title: Boystown 8: The Lies That Bind (Boystown Mysteries) (Volume 8)
author:  Marshall Thornton 
description: Marshall Thornton is a novelist, playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for theBoystowndetective series, which has been short-listed in the Rainbow Awards four times and has been a finalist for the Lambda Book Award - Gay Mystery three times. Other novels include the erotic comedyThe Perils of Praline, or the Amorous Adventures of a Southern Gentleman in Hollywood;Desert Run; The Ghost Slept Over andMy Favorite Uncle. Marshall has an MFA in screenwriting from UCLA, where he received the Carl David Memorial Fellowship and was recognized in the Samuel Goldwyn Writing awards. He has also had plays produced in Chicago and Los Angeles, and stories published inThe James White ReviewandFrontier Magazine.
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  # Boystown 8
  
  
  ### The Lies That Bind
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Marshall Thornton
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #### Kenmore Books
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0004.html#3Q280-a917c987e5e747b99843a61727404ea4)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0005.html#4OIQ0-a917c987e5e747b99843a61727404ea4)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0006.html#5N3C0-a917c987e5e747b99843a61727404ea4)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0007.html#6LJU0-a917c987e5e747b99843a61727404ea4)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0008.html#7K4G0-a917c987e5e747b99843a61727404ea4)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0009.html#8IL20-a917c987e5e747b99843a61727404ea4)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0010.html#9H5K0-a917c987e5e747b99843a61727404ea4)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8](part0011.html#AFM60-a917c987e5e747b99843a61727404ea4)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 9](part0012.html#BE6O0-a917c987e5e747b99843a61727404ea4)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 10](part0013.html#CCNA0-a917c987e5e747b99843a61727404ea4)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 11](part0014.html#DB7S0-a917c987e5e747b99843a61727404ea4)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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