title: The Burning Plain: A Henry Rios Mystery (Henry Rios Mysteries)
author:  Michael Nava 
description: "Gay Mexican American lawyer Henry Rios has fought bigotry and prejudice, battled alcoholism, and watched his lover die from AIDS. Now he's wrongly accused of murder after a male prostitute he spent an evening with is savagely murdered. Rios proves his innocence, but when two more gay men are brutally murdered, he is drawn unwillingly into the hunt for a serial killer and soon finds himself up against an unsympathetic DA, a gay-bashing cop, reluctant witnesses, and a conspiracy among Hollywood's power elite. Nava writes an excellent mystery featuring crisp dialogue, diabolical suspense, and subtle wit, but it's his unflinching look at what it's like to be an openly gay man today that makes this series special. Rios is a flawed, human, and achingly real hero, and this is a provocative, genre-expanding novel." --<i>Booklist</i>
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  DANGER UNDER THE MISTLETOE
  
  
  
  
  
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  Alexa Verde
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  DANGER UNDER THE MISTLETOE
  
  
  By Alexa Verde
  
  
  Book 5 in the Secrets of Rios Azules Series
  
  
  Amazon Kindle Edition
  
  
  Copyright © 2017 by Olga Grun writing as Alexa Verde
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events and incidents are
  either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, business establishments,
  events or locales is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  Copyediting by Amy Knupp. Cover art by Marion Ueckermann
  [www.marionueckermann.net](http://www.marionueckermann.net). Couple Image
  Co