Kabalyfach

The setting is in San Francisco just before the end of the 20th Century and centers on Delawrence Walters, who has created a near foolproof scam where he haunts the various upscale lounges in the financial district in search of men who live double lives.

The perfect crime? Well, almost. This is a case of being too slick for one's own good because Delawrence finally makes one little mistake: his latest "victim", Salvatore "Sally" Santini, just happens to be a member of a well-organized Chicago family, organized much like Tony Soprano was organized in New Jersey, and doesn't take kindly to what Delawrence has done. And thus is the tale where Delawrence finds himself being pursued by Yvon Duval, an uncaring hitman, along with Vinnie "The Meat Cleaver" del Pizzo, the head of a San Francisco "family", and Ben Jesse, a local entrepreneur who trades in skin and drugs, who Sally has hired.

As Joe Louis once said, "you can run but you can't hide." Delawrence does indeed run and tries to hide. The question is will Vinnie's men find him; or Yvon Duval, the hitman; or Ben Jesse, the drug and skin king? Delawence turns to his lover Dr. Dale Perkins and his good buddy Corky Stevenson because he has kabalyfached—or, to be more specific, really screwed up. And the burning question is does Dee get away?

Read on and find out.