Ryan, part of the great gay migration into San Francisco in the 1970s, has died in his flat of carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty gas line, his young lover barely surviving. Criminal defense lawyer Henry Rios, fresh out of rehab and picking up the pieces of his life, reluctantly accepts work as an insurance claims investigator and is immediately is assigned to investigate the apparently accidental death of Bill Ryan. Publishers Weekly said of the novel, Rioss humanity and decency shine through this satisfying novel. In Rag and Bone, Rios, recovering from a heart attack, finds a family he never knew about when hes called upon to defend the daughter his sister gave up for adoption when his niece is accused of killing her abusive husband. He finds himself up against a homophobic cop, a hostile DA and a conspiracy that reaches into Hollywoods power elite. In the process of clearing himself, he is drawn into the search for a serial killer who preys on young gay men in West Hollywood. Rios, raw from the death of his lover from AIDS, becomes involved with a young man who is murdered after spending the night with Rios.
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