Eggplant a la Oscar

By Zach Xavier

Rico Martinez loves being a server at Osteria del Sud, an upscale Italian restaurant with an award-winning chef, Lorenzo DiCappio. The job gives him financial security and a chance at the American dream. But when the famed chef is found murdered in the kitchen and Rico becomes the main suspect, his American dream turns into a nightmare. The police consider it an open and shut case, but Rico's friends can't believe the sensitive and kind-hearted young immigrant could murder someone in cold blood. Detectives Robert Hamlin and Joshua Flores have 72 hours to gather enough evidence to charge Rico with the murder. El Davis, Rico's funny, non-binary, and bombastic friend along with Max Aiden, El's eternally horny best friend, use the window of opportunity to try and prove Rico's innocence and identify the real killer. If they can stay alive. With plenty of suspects, it's a race against time that takes El and Max from a penthouse to the suburbs and eventually back to their very own downtown loft where a dark underbelly of the city is revealed, along with the truth. Eggplant a la Oscar is a gay 'who dunnit' full of mystery, intrigue, and hot sex...to die for.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D3BLQ439
• ISBN13: 9798324665456
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 178 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"