Second You Sin
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4.0 • 5 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The NYC hustler scene goes from rough trade to downright deadly as one call boy chases down a serial killer in this award-winning mystery series.
Someone is killing New York City’s hottest male prostitutes, and it's up to full-time call boy, part-time sleuth Kevin Connor to find out who. With his spectacular boy-next-door looks, quick wit, and ability to role-play even the most outrageous scenarios, Kevin is facing his most challenging position yet—one that puts him up against a ruthless killer.
As Kevin begins his investigation, there's no shortage of possible suspects or motives. Could the killer be a sadistic head case with a deadly fetish? A high-profile celebrity worried that his biggest secret might get out? Or perhaps it's a right-wing politician, guilty of protesting too much from his pious and unforgiving soapbox. As Kevin gets closer to the truth, he'll find himself trapped in a scandalous web of secrets where the line between victim and predator blurs, and no sin goes unpunished . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Sherman's less than satisfying sequel to 2008's First You Fall, which won the 2009 Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Mystery, New York City male hustler Kevin Connor must figure out who's "murdering the most beautiful male prostitutes in New York." As Connor struggles to put together the pieces, the whodunit aspect of the plot increasingly takes a backseat to Connor's love life and offbeat encounters with his clients. Dozens of pages go by without any reference to the chain of suspicious deaths at all, let alone any sleuthing. The amusing, extended interaction between Connor's mother and a bigoted talk-show host is completely incidental to the main story line involving a right-wing politician. The author's gift for comedy compensates only in part for the predictable resolutions of the mystery and the lead's personal problems.
