Mark Abramson: Wedding Season (V)

USA 2011, 251 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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When San Francisco's cattiest TV personality Rosa Rivera sponsors a gay wedding contest, Tim Snow's boyfriend begins pressuring him to get hitched. Life for his friends in the Castro becomes comic and chaotic as the lavish ceremony is promised to be held at the restaurant where Tim works. Meanwhile, his beloved Aunt Ruth has been harboring a homeless woman. Is she protecting her nephew from some family secret? As the city's golden boys walk about shirtless in dapper collar n' cuffs with the annual Gay Pride Parade, the drama and the laughs intensify. Will Rosa's meltdown bring the parade to a standstill? Who is being sent to a ritzy detox center? Only SF Chronicle author Mark Abramson could tell such a captivating story with shares of both delight and intrigue.

Mark Abramson: Cold Serial Murder

Beach Reading Series. (II) USA 2009, 240 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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The second book in Mark Abramson's Beach Reading series: Tim Snow expected to show his visiting Aunt Ruth the wonders of San Francisco, but never expected one of the sights of the city would be the dead body of his ex-lover. A killer is on the loose in the Castro district. Meanwhile, Tim's cadre of quirky friends and neighbors makes life all the more interesting with their drama of weddings and lost (and found) loves. This new gay mystery story continues the story of one of the Castro's most adorable characters - more zany, madcap frolicking (and murder) Abramson seems to have struck gold with this series which gets better with each installment. Can Tim and his aunt uncover who the killer is before it's too late?