Joseph R. G. DeMarco

What other characters from English literature have captivated hearts and minds as thoroughly as Sherlock Holmes and his loyal companion John Watson? Many fans imagine the relationship between these men is deep and more than platonic. Edited by noted mystery author Joseph R. G. DeMarco, A Study in Lavender queers the Holmes universe; the authors have devised stories in which Holmes and Watson are lovers, or investigate mysteries of inverts hidden from the laws and cultures of the Victorian era; even the indomitable Lestrade has his turn at love; and famous actors who helped put Holmes on the silver screen face trysts they never dared to film.

Queering Sherlock Holmes

A Study in Lavender

N. S. Beranek

The struggle over blood has shaken the foundations of the vampire world order. Vampire nations may tumble if a dangerous plot is not stopped. Only Dru Lorand, Vampire Inquisitor for the Protectorate, is left to take on the challenge. Combining deduction, tension, and suspense, this sequel contains much more in the dark realm of the undead and the world of Dru Lorand. Someone has unleashed a diabolical plan to bring down the vampire world order and plunge both humans and vampires into millennia of madness and chaos. Dru stands alone against this invisible force and faces the most shattering challenge in centuries. The evil mind behind the plan began by turning children--thus violating one of the most critical of vampire taboos. This violation invites human retribution stoked by an army of Slayers ready to slaughter the undead. To stop the vile plan, Dru is led to seek out ancient evils once thought to be myths. He is aware that others are watching, planning his destruction, forcing the world to descend into blood and anarchy. Dru's epic journey, began with A Warning in Blood and continues as he engages in The Battle for Blood, the second volume of the Vampire Inquisitor trilogy. Relying only on his closest allies, Dru reaches out to prevent the coming chaos. But is he too late? Has the worst already happened? Is the era of civilized and sophisticated vampires finished? From the hidden vampire city in Philadelphia to an isolated mountain refuge containing vampire monasteries, from luxurious homes to filthy vampire blood pits, Dru continues his quest to restore the balance and return vampire civilization to its rightful course.

Angels Fall

When two popular gay bartenders are found dead in a tony Philadelphia neighborhood the police are ready to close the case as a murder-suicide. But private investigator Marco Fontana has a hunch that there is more to the crime than a domestic dispute gone horribly wrong. But he'll need all his wits and resources because the chief of detectives hates his guts and the evidence backs up the police's claims. And as his personal life becomes more complicated--old flame or hot new barista boyfriend?--Fontana finds the case leads him down seedier avenues in the City of Brotherly Love.

A Marco Fontana Mystery

Death on Delancey

When author Helmut Brandt is killed in an apparent mugging, P.I. Marco Fontana is hired by Brandt's partner, who suspects this was premeditated murder. Brandt's work on the death of Pope John Paul I angered people in and out of the Church and made him more than a few enemies. His death happens soon after Brandt claims to have incontrovertible new evidence implicating people never before suspected. Fontana doesn't believe in coincidences and takes the case. A former Catholic himself, he knows that uncovering Brandt's killer means more than exposing a thirty-year old plot to kill the Pope: it could also ruin the people named in the documents Brandt is supposed to have. Of course, if Brandt's enemies have killed once over this information, they won't hesitate to murder a P.I. who gets too close to the truth. Entering the arcane world of the Catholic Church, Fontana encounters forces determined to keep him from getting to the truth. Though he manages to gain access to the upper levels of the Archdiocesan hierarchy, Fontana realizes that the web of power and deceit is every bit as intricate, tangled, and deadly as he imagined. As the owner of StripGuyz, a troupe of male strippers, Fontana is no stranger to the seamier parts of the Philadelphia gayborhood. But in this case, he finds that there is an even murkier side to life in the city of Brotherly Love.

Joseph R. G. DeMarco

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