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Political Poison: A Paul Turner Mystery (Paul Turner Mysteries) by Zubro, Mark Richard is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Paul Turner is not your typical middle-aged cop. A widower, he lives with his two teenaged sons, and he is gay. He is also trusted by the brass to handle sensitive cases, so when a Chicago alderman is found murdered, Turner is assigned to the case. The dead alderman was not only a professor at the University of Chicago, but also a leading liberal gadfly with the media's ear. As Turner investigates, he discovers that jealous professors and old-guard politicians have guilty secrets to protect, not the least of which are the real reasons why some people in Chicago hated the alderman--information that they will stop at nothing to keep secret. In Political Poison , Mark Richard Zubro has penned another thrilling mystery for Paul Turner. From Publishers Weekly A surfeit of good intentions sinks this latest offering from a brave, if occasionally rash crime novelist. Zubro's mysteries all feature gay characters, and he develops them boldly. In addition, he's bullish on fingering injustice (doubtless his earlier The Only Good Priest made him few friends among the Catholic clergy). Unfortunately, his laudable rhetoric and his intentions exact a heavy penalty on plot here. Paul Turner is a

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Author
Zubro, Mark Richard
Publisher
St. Martin's Press; St. Martin's Griffin
Published
1994
Language
EN
ISBN
9780312093648
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

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