Little Boy Afraid

by Marshall Thornton

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It's winter 1980, private investigator Nick Nowak gets one of his first jobs working for an openly-gay senate candidate. Allen Grimley has been receiving death threats, a lot of them, and it's Nick's job to keep him alive until the election. As he protects Grimley from increasing dangers, his friendship with bartender, Ross deepens.

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Prequel to the Lambda Award-Winning Boystown mysteries

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adult
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short · 100 pages
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