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 said as much to Mike, and he replied, “Maybe we ought to have Hugh check out the availability of this lot as well.”


“Okay,” I said. “It won’t hurt to look into it. Meanwhile, I want to plant the last fifty feet or so of this lot in solid Rhododendron and other shrubs.”


“I’ll get the graph paper and the measuring tape.”


“Works for me, but it’s a little too late in the season to plant anything.”


“I know, but we’ll be ready when the time comes.”


The boys had to stop the clearing before lunch so they could get ready to go to work, but they promised to have the job completed by Christmas. We had a quiet afternoon, and that evening, the power went out for about twenty minutes, which prompted me to suggest that we have a generator installed. Mike agreed, and when the power was restored, we spent some time on the web looking for solutions. By the time we went to bed, we’d made a decision, and we planned to place an order as soon as we were home.


Chapter 66