The Dark Shill: 3 (Slater Ibanez Books)

Dont mess with the hothead--or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch and the ones he sleeps with. Things get interesting when they start to overlap. A freelance investigator Slater trolls the dark side of Los Angeles rooting out insurance fraud not afraid to use whatever means necessary to get things done and not about to hold back with his fists. A queer antihero for a new age Slater walks the line between ordinary life and the frayed fringes of society keeping his balance with the jobs that his employer Della throws his way and the back-channel support he gets from his idiot cop ex-boyfriend Conrad.In this third book in the series a routine insurance gig sends Slater after Derek an accountant who claims to be too debilitated even to meet with him. But why is he never at his crummy little apartment? Rahim the achingly hot sales manager at Dereks office doesnt reveal much except when he and Slater wind up in the sack--an attraction that might be diverting Slater from uncovering the truth. Gwen the high-style HR director is definitely concealing her relationship with Derek just like Dave the head of the company caught skulking around dive bars and the back streets of Skid Row. Intensity builds as Slater goes undercover to root out malpractice by a sleazy plastic surgeon following leads in the case high and low pausing only to punch out tweakers grifters and bullies along the way.