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.