The Zozobra Incident (bj Vinson Mystery) [Paperback]

A BJ Vinson Mystery B. J. Vinson is a former Marine and ex-Albuquerque PD detective turned confidential investigator. Against his better judgment, BJ agrees to find the gay gigolo who was responsible for his breakup with prominent Albuquerque lawyer Del Dahlman and recover some racy photographs from the handsome bastard. The assignment should be fast and simple. But it quickly becomes clear the hustler isnt the one making the anonymous demands, and things turn deadly with a high-profile murder at the burning of Zozobra on the first night of the Santa Fe Fiesta. BJs search takes him through virtually every stratum of Albuquerque and Santa Fe society, both straight and gay. Before it is over, BJ is uncertain whether Paul Barton, the young man quickly insinuating himself in BJs life, is friend or foe. But he knows hes stepped into something much more serious than a modest blackmail scheme. With Paul and BJ next on the killers list, BJ must find a way to put a stop to the death threats once and for all.B. J. Vinsons current assignment is simple, until a high-profile murder leads him through every stratum of Albuquerque societygay and straightto catch a killer before he becomes the next victim.