Snowman:
In the fourth release in San Francisco Chronicle's best-selling author Mark Abramson's Beach Reading series of gay mysteries, all is well in the City by the Bay. Tim Snow, recently recovered from a debilitating accident, finds himself aimless and troubled over waning feelings from his boyfriend. And just when he wants to escape all the troubles in his life, new complications arise... three M's worth of trouble: mayhem (a visit from his bigoted and big-haired cousin from Texas ), men (a handsome fashion model who's sending mixed signals), and menace (body parts found in the dumpster of Art's, the restaurant where Tim works as a waiter). As if the investigations of the police aren't disruptive enough, secrets are soon revealed that affect not only Tim's family by blood but also the treasured souls of the Castro he's made an essential part of his life.
Excerpt from Snowman:
“Hi, I’m Marsha, Ruth’s neighbor,” she said to Dianne. “I guess you could say I’m the ‘T’ in ‘LGBT’ at the ‘LGBT Center’ down on Market Street.”
“I love your nails. What do you call that color? And pardon my asking, but are they real?”
“They are now. It’s Apricot Frost. My hair is real, too. I wore fake nails and wigs for a long time before mine grew out, but now I have my own nails and my hair is long enough to style it just like I want it.”
“I’m so sorry, did you have cancer?”
“Cancer! No, what I had was a lot worse than cancer, as far as I was concerned. I had a penis!”
Ruth returned to the front end of the bar in time to say, “Marsha, I see you’ve met my daughter.”
“Your daughter. You’re kidding. I didn’t know you had a daughter, Ruth. With all that big hair and make-up, I thought for sure she was a drag queen!”