The brutality of the AIDS epidemic and a nation's growing homophobia set the stage for a serial killer targeting gay men in Los Angeles--and Dave Brandstetter finds himself in the killer's path. Dave Brandstetter's afternoon does not begin well: his ex-boyfriend picks him up at the airport, and the ride home -- in bumper-to-bumper Los Angeles traffic -- is one long argument between them. The insurance investigator's day gets worse when...