Little Boy Dead: A Boystown Prequel
In this prequel to the Lambda Award-winning Boystown mystery series, former Chicago police officer turned private investigator, Nick Nowak is haunted by a traumatic break-up and his abrupt departure from the department after being gay-bashed. It's fall 1979 and Nick has just received his P.I....
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In this prequel to the Lambda Award-winning Boystown mystery series, former Chicago police officer turned private investigator, Nick Nowak is haunted by a traumatic break-up and his abrupt departure from the department after being gay-bashed. It's fall 1979 and Nick has just received his P.I. license but has no clients. Short on funds, he takes a temporary job as a driver for Film Fest Chicago. In a very short time, Nick deals with stalking fans, a crowd of protesters, and a critic’s stolen wallet that leads to murder.
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Format: ebook
Publish date: 2012-03-01
Publisher: MLR Press
Pages no: 70
Edition language: English
Series: Boystown Mysteries
And it felt somehow disjointed - maybe to be read before the Boystown novels... It had the same trademark aloofness in the protag, but the "crime plot" was rather simple. [spoiler] The whole rape story line with the director and the girl reminded me of Roman Polanski controversy, not sure if tha...
It's over... What am I gonna do?????It's fuckin over :(
3.5 starsPrequel to the Boystown series, Little Boy Dead is set right after Nick’s layoff from the Police Department. I believe that the Author’s purpose was to show a different side of Nick: he’s younger (both in age and in spirit), less “cocky”, insecure about his own future and still emotionally ...
Prequel to the series. Written after the first novels were written. We meet Nick Nowak as he begins his life as a private investigator and takes a side job as driver and security person for a film festival. This short novella establishes Nick's fears, what drives him, how he does things. Nowak is ri...
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