The God Game
A Dan Sharp Mystery
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Publisher Description
2019 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery — Finalist
Private investigator Dan Sharp finds himself caught up in a political murder.
When the husband of a Queen’s Park aide runs off to escape his gambling debts, private investigator Dan Sharp is hired to track him down. As the city’s political landscape verges on the bizarre — with a crack-using mayor and a major scandal looming — Dan finds himself pitted against a mysterious figure known for making or breaking the reputations of upcoming politicians. It’s not until a body turns up on his doorstep that Dan realizes he’s being punished for sticking his nose into dirty politics. It’s left to him to catch the killer and prove his own innocence.
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A highly placed aide at the Ontario legislature hires private detective Dan Sharp to find his gambling-addicted husband in the harrowing fifth installment of this series from Round. While investigating that case, Dan discovers connections to a major scandal brewing that could do irreparable harm to the government, John Wilkens, an elected member of the provincial government and a man who knew too much about the scandal, is found hanging from a bridge after being disgraced and fired for allegedly misusing public funds. Dan digs through layers of political dirty dealing, seeking out "the Magus," an unknown person who can secretively make or break political lives. When Dan confronts an ambitious online news reporter who bugged his phone, he realizes they're both on the same trail and when the reporter ends up dead and Dan becomes a suspect, it's apparent that the corruption goes much further than he first thought. Aside from all that, he's trying to plan a trip to the West Coast for his son's graduation and his own wedding to Nick, a Toronto cop. Round's fiction admirably turns Canadian politics into thriller material, and readers who enjoy political intrigue will want to give this a look.
