bil to places she’s never dreamed of visiting. Idaho Code is a funny book about love, family, and the freedom you can find only in a state that values individuality more than common sense."

The blurb: “"Joan Opyr is the most entertaining new voice in lesbian mystery." --Val McDermid (Joan is still waiting for the review from her 84-year-old grandmother, however.)



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