One Dead Drag Queen

✍ Scribed by Zubro, Mark Richard

• Book ID: 108425853
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 117 KB
• Series: Tom and Scott 8
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780312209377

✦ Synopsis

A series of three bombs destroy a local health clinic, killing many and injuring many others including high school teacher and clinic volunteer Tom Mason. While Tom is hospitalized, his lover, professional baseball player Scott Carpenter, begins to believe that Tom may have been the intended victim of the bombing - the third bomb was wired to Tom's truck and Scott is receiving threatening letters saying that he's next. With a long suspect list and a mounting death toll, Scott must find the killer before the killer finds them.

From Kirkus Reviews

Gay Chicago superstar pitcher Scott Carpenter, who recently revealed to fans that he loved schoolteacher Tom Mason (Rust On The Razor, 1996, etc.), finishes a bout of serious housecleaning and turns on the television just in time to catch a news bulletin announcing the bombing of the Human Services Clinic, where Tom volunteers. Plucked from the rubble, Tom is hospitalized in a coma while his family stands vigil. His visitors include Myrtle Mae, an aging drag queen; Cubs catcher Morty Hamilton; and a hate letter that appears at Tom's bedside, scaring Scott into beefing up his personal security with a high-powered, albeit homophobic, investigative firm. Scott's other assignment is dodging newshound Brandon Kearn, who wants a tragedy exclusive from him to go along with the emerging conspiracy theories. A late-term abortion doctor may have been the bombing target; a nurse practitioner may have set the bomb; or the terrorists in the building across the street may have had a hand in it. The rendering of the catastrophe's aftermath is poignant but packaged with as many improbable villains as All-Star relievers, and a plot as porous as the Cubs infield. -- Copyright 2000 Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Review

"Readers have both campy humour and an action-filled plot to keep them entertained. Highly recommended - this one's a good read In every sense of the word." - Booklist