Colin Dunne: Colin Dunne is the author of Murder in Pastel (iUniverse 2000)
Bookseller and aspiring mystery writer Adrien English fears life is imitating art when his best friend and employee is found stabbed to death. The only clue is a chess pawn clutched in the dead man's hand. Is hunky but cynical LAPD homicide detective Riordan offering his suspect a chance to clear himself — or more rope for hanging? Only sympathetic BOYTIMES reporter Bruce Green seems to believe Adrien's claim of innocence. Is a serial killer stalking LA's gay community? Has Adrien been reading too much Raymond Chandler, or is he next on the killer's list?
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