Do You like book The Burning Plain (2013)?
As posted in [http://www.amazon.com]:This is my third or fourth Henry Rios book. So far, I enjoy reading them. Henry Rios is a gay Hispanic lawyer who is a recovering alcoholic. Not too long after burying his lover, Josh, from AIDS, Henry finds himself as a suspect of a murder. The victim was a hustler that Henry spent the night and had a brief spat before they went their own ways. A few hours later, the hustler is found dead. Henry is cleared as a suspect after 2 more gay men are found murdered. Of course, Henry cannot ignore a pattern he detects among the murders. His investigation leads him to some interesting characters. A possibly corrupt homicide detective and a band of vigilantes. An overzealous magazine reporter. A movie studio head honcho and his assistant. Closeted men. A runaway brother of a murdered victim. A lesbian assistant of the hate crime task force. Henry is so confident that certain people are responsible for these murders. However, he is reminded by the police and colleagues that there is not enough evidence to arrest them. Those who are behind these murders seem to be one step ahead of Henry. It can be a frustrating book for some readers as it seems that Henry will never get justice. Fortunately, miracles do happen. When compelling evidence starts to appear, the case becomes so large that it's equivalent to the O.J. Simpson's case.
—LARRY
I have book #6 in paperback (I bought it way before I had Kindle). But now I don't do paperback anymore, I ended up buying book #6 (yes, again) and book #7 from Kobo (during one of those blips of 90% discount code, LOL). I really should. I'll dig it up from my virtual TBR.
—Lena♥Ribka
Michael Nava's sixth Henry Rios mystery marks a change to a more philosophical style and even more involved plot. The likeable gay Chicano lawyer Henry Rios, still recovering from the recent loss of his lover Josh to AIDS, first becomes involved in what turns out to be a series of ever increasingly complex mysteries when he is asked to defend a young hustler. Infatuated with the young man Henry later unwisely spends the night with him, the next day the hustler is found brutally murdered. Henry is inevitably arrested for the crime, but it turns out to be the first of a series of murders, and attention is diverted to another suspect. The suspect works for Hollywood's biggest film studio, and the studio's boss engages Henry's services to defend the suspect.But Henry finds himself investigating in a something far more intricate, and soon realises that there a few that he can trust. With possible corruption and duplicity from within the police and the film industry, and maybe even among his friends, Henry finds himself walking a very narrow line, and with his life in danger.The Burning Plain is surely Nava's best novel to date more detailed and descriptive, and a most involving read. Highly recommended.t
—Benjamin