Mark Richard Zubro

One of the keys in my mysteries is you do not want to be a person who is racist, sexist, homophobic, or a school administrator. If you are any of those, it is likely you are the corpse, or, at the least, it can be fairly well guaranteed that bad things will happen to you by the end. And if in my books you happen to be a Republican and/​or against workers’ rights, it would be far better if you did not make a habit of broadcasting this. If you did, you’re quite likely to be a suspect, or worse.

Available in ebook and print format From MLR Press, independent bookstores, and online retailers. This is my tenth book in the Paul Turner police procedural series. In it the gay Chicago detective and father of two sons gets caught in a tangle of intrigue and corruption. A brutal Chicago cop is found murdered at a gay leather festival. Turner, plus his police department partner, Buck Fenwick are assigned the case. Through a rising tide of danger, they need to find the truth among police corruption and cover-ups. Some top cops and A-list leather queens are among those whose lies and fears drive the web of desperation and deceit that Turner and his partner must unravel.

The short story, Duped in Grit, features a new character, Mike King, a gay private eye, appears in the anthology Windy City Queer.

And yes, I'm working on a new Tom and Scott book. I had earlier books titled Another Dead Teenager and The Only Good Priest. The new Tom and Scott is tentatively titled, Another Dead Republican, The Only Good Republican, or Too Stupid to Live.

I'm working on getting e-book editions of many of the earlier titles available. News on that soon. I hope.