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

“Carl came out to the rest of the team.”


I told him about the meeting and what had happened. “I think Carl surprised himself as much as he did the rest of us. It wasn’t premeditated; it just kind of slipped out.”


“What time is the big announcement tomorrow morning?”


“Nine o’clock. The brass will meet with the sheriff in the largest conference room, and it will be carried by closed-circuit television to the rest of the building. They wanted to have a mass meeting down at the Civic Auditorium, but you can’t just close down the entire office for a couple of hours.”


“Surprise, surprise,” I said. “Sarah Bridges is going to meet you in the lobby of our building at eight forty-five. We’ve reserved seats for both of you. Better wear a jacket and tie, there might be pictures taken.”


“You bet. Which reminds me, I’d better go air it out so I don’t smell of mothballs.”


Chapter 34