Flamingo Desires

Flamingo Desires is a story about Laureen Metcalf, an African American journalist who uncovers a seventeen-million-dollar scandal in the politics of suburban Suffolk County. Her series of articles affects the recent elections but also lead to the suicide of Tom Flynn, one of the exposed politicians. She stands to be nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Still, she feels uneasy: She needs to find out if Flynn’s death was indeed a suicide or something else.