Blackmail, My Love

Download or read book Blackmail, My Love written by Katie Gilmartin and published by Cleis Press. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1951. Josie O'Conner travels to San Francisco to locate her gay brother, a private detective investigating a blackmail ring targeting lesbians and gay men. Jimmy's friends claim that just before he disappeared he became a rat, informing the cops on the bar community's nascent resistance in raids and brutality. Josie adopts Jimmy's trousers as well as his investigation, battling to clear his name and exact justice for the mounting number of Queer corpses. Set in legendary locations, Blackmail, My Love is a neo-noir novel distilling history and fiction into one package.