num_pages: 197
description: Gay mystery novel, number one of the series, featuring Dick Hardesty, is pressed into service when someone starts burning down gay bars all over town and the police chief (nicknamed "the butcher") shrugs the whole thing off. Then drag queens and female impersonators get into the act and Dick is required to sleuth out who is hot and who is not.
language: English
title: The Butcher's Son
titlecomplete: The Butcher's Son (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #1)
genres: Historical, Crime, M M Mystery, M M Romance, Mystery Thriller, LGBT, Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery, Romance
ratings_count: 282
series: A Dick Hardesty Mystery
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Mystery
publisher: GLB Publishers