Title: There Came Two Angels
Description: Loy Lombard is hired to clear the name of former Republican Senator Jasper Slade, who has been charged with the murder of a young gay hustler. When Slade himself is murdered, his body found in the mansion of a prominent tobacco family, the evidence points to two key players in Carolina Pride, a gay rights organization. As her investigation uncovers secrets about Slade that her employer doesn't want to know, even if they point to his innocence, Loy begins to suspect she is being used as a pawn to help destroy Carolina Pride. But by whom? And how far are they willing to go to protect the powerful tobacco families that are linked to both sides of this dirty war?Julia Lieber is an attorney in Knoxville, Tenn. She is president of the Knoxville Writers Guild and a former vice president of the Knoxville Arts and Culture Alliance.
Subjects: Crimes against, Ex-police officers, Fiction, Gay men, Lesbians, Male prostitutes, Women private investigators
Places: Asheville, Asheville (N.C.), North Carolina