No Good Men: 1 (The Caro Mysteries)

In 1934 almost everyone struggles to pay the rent and Alex Dawson is no exception. To support his writing habit he moonlights with his mentor Donnie as a bodyguard for the mayor. Its dull work until the night a handsome golden-eyed stranger catches his eye-and both his boss and his mentor are killed when his back is turned.Jobless and emotionally adrift Alex vows to find the murderer before the corrupt police can pin the blame on him. But he soon discovers hes in over his head. The golden-eyed stranger turns out to be a mob bosss cousin and a suspicious stack of money in Donnies dresser leads Alex to discover that his mentor and the mayor were involved in something more crooked than fundraising dinners and campaign speeches. As the death count rises amid corruption mob politics and anarchist plots Alex realizes that the murders arent political or even business. This is the work of a spree killer and Alex and his new boyfriend are the only ones who can stop them.