It's always more complicated when friends ask for favors.
Everyone is happy with their hand out, but when one of Toronto's entrepreneurs and larger than life gay personas is murdered, he's suddenly persona non grata. After all, he didn't earn money the pretty way. Dan Sharpe, PI is called in by a business associate to solve the case that has numerous tangles.
There's questionable dealings, hangers-on, and people who just hate Yuri for who he was and what he represented. All of this accounts for a colorful ensemble of characters brought together as Dan hunts down Yuri's killer. And some people are not happy.
We get another chapter in Dan's life as the mystery is being solved. Ups and downs, but he's moving forward. But, there is this weight, metaphorical chains the Dan drags around with him. As if all that he's learned and seen over the years, he carries like a penance: an underlying brooding, an atmosphere of cynicism that crushes down, his own albatross. In many ways it bleeds in from his work: an unrelenting sadness, filled with the lost and struggling looking to survive. Alone even in a crowd.
The actual mystery and misdirection employed is quite good. Entertaining and causing more questions than answers until the end, which is a great big swoop and reveal. So, big thumbs up there.
Overall, a pensive read with a dose of fatalism.
Favorite quote:
First impressions were better edited with time.
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