A Slip to Die For

Stud Draqual Mystery #1

by William Maltese

Murders in Fashion -- Someone not only killed the author, who'd been an "underground" movie star, who'd been a model, who'd been a hustler, who'd been a cross-dresser ... but killed the borderline drunk, who'd been a TV-network executive and anchor-man for the national news. Someone dressed each corpse in Draqualian silk ... a very special silk, by very special silk worms, who ate very special mulberry leaves, to make very special cocoons pre-dyed, in Technicolor digestive tracts, to very special perfection. Stud Draqual knew the silk ... knew the dead men ... and would eventually penetrate the mystery to his own eminent peril, to know the killer.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Pseudonym of William J. Lambert III.

I've been in the business of writing books for a very long time, and I derive particular enjoyment from visiting different places and then trying to relay the "essence" of those places to my readers. Likewise, I'm very adventuresome regarding trying new things, whether it be exotic and strange foods and/or other more personal "things".

Reviews

[Adam Dunn · Rating 1 out of 5]

I want to add a new category to Goodreads just for this book called "Regrettable purchases."
The book is the first in a gay murder mystery series but it's a series of two so take that with a grain of salt. The book is marketed to a gay audience by a gay author who is the former editor of Gay Times but the lead character is not gay. The book is presented as campy but the writing style is all dialogue delivered by straight men, I don't know where the camp is in that. The book jumps right into the action with two already dead and never stops to introduce any character. It does move along quickly but jumps all over the place. When I got to 40% and had no idea who anyone was still, other than the lead character who has said about twenty times that he is straight, I decided to cut my losses.