The Peroxide Pomp: 6 (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 back-channel support he gets from his idiot cop ex-boyfriend Conrad and regular squeeze Andy.Interrupted late one night by Marisol a desperate woman seeking help from his business partner Slater agrees to go after her husband Abner a nebbishy accountant whos making their divorce negotiations a nightmare. But why is Marisol traveling with a bodyguard and why is she more interested in uncovering Abners secret assets than just warning him off? With Andys help Slater infiltrates Abners office and befriends staffer Nolan on a quest to figure out where all the money is coming from. Unable to keep his libido in check Slater winds up in bed with one of the principals and struggles to keep the entanglement from clouding his judgment. After using his illicit Russian tech to surveille Abner and a degenerate religious nut some covert deception with his elderly neighbor and an excursion to a seedy bar in Albuquerque Slater begins to unravel Marisols end game. Debilitated by his addictions dragging him closer to rock bottom and wading through a sea of compulsive hookups with an array of guys Slater is ultimately confronted with a moral dilemma that puts other peoples lives in the balance.