The people of Queenstown, Ohio, don\'t take kindly to strangers.
They also soon find themselves neck-deep in serious trouble.. find themselves strangers in a strange land.
Queenstown might only be an hour\'s drive from Cleveland, but Milan, Tobe, and K.
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Inside its walls, a powerful convict known as The Prophet just might have the information Tobe and Milan need to solve the case--if they can get him to talk.
Did homophobia factor in the murders? Looming over the case is nearby Conneaut prison--privately run, overcrowded, and rumored to employ some questionable methods (as well as many local residents).
O\'Bannion, to glean information from the town\'s teens, who tell tales of their parents\' fervent devotion to their local pastor, an outspoken bigot.
Milan enlists his young assistant, Kevin K.
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The motel manager doesn\'t like their looks, the coroner conveniently forgets key details, and patrons at the local watering hole flaunt their disrespect for Tobe\'s out-of-town badge and her skin color.
Word travels fast in the small town, and the mixed-race couple receives a cold welcome.
Private investigator Milan Jacovich (MY-lan YOCK-ovitch) tags along when his main squeeze, Cleveland homicide detective Tobe Blaine, is dispatched to rural Ashtabula County to handle the case.
Local law enforcement needs help with the town\'s first-ever murder investigation.
But they have no choice in the matter after a man\'s body is found in a local park, pants unzipped and stabbed through the heart--and a second man\'s body turns up days later, his head bashed in.
The people of Queenstown, Ohio, don\'t take kindly to strangers
