Publisher's Weekly
In this combination of mystery and gay fiction, a retired private eye investigates a ''combat pursuit'' game in which a player was felled by a real bullet; additional murders and a right-wing paramilitary group complicate matters. ''For mystery readers mysteriously unacquainted with Hansen's Dave Brandstetter, this will be a good introduction,'' said PW. (May)

Library Journal
Insurance investigator Dave Brandstetter adds yet another adventure to his list when he attempts to find out who shot an arrogant young man at an outdoor war games center near Los Angeles. Newscaster/lover Cecil remains in the background as Dave questions the dead man's wealthy parents, follows the man's jumpy girlfriend to Winter Creek, runs afoul of a dangerous, neofascist military group in the area, and outwits the not-so-clever-after-all culprit. Hansen is completely familiar with his characters and the mechanics of plotting, and he offers a tightly woven, motion-filled (but largely emotionless) construct that should appeal to many.