Outburst

A Todd Mills Mystery.

As a summer storm swept down on Minneapolis, reporter Todd Mills waited for a man who had phoned him with the promise of an explosive story. Then the sky split open, the rains came down, and the meeting went all wrong . . . When it was over, a young gay cop was dead, and Todd's life was entwined with a killer's.

Now Todd and his partner, detective Steve Rawlins, want to know who gunned down the off-duty policemen on Minneapolis's Stone Arch Bridge, and why Todd was made a witness to the crime. For both men, the search leads to a beautiful young man with an ugly sexual secret, to the shooting death of another cop, and to a drama of hostage-taking that unfolds in the midst of another summer storm.

For Todd, being the city's most high profile gay man means fighting for those still cloaked in secrecy. And it means risking his life - when human love explodes into inhuman rage.

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award.