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Self-Defense (Alex Delaware), Jonathan Kellerman, Good, Book $1.00

Blood Test (Alex Delaware) by Jonathan Kellerman $1.99

Jonathan Kellerman – OBSESSION (New Pb) *Thriller* $7.88

THE CLINIC BY JONATHAN KELLERMAN-1ST-ED-1ST-PRINT-(NOT-BOMC)-SG-FULL-TITLE-PG-F $9.75

Self-Defense by Jonathan Kellerman (1995)Pb $1.00

OVER THE EDGE by JONATHAN KELLERMAN 1988 $7.99

Gone by Jonathan Kellerman (2007, Compact Disc $5.95

Devil’s Waltz – Jonathan Kellerman $1.56

The Murder Book (Alex Delaware), Jonathan Kellerman, Acceptable Book $1.00

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When the Bough Breaks – Jonathan Kellerman $1.56

Evidence: An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman $4.95

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Billy Straight, Jonathan Kellerman, Good Book $1.00

Rage, Jonathan Kellerman, Good Book $1.56

JONATHAN KELLERMAN – THE CONSPIRACY CLUB – #64696 $6.50

Jonathan Kellerman A Cold Heart Book $4.19

Victims: An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman ( $44.99

Evidence by Jonathan Kellerman (Paperback, 2009) $1.56

Monster by Jonathan Kellerman (1999, Hardcover)GREAT BOOK FOR BEACH OR POOL $3.75

Dr. Death by Jonathan Kellerman (an Alex Delaware Novel) $0.80

NEW First Edition Hardcover Book – Evidence – by Jonathan Kellerman – Retail $28 $1.99

Twisted by Jonathan Kellerman (2005, Paperback, Repr… $4.59

The First Alex Delaware Omnibus, Jonathan Kellerman $1.56

Therapy: An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman (2005, Paperback, Reprint) $0.43

Flesh and Blood by Jonathan Kellerman (2001, Hardcover) $5.00

The First Alex Delaware Omnibus – Jonathan Kellerman $3.16

Jonathan Kellerman – Dr. Death – Paperback $2.00

Compulsion Jonathan Kellerman softcover book $2.00

DEVIL’S WALTZ (Alex Delaware Novels), Jonathan Kellerman, Good Condition, Book $4.99

JONATHAN KELLERMAN 18 PAPERBACKS $0.01

RAGE/Jonathan Kellerman/John Rubinstein/Audio Book/5 CDs $2.95

2004 Twisted by Jonathan Kellerman HC BOOKCLUB $0.38

The Conspiracy Club by Jonathan Kellerman (2003, Har… $0.95

Evidence by Jonathan Kellerman (2009, Hardcover) $0.99

Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman (2008, Paperback, R… $0.99

The Web, Jonathan Kellerman, Good Book $4.99

Victims: An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman (2012, Hardcover) $2.01

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Survival of the Fittest, Jonathan Kellerman, New Book $3.13

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Bones: An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman 2008 Hardcr OUTSTANDING BOOK $2.49

GONE by JONATHAN KELLERMAN 1st ED VERY FINE $13.35

Jonathan Kellerman LOT 6 Murder Mysteries – $14.95

Mystery: An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman (2012, Paperback, Reprint) $0.01

Dr. Death by Jonathan Kellerman (2000)HC $1.75

Capital Crimes by Faye& Jonathan Kellerman(2006)HC $1.75

True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman (2009, Paperback, Reprint) $0.99

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Big Lot of 20 Jonathan Kellerman Mass Market Dr. Death $35.00

The Murder Book by Jonathan Kellerman (2003, Paperback, Reprint) $0.99

Bad Love, Jonathan Kellerman – Paperback – Very Good $4.19

Time Bomb by Jonathan Kellerman -Psychological Thriller $4.57

The Murder Book by Jonathan Kellerman – Alex Delaware $3.78

A Cold Heart – Jonathan Kellerman – Free P&P! $5.91

COMPULSION BY JONATHAN KELLERMAN-ALEX DELAWARE NOVEL $0.99

Devil’s Waltz by Jonathan Kellerman (1993, Hardcover) $9.95

Jonathan Kellerman *COMPULSION* Paperback Book – 2008 $4.99

MONSTER by Jonathan Kellerman NEW (1999, Hardcover) stated 1st ed. $2.25

Flesh and Blood, Jonathan Kellerman, Excellent $11.48

Time Bomb by Jonathan Kellerman (2003, Paperback) We combine ship 15965 $1.00

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Obsession by Jonathan Kellerman (2007, Hardcover) $4.99

