Title: The Case of the Missing Drag Queen (Luke Tanner Mysteries Book 1)
Author: Michael Rupured
Publisher: DSP Publications
Release Date: June 19, 2018
Genre(s): Mystery / Suspense
Page Count: 210
Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5
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It's October 1982, and Luke Tanner bartends at the Gilded Lily, where the nightly drag show is the big draw, starring Ruby Dubonnet ("Nobody—including Jennifer Holliday—did “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” better than Ruby Dubonnet.") But when Ruby goes missing, Pixie Wilder ("Her look was classic Nashville: big hair, flashy jewelry, a vibrant turquoise dress embellished with ten or fifteen pounds of rhinestones, and high-heeled, rhinestone-studded boots. For a girl, she was short. For a guy, she was tiny.") and Luke team up to finding the missing diva.
Rupured does a good job of dealing with his huge cast of characters (many of whom are suspects at one point or other throughout the story) but as a result, few are fully developed and fleshed out. Please note, there is no sexual relationship or sex scenes in this mystery.
