Paws for Consideration

Like Tales of the City but with more dogs, Amy Butcher's murder mystery Paws for Consideration takes you on an intimate tour of gay San Francisco. Follow the exploits of citizen-detective Daisy: frumpy, wheelchair-bound, self-appointed mayor of her San Francisco neighborhood—Daisy likes dogs a little bit more than people. But when she discovers Skittles, a terrified Boston Terrier, still leashed to his very dead owner's arm, she has no choice but to roll into action. Careening through the Castro and the Mission, past upscale restaurants and low-down dungeons, Daisy and Skittles brave gentrification, gay-bashing, and homelessness to paw and sniff their way deep into that most dangerous of all relationships: neighbor.

Richly illustrated by the author and including a built-in flipbook for added entertainment, this debut novel from San Francisco-based erotic writer Amy Butcher (Best Lesbian Erotica 2012) is a sensory immersion. It offers the reader a sneak peek under the drag skirts of San Francisco, letting them see the familiar city in surprising new ways. Be you a lover of dogs, gays, BDSM, or simply San Francisco (as if the city isn't all of these–and more–all rolled into one!) you'll find something to satisfy your guilty pleasure reading needs!

Additional materials: chapter illustrations, reading group questions, and interview with author.