Political Poison: A Paul Turner Mystery (Paul Turner Mysteries Book 2)

Paul Turner is not your typical middle-aged cop. A widower, he lives with his two teenaged sons, and he is gay. He is also trusted by the brass to handle sensitive cases, so when a Chicago alderman is found murdered, Turner is assigned to the case. The dead alderman was not only a professor at the University of Chicago, but also a leading liberal gadfly with the media's ear. As Turner investigates, he discovers that jealous professors and old-guard politicians have guilty secrets to protect, not the least of which are the real reasons why some people in Chicago hated the alderman—information that they will stop at nothing to keep secret. In Political Poison , Mark Richard Zubro has penned another thrilling mystery for Paul Turner.

Paul Turner is not your typical middle-aged cop. A widower, he lives with his two teenaged sons, and he is gay. He is also trusted by the brass to handle sensitive cases, so when a Chicago alderman is found murdered, Turner is assigned to the case. The dead alderman was not only a professor at the University of Chicago, but also a leading liberal gadfly with the media's ear. As Turner investigates, he discovers that jealous professors and old-guard politicians have guilty secrets to protect, not the least of which are the real reasons why some people in Chicago hated the alderman--information that they will stop at nothing to keep secret.

In Political Poison, Mark Richard Zubro has penned another thrilling mystery for Paul Turner.

Did someone in Chicago hate a city alderman enough to kill him? Chicago police detective Paul Turner is assigned the case and discovers that jealous professors and old-guard politicians have guilty secrets to protect. And Turner is not your ordinary cop. He's a widower who happens to be gay and trying to raise his two teen-aged sons. Did someone in Chicago hate acity alderman enough to kill him? Chicago polic e detective Paul Turner is assigned the case and discovers that jealous professors and old-guard politicians have guilty secrets to protect. And Turner is not your ordinary cop. He's a widower who happens to be gay and trying to raise his two teen-aged sons Paul Turner, een weduwnaar met twee tienerzonen, is homo en politie-agent. Bij het onderzoek naar de moord op een wethouder van Chicago ontdekt Turner dat sommige professoren en politici iets hebben te verbergen Young detective Paul Turner is assigned to handle the case of Professor Gideon Giles' death, a case that uncovers corrupt Chicago politics, the competitiveness of academia, and secrets regarding hate