The Cassandra Reilly Mysteries

All four mysteries starring the lesbian translator, globetrotter, and amateur sleuth -including Gaudí Afternoon-from the Lambda Literary Award–winning author. Gaudí Afternoon: Professional translator and amateur detective Cassandra Reilly travels to Barcelona to find the missing spouse of Frankie Stevens-but soon learns no one is who they seem. Wilson's award-winning novel was the basis for the movie directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Judy Davis as Cassandra. Trouble in Transylvania: The London-based lesbian translator and part-time sleuth gets embroiled in a murder in a run-down Transylvanian health spa. As the mystery unfolds, Cassandra and her cohorts-including her friend Jacqueline and potential love interest, Eva-are steeped in the history of Romania, from the devastating relics of Ceausescu's tyrannical reign to the vampire folklore born in the region centuries ago. The Death of a Much-Travelled Woman: These nine madcap stories follow the wayfaring translator and amateur sleuth around the globe to picturesque locales such as Maui, the English moors, and the Icelandic coast. Stories include "Murder at the International Feminist Book Fair," in which the exploits of a mudslinging women's magazine lead to death at the convention, and "An Expatriate Death," in which a local Mexican writer appropriates Cassandra's identity for a character in his novel-and then promptly kills off the character. The Case of the Orphaned Bassoonists: At the Venice-based symposium on women musicians of Vivaldi's time, an invaluable antique bassoon has been stolen-and bassoonist Nicky Gibbons stands accused. As Cassandra investigates, she immerses herself in the world of Baroque music, the tangle of personal intrigues at the symposium, and a second mystery involving the orphaned bassoonists of eighteenth-century Venice.