She Came in a Flash

Don Aslett, Mary Wings. Plume Books, $10 (24pp) ISBN 978-0-452-26384-0

``A prosaic plot spoils the return of amateur sleuth Emma Victor,'' complained PW. Wings's lesbian heroine has moved from Boston to San Francisco to recover from a love affair. In her troubleshooting capacity for the Women's Benefit Concert, she tracks down a bad check and comes up with murder. (Mar.)

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