Snyder, George. “On Wings of Affection”, Lulu, 2011.
A Mystery in WeHo
Amos Lassen
I love a good mystery and we get that and so much more from George Snyder. Sam is a gym bunny, Pam (Agnes) is what we call a “poor little rich girl” and Didier is the partner of a high class decorator and these are the first characters that we meet. When the decorator is killed and Didier flees as he is the main suspect and then things get really wild with Sam now becoming a suspect and there is a disaster and one thing follows another to the point that the plot becomes really hard to follow—but great FUN. If you try to keep things organized you will lose the joy of this reading. You must suspend belief and just fall into it and go with it.
Snyder is great at sarcasm and there is plenty of it here. I love that and I had one laugh after another. It is the mystery that draws you in but it is the humor that keeps you reading. Our trio of characters is delightful and I can see them coming back in future novels. We get a lot of twists and turns in the plot and everything is just a fine backdrop for murder. We see West Hollywood as a place of lust and jealousy just as we see in so many gay communities elsewhere
Sam narrates with humor and tongue in cheek and if I have a complaint it is that the plot, as I said, is a bit difficult to follow. Otherwise this is a delightful read. Don’t worry if you get lost—everything comes together in the end.