Boy Toy A Mark Manning Mystery

Mark Manning is the owner and publisher of the Dumont Daily Register, the local newspaper of his small Wisconsin town. Living with his lover, architect Neil Waite, and his nephew and ward, Thad Quatrain, Mark finds that life in Dumont is usually quiet. The biggest news this summer is Thad's involvement in a community theater group, alternating in a production's lead role with another boy, egotistical athlete Jason Thrush. The two have a verbal clash at dress rehearsal that is soon forgotten-until Jason turns up dead on opening night. Jason's death is proved to be murder, and public opinion turns against Thad, who's become the main suspect. Certain that Thad is innocent, resolves to clear Thad's name-but that means finding out what really happened that night, and possibly putting himself and his loved ones in mortal danger.

Michael Craft is the author of several novels, three of which were honored as national finalists for Lambda Literary Awards. Craft and his partner reside in Wisconsin, which is the setting for the Mark Manning novels. They have a second home in the Palm Springs area of California, which provides the backdrop for Craft's series featuring theater director Claire Gray.