num_pages: 204
description: Life in small-town Montana has become hell for former San Diego homicide detective Christopher Hayes. No one will hire him he has made the seething racism his lover Doug Heavy Runner faces at work worse by adding homophobia to the mix and his most recent jog through town ends when two gay-bashing teenagers hit him in the head with a rock. Deputy Sheriff Doug Heavy Runner has never overcome the abusive relationship that traumatized and shattered him as a young adult. The memories the lingering shame and the fear he has never acknowledged have left him resigned to endure the discrimination he faces in Elkin. But he cant stand it when Christopher becomes a target for that same hatred.When the mutilated body of one of the boys who assaulted Christopher is found in Dougs garage Christopher and Doug return from a vacation in San Diego and uncover a tangle of secrets lies and tragedy lurking beneath Elkins small-town faade. With their relationship at a crossroads theyll have to work together to catch the killer and maybe find a paradise of their own.
language: English
title: The Intersection of Purgatory and Paradise
publisher: Dreamspinner  Press