After surviving the threat of a murderer and finding love with each other, George Martin and Mike Foster, best friends since childhood, are settling into a happy life. George's new promotion to the youngest captain in the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office keeps him busy, and his current case is no exception. The body of a fifty-year-old drag queen is found in the locked dressing room of a bar.<br><br>As George delves into the subsequent murder investigation, he uncovers a dangerous trail of murdered drag queens and young gay men that intersects with another case involving porn films, torture, and worse. He struggles to make sense of the murders, but it's Mike who asks the question that leads to a break in the case.

Drag and Drop

Tuesday morning I began my day by sifting carefully through a huge stack of reports, making notes as I read. When I reviewed the notes I’d jotted on a yellow pad, one name stood out. Both the victim’s roommate and people at the club mentioned a young drag queen wannabe named Tommy to whom the victim had been giving instructions in the noble art of lip-synch. I took a red felt-tip pen, printed “Find Tommy” at the bottom of the page, and called Janet to my office.


“Have you read all the reports?” I said, the moment she stuck her head in the door.


“Is anybody looking for this would-be drag queen named Tommy?”


“Two of the guys are on it. We don’t have an address, only his first name. The victim’s roommate doesn’t seem to have a clue.”


“If we haven’t found Tommy by the end of the day, send Carl out to ask the roommate politely but firmly to come in for a session with a sketch artist.”


Chapter 4