For gay New Orleans private eye Chanse Macleod, it seems like a simple case; Find out who is blackmailing his pretty-boy client's rich, closeted boyfriend, collect a nice fat check, and take some much-needed time off.

But then the pretty boy turns up head in what appears to be a hate crime, and the entire gay community of New Orleans is up in arms, demanding justice. In the stifling, something heat of a big Easy summer, Chanse is forced to search for an extremely clever killer,following a trail leading to a gay rights organizations, boys for hire, and New Orleans high society, knowing he has to find the killer before the entire city explodes