Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery

Some secrets kill.

A procedural mystery that uses a murder investigation to expose the dark underbelly of conversion therapy, balancing detective work with genuine emotional stakes around identity and loss.

When hard boiled private eye Donald Strachey finds his latest client dead, an apparent suicide, Albany’s favorite gay detective smells a rat and decides to take matters into his own hands. With the help of his straight-laced but adoring husband Tim and his occasionally too-eager assistant Kenny, Strachey’s investigation leads him on a dark and dangerous trail into the world of "gay conversion therapy".