The Rape Of Ganymede: A Greg Quaintance Novel - Paperback

by John Peyton Cooke (Author)

From the author of THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER and TORSOS comes a novel of a gay private eye working the mean streets of New York City's Chelsea circa 1998.... Greg Quaintance sports a Desert Storm tattoo, packs a Glock, and drives a Plymouth Barracuda, but only those who know him best see the wounds etched in his heart. As a P.I. in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, he is hired to thwart an extortion attempt aimed at Jimmy Gilbert, a billion-dollar man-child musical superstar accused of having sexual relations with a teenage boy. But when Gilbert's accuser turns up dead and the boy goes on the run, the bodies of the rich and not-so-famous start piling up. From the canyons of Manhattan to the halls of presidential power, Quaintance must now penetrate a minefield fused with greed, depravity, and violence.

Author Biography

John Peyton Cooke was born in Amarillo, Texas, and grew up in Laramie, Wyoming. He now lives in London, UK. His other novels include STINK LAKE, OUT FOR BLOOD, TORSOS, THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER, HAVEN, and THE FALL OF LUCIFER. His short story "After You've Gone" was selected for BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2003. His other short fiction has been published in Weird Tales and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and is collected in AFTER YOU'VE GONE AND OTHER OUTRE TALES.