The Rattlesnake Vote by Christina Glendenning

The Rattlesnake Vote is an inner-city mystery. My characters are drawn from the people I live among and work with—complete with their strengths and prejudices. An old woman is murdered for no apparent reason until Reese & Bjork discover a porn stash in the family Bible. Who are the man and girl in those pictures? Is she being coerced? Is he being blackmailed? The pieces begin to form a picture of political corruptness that carry the detectives into the world of the rich and privileged—until Bjork struggles to emotionally survive an assassination attempt and Reese is drawn into the activist politics of the LBGT community.