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Don't mess with the hothead-or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get interesting when they start to overlap. Hired by engineer Ben to find out why he'd been blackballed by a potential employer, Slater tries to uncover a nebulous nondisclosure agreement that Ben says he's never seen. Sleazy lawyer Sybil is no help, and Slater digs into her grift with wannabe film director and card-room boss Dragan. An excursion to Santa Fe uncovers more dirt, and a trip to a tiny island in the Pacific leads to Slater scrambling to save his own neck. As he closes in on the truth, Slater gets entangled with the mesmerizing redhead Graham, clashes with boyfriend Pike over his sex habits, and endures a tragedy that takes out an old friend. What he ultimately unearths leaves him frustrated and Ben enraged-but Slater devises a final scheme that will either outsmart the mastermind or send them all to the hoosegow. Freelance investigator Slater trolls the dark side of Los Angeles, rooting out insurance fraud, not afraid to use whatever means necessary to get things done, and not about to hold back with his fists. A queer antihero for a new age, Slater walks the line between ordinary life and the frayed fringes of society, keeping his balance with the back-channel support he gets from main squeeze Pike, business partner Max, and operatives Andy and Etta.

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"Slater's ""narrative complex,"" otherwise known as a relationship, with Pike continues in this fun case. Folks reportedly abducted by aliens and UFO enthusiasts figure large and their cray-cray theories are surprisingly cogent. -reader Orest on Amazon I am hooked on reading about Slater Ibáñez. I read the last two as fast as they arrived. He scares me and entices me all at the same time! -C. Scribner ""The Bixley books just keep getting better ... This book is a fast page turner that is crisp in style, catchy in tone, and fully engrossing. I highly recommend all the author's work!"" -Amazon reader Bob G. We get to see a little deeper into Slater's world ... watching him grow a bit as a human being. I think the author offsets the very masculine personality with nature-it's pretty cool. -Paige Sauvetterre"

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George Bixley held a string of jobs, from parking attendant to night desk clerk, before finding his groove in Los Angeles, settling into the seedy underbelly of the metropolis and trying to keep ahead of the wave of gentrification. Bixley sells his soul by day and dredges the bottom by night.

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