The Chimney Sweeper: A Murder Novel
by By Cooke, John Peyton
Category: Fiction , Mystery & Detective , General

Jesse James Colson drifted into Isthmus City in a pair of too-tight blue jeans and stolen 14-eye Doc Martens, flashing a twisted grin and carrying a loaded .38 in his waistband. Before this night was over, someone was going to die from a bullet in Jesse's gun - one more death in a long, strange death trip. But Jesse would be married to this killing forever.Jesse stuffed the body of his victim into the chimney of an abandoned house before he fled Isthmus City that night. Then the city pulled him back - battered, bloodied, and stumbling wildly into the arms of an older man with bizarre tastes. In Isthmus City's gay community, Jesse found a home. Then he found a career and another side of himself. He became a cop.Burying years of rage, pain, and confusion into a custom-tailored, tight-fitting blue cotton uniform, he learned what it took to react under pressure, to match criminals with their crimes, even to pull the trigger on his 9mm Glock. He almost learned to forget about his violent past. Until he was called to a half-demolished crack house to investigate a grisly discovery: a skeleton in a chimney...