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

“I want to bring in the FBI, but these guys want a little more time to tie it all together.”


“They wanted to work on it through the end of the year, and I told them they could have until the end of November, subject to your approval.”


“And all three of your lieutenants are working on this together?”


“That’s about the size of it. The sheriff wants more interdepartmental cooperation, and we’re doing it on a small scale.”


“This is the kind of case that could blow up in all of our faces in a New York minute.”


“Those were my words, more or less.”


“Okay,” the chief said, “the end of November it is. Come back and see me then, and I’ll decide. Meanwhile, keep me posted.”


“Thank you, gentlemen, and lady,” the chief said. “You can go, but I need to talk to your boss for a minute.”


THEY LEFT THE room, and the chief said, “How the hell did you get them to work together on this?”


Chapter 48