Boy Toy: A Mark Manning Mystery: Mark Manning Mysteries (St. Martin's Paperback)
Autor Michael Craften Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2002
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Lambda Literary Awards (2001)
Mark Manning gave up a career as a prominent journalist at a major daily newspaper in Chicago to take over as the owner and publisher of the Dumont Daily Register, the daily newspaper in a small Wisconsin town. Living there with his lover, architect Neil Waite, and his nephew and ward Thad Quatrain, Mark's life in Dumont is usually quiet.
At the moment, the biggest news is the forthcoming production of a new play by the local community theater group. Two local teenage boys are alternating in the lead role - one is Jason Thrush, a gregarious and somewhat egotistical athlete, and the other is Thad Quatrain. When Jason and Thad have a verbal clash during rehearsal, it is quickly forgotten by almost everyone involved. But when Jason turns up dead on opening night - leaving Thad to take over the lead role - the local gossip turns against Thad. Jason's death is soon proved to be murder and, even though he has not been charged, opinion about town has all but convicted Thad of the crime.
Sure that Thad is innocent, Mark, with the help of his lover and friends, is determined to publicly clear Thad's name. But that means finding out exactly what happened to Jason Thrush on that fatal day and Manning's investigation may place him and his loved ones in mortal danger.
At the moment, the biggest news is the forthcoming production of a new play by the local community theater group. Two local teenage boys are alternating in the lead role - one is Jason Thrush, a gregarious and somewhat egotistical athlete, and the other is Thad Quatrain. When Jason and Thad have a verbal clash during rehearsal, it is quickly forgotten by almost everyone involved. But when Jason turns up dead on opening night - leaving Thad to take over the lead role - the local gossip turns against Thad. Jason's death is soon proved to be murder and, even though he has not been charged, opinion about town has all but convicted Thad of the crime.
Sure that Thad is innocent, Mark, with the help of his lover and friends, is determined to publicly clear Thad's name. But that means finding out exactly what happened to Jason Thrush on that fatal day and Manning's investigation may place him and his loved ones in mortal danger.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780312287092
ISBN-10: 0312287097
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 142 x 215 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Ediția:First.
Editura: Stonewall Inn Editions
Seria Mark Manning Mysteries (St. Martin's Paperback)
ISBN-10: 0312287097
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 142 x 215 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Ediția:First.
Editura: Stonewall Inn Editions
Seria Mark Manning Mysteries (St. Martin's Paperback)
Notă biografică
Michael Craft is the author of nineteen novels, four of which were honored as finalists for Lambda Literary Awards. His 2019 mystery, ChoirMaster, was a Gold Winner of the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award, and the first installment of his Dante & Jazz series, Desert Getaway, was a 2023 MWA Edgars nominee for the Lilian Jackson Braun Award. In addition, he is the author of two produced plays, and his prizewinning short fiction has appeared in British as well as American literary journals. Craft grew up in Illinois and spent his middle years in Wisconsin, the setting for many of his books. He now lives in Rancho Mirage, California, near Palm Springs, which provided the setting for his Dante & Jazz mystery series. In 2017, Michael Craft's professional papers were acquired by the Special Collections Department of the Rivera Library at the University of California, Riverside. Visit his website at www.michaelcraft.com.
Premii
- Lambda Literary Awards Nominee, 2001