Bradford Fairfax, special agent, has a romantic New Year’s Eve in store for his boyfriend Zach: a stay at a luxury resort in Key West. But their plans are turned upside down when the pair run into an improbable “heiress” to one of the world’s great fortunes — someone who is desperate to convince anyone that his father wants him dead. But how much of a grasp on reality can a drug-abusing mega-wealthy man who thinks he’s Maria Callas really have? And who or what is this mysterious “Baby” that he pines for? Does the transvestite ghost, Rosie, hold the answers to these and other troubling questions? Join Brad and his sidekick Zach for this second instalment in the Bradford Fairfax mystery series, a madcap and raunchy romp through the original gay Shangri-La.

Jeffrey Round is the Lambda-Award winning author of the Dan Sharp mystery series. Twice nominated for a ReLit Award for both poetry and fiction, he also penned the comic Bradford Fairfax mystery series and the stand-alone mystery Endgame, dubbed a “punk rock reboot” of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. His first two books, A Cage of Bones and The P-town Murders, were listed on AfterElton’s Top 100 Greatest Gay Books. You can find him on Facebook and at http://jeffreyround.com.

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“Camp, colourful characters and an artistic sensibility doll up this drag queen of a mystery. Death in Key West belts out a tale of broken hearts, heinous crime, quick quips, sensible heroes and unpredictable villains. … Plentiful operatic references and a literary sensibility shine up this tale. You can tell that Round had fun writing Death in Key West. Readers will have fun too.”

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“Jeffrey Round is fast becoming one of my favorites. Witty, sly, and clever, there's a surprise in every chapter!”

Greg Herren, author of <i>Murder in the Rue Chartres</i>

“From outrageous drag queens to sweet hustlers, not one of Round’s characters could be considered normal by any stretch of the imagination. This book makes me want to book a flight to Key West.”

P. A. Brown, author of the L.A. Heat mystery series

“… Round knows how to set the scene and throw around the bitchy one-liners. And he makes us take Brad and Zach’s relationship seriously, which is really refreshing in a queer thriller.”

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