num_pages: 190
description: Chris Nelson is an up-and-coming police detective new to the force but his reputation precedes him. Everyone on the force knows he's openly gay and is married to his somewhat flamboyant husband Ethan. At times Chris is a bit defensive about his sexual orientation and he's all the more annoyed when his boss assigns him a murder case where the primary suspect is gay. Initially Chris fears he may become overly invested. The murder victim is a swim coach at an all-boys military academy. He's found dead in the school's swimming pool beaten by a baseball bat. One of the cadets Alex Beauchamp has confessed to the crime but the facts do not add it. Chris doesn't find it plausible that the 140 lb seventeen year old could have beaten his coach and dragged him to the pool. As he digs deeper Chris begins to unravel a complex web of abuse and deceit but he can't get to the bottom of it without Alex's cooperation. The boy's been badly scarred though and he doesn't trust authority so Chris has to find another way to uncover the secrets this victim is hiding.
language: English
title: Secrets
publisher: Dreamspinner  Press