When the gay lover of a good friend turns up handless and toothless, 12-step counselor Blaize McCue teams with her boyfriend, Detective Zoloski, to investigate the murder, and soon finds herself immersed in FBI, Treasury, and DEA agents who are not sharing secrets with each other or her as she follows a trail through a world of cross-dressing men, Middle-Eastern macho, illegal drugs, and money laundering in a race to save her friend.
2000 Eppie winner for Best Mystery. Finalist for Best Mystery, Romantic Times Magazine