A new mystery by six time Lambda Literary award-winning author, Michael Nava. It's classic noir with a queer twist. Set in San Francisco in 1984, Henry Rios is hired by an insurance company to investigate the apparently accidental death by carbon monoxide poisoning of Bill Ryan in his Castro Street apartment, but Rios becomes convinced Ryan's death was no accident, and that his young lover is implicated.David Ebershoff, author of The Danish Girl, calls Carved In Bone a "...

Le titre fait référence à un passage du Septième cercle de L’Enfer de Dante, où les violents — en l’occurrence les sodomites — sont condamnés à errer indéfiniment sur une plaine incandescente, arrosée par une pluie de flammes.Henry Rios accepte de défendre, une fois de plus, un garçon accusé de crime et contre qui jouent toutes les apparences. Or ce nouveau client ressemble de manière troublante à Josh, l’amant de Rios qui vient de mourir du sida. Un soir de déprime, Rios le ramèn...

In the years before the Mexican Revolution, Mexico is ruled by a tiny elite that apes European culture, grows rich from foreign investment, and prizes racial purity. The vast majority of Mexicans, who are native or of mixed native and Spanish blood, are politically powerless and slowly starving to death. Presiding over this corrupt system is Don Porfirio Díaz, the ruthless and inscrutable president of the Republic.Against this backdrop, The City of Palaces opens in a Mexico City ja...

Le titre est emprunté à un poème de Yeats, La désertion des animaux du cirque. C’est dire que le polar est un moyen pour Nava de promouvoir ses idées, mais que la littérature reste son premier centre d’intérêt. En témoigne son écriture lyrique, empreinte d’émotion, voire sentimentale. Ici, Henry Rios, qui se remet d’un infarctus, va devoir défendre Vicky, la fille de sa propre sœur, dont il ignorait l’existence. La jeune femme était maltraitée par un mari brutal, lequel a fait de ...

Dans la Californie des années 1980, Henry Rios, premier enquêteur latino et gay, décidede s’attaquer au vernis des convenances.Avocat à la prison de San Francisco, Henry Rios perd foi en son métier. Jusqu’au jour où il rencontre le beau et émouvant Hugh Paris, qui prétend être emprisonné à tort et victime d’une machination homophobe. Entre l’avocat et son client s’ébauche une histoire d’amour, tragiquement interrompue par la mort brutale de Hugh. Persuadé qu’il a été assassin...

Eleven award-winning queer authors come together to spin tales of murder, horror, and suspense all during a Valentine's Day you won't soon forget!From the Introduction by Michael Nava, celebrated author of the Henry Rios mysteries:The stories in Cupid Shot Me fall somewhere between the classic Richard Rodgers tune "My Funny Valentine" and the gangland Saint Valentine's Day Massacre. You'll find bushels of red roses but some may be lethal, and watch what...

Why should Americans who are not gay care about gay rights? In Created Equal, Michael Nava and Robert Dawidoff argue that the movement for gay equality is central to the continuing defense of individual liberty in America. Beginning with an examination of the determined assault on gay issues by the religious right, the authors show how this sectarian movement to legislate private religious morality into law undermines the purpose of American constitutional government: the protecti...

**CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF DAVE BRANDSTETTERWith a new Introduction by Michael Nava.Published fifty years ago, a time when being gay was illegal in 49 out of 50 states, Joseph Hansen’s first Dave Brandstetter novel shattered stereotypes and redefined the Private Eye novel as we know it.**Five decades after its original landmark publication, Joseph Hansen’s Fadeout is as fresh and important as ever. Preceded only by a handful of gay protagonists in crime fict...

Larry Duplechan is the author of four novels, including Captain Swing and Tangled Up in Blue. He lives in his hometown of Los Angeles. Michael Nava is best-known for his gay mystery novels featuring Henry Rios, five of which have won Lambda Literary Awards, including Goldenboy and Howtown). He lives in San Francisco.

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