2.5 stars 
 In order to solve a murder case where the killer appears to be a drag queen, Stanley, an openly and "very" gay newly appointed homicide cop, is partnered with Tom, a straight & experienced homicide cop who is supposed to be the best of the best. 
 While working together, Stanley stirs something in Tom and very straight Tom ends up being attracted to Stanley. 
 The general idea in this story, I like: cops, gay-for-you, murder mystery. But the actual execution of the story was not as good as I expected it to be. 
 The main characters were a disappointment to me. 
 Stanley was a character I did not understand because he was a patchwork of personality traits with no clear general personality coming out of it. He was also a real cliche sometimes. 
 And Tom. He was sometimes cliche, sometimes very dumb. I found it strange since Tom was apparently chosen to lead this case because he was the "best cop" in his division. Some kind of best cop. Many times he couldn't put two and two together. 
 This said, the mystery plot was simple, but enjoyable. The secondary characters were quite entertaining. There were some funny moments, especially with Stanley. And I liked the end. Not even a HFN, but it is a series, so you know things will change, they'll get better. 
 And do we really call drag queens "transgendered"? 
 On to book 2 of the series.