Boystown : Three Nick Nowak Mysteries (Boystown Mysteries)

"Like most guys, I'm a sucker for easy sex and a fast buck. Unlike most guys, I should know better." 

Finalist for the Lambda Award in Gay Mystery, Boystown: Three Nick Nowak Mysteries takes place in Chicago during the early 1980s. Haunted by his abrupt departure from the Chicago Police Department and the end of his relationship with librarian Daniel Laverty, Nick Nowak is a beat cop-turned-dogged private investigator. In this first book of the best-selling series, Nick works through three cases: a seemingly simple missing persons search, an arson investigation, and a suicide that turns out to be anything but. While working the cases, Nick moves through a series of casual relationships until he meets homicide detective Bert Harker and begins a tentative relationship. 

The Boystown Mysteries are 18+ for gay sexual content, language and violence.