Chicago Reader
Reviews of self-published books: Coming Out Can Be Murder
Posted by Sam Worley on 04.09.12 at 08:29 AM
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2012/04/09/reviews-of-self-published-books-coming-out-can-be-murder
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Though the cover blurb suggests otherwise, there's hardly any mystery to Coming Out Can Be Murder. Author Renee James dispatches the climactic moment with a minimum of suspense—wham, bam, thank you, ma'am. It's what constitutes "ma'am" that forms the book's real theme: protagonist Bobbi Logan is, like James herself, a transgender woman. They also share similar professional interests. James is a licensed cosmetologist, and Bobbi a hairdresser.