The Conspiracy Club by Jonathan Kellerman BUY 2 GET 1 FREE! $1.00

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Jonathan Kellerman Compulsion Book $4.09

Jonathan Kellerman Obsession Book $4.09

Jonathan Kellerman Obsession Hardcover with Jacket First Edition $3.99

LOT OF 23 JONATHAN KELLERMAN ALEX DELAWARE THRILLERS MYSTERIES PB $26.99

Self-defense by Jonathan Kellerman (1995)NEW YORK TIMES $12.00

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Bones (Alex Delaware, No. 23), Jonathan Kellerman, Acceptable Book $1.00

Jonathan Kellerman – The Murder Book – Superb Hardback 3 For 2 Offer $9.47

Jonathan Kellerman

The Time for Gay Protagonists in Mainstream Mysteries Has Come

Tamara Kaye Sellman of the Writer’s Rainbow Literary Services asserts on the cover of my gay detective novel, The DVD Murders, “The time for gay protagonists in all sorts of commercial fiction has come.” Has it? Is the straight world really ready for an invasion of gay heroes into all genres of mainstream fiction, such as fantasy, romance and mystery? Will the girl next door become the boy next door, Plain Jane, Plain Jim, or the clueless husband, the clueless domestic partner?

Gay characters have made great strides on network television. The Jodie Dallas character as portrayed by Billy Crystal on Soap in the late 1970s is generally regarded as the first openly gay male as a regular cast member in a series. Thinking has progressed until we now have such credible gay characters as the precocious Justin Suarez on Ugly Betty and the sociopath Andrew Van De Kamp on Desperate Housewives.

Sometimes you may get the impression that everywhere you look on TV these days you see a gay, lesbian, or bisexual character. Not quite. According to estimates by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) such characters account for only 2.6 percent of all the regular characters in TV Series in 2008-2009 season. While that was up from 1.1 percent of the previous year and was a positive sign, more work is needed to achieve fair balance. Cable, with its two gay-oriented channels, Logo and here, customarily offers a greater number of GLBT characters.

Hollywood, on the other hand, has not kept pace and seems stuck in the twentieth century. True, the major studios have turned out many films with gay characters over the years. Most of them, however, have been in minor roles, such as the flighty costume designer in Broadway Melody, closeted characters like the female schoolteacher in The Children’s Hour, stereotype jokes, such as the policeman in Wild Hogs, or victims like the AIDS patient in Philadelphia.

In the four years since the groundbreaking Brokeback Mountain the major studios have only produced one gay film, the award-winning Milk. Hollywood execs claim a lack of high-quality gay scripts or that TV has a lot more time over the course of a series to develop a character whose sexuality is only a part of his life while a film only has two hours. Others suggest movie executives tend to be older and therefore less comfortable with homosexuality.

Whatever the reason, Hollywood is out of touch. Attitudes have changed, particularly among young people who tend to be more accepting of alternative lifestyles. Unfortunately, as of yet, this acceptance has not carried over into mainstream mysteries. Ask any typical mystery lover: when was the last time you read a whodunit that had a gay detective?

Gay characters have appeared in mystery novels for a long time, but like the movies they were mostly cast in minor roles as villains, victims or freaks. It wasn’t until Joseph Hansen introduced the Dave Brandstetter series that we had a detective–here an insurance investigator–who was unashamedly and unapologetically gay.

The relative success of the Hansen novels paved the way for other gay protagonists and was followed by the breezy mysteries of Nathan Aldyne’s gay gumshoe Daniel Valentine, the lesbian amateur sleuth Jane Lawless in the Ellen Hart books, and many others. Few, however, have made the crossover to mainstream mysteries, unless you count the Alex Delaware novels of Jonathan Kellerman which feature Milo Sturgis, a gay cop friend of the protagonist or the lovable bisexual psychopath Tom Ripley in the Patricia Highsmith novels.

Despite the many advances made for gays and lesbians, and in particular the legalization of same-sex marriages in a growing number of states, some readers because of religious beliefs or prejudice are simply not ready to accept a gay protagonist in a mystery novel or any other work of fiction. That’s too bad, especially if you are a mystery fan, since not only do these novels provide us with more rounded and realistic images of gays and lesbians but some of them are simply crackerjack mysteries.

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Jonathan Kellerman – Obsession