Pretense ... of Innocence

1996 New Falcon Publications trade PB. stated first edition. Gay mystery by Atticus King. Charles Cortland, in search of a more "reserved" gay lifestyle, opens a books shop in Shreveport, LA and a dead body is found in a closet. From the back blurb:"...pictures the complexities of life for Southern gay men born 'lucky' enough to 'pass for straight' in ares where pretense can equal survival."