02563cam a2200397 i 4500 549334960 TxAuBib 20220223120000.0 220202s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781643859439 hardcover $26.99 1643859439 hardcover $26.99 TxAuBib rda Osler, Rob,. Devil's chew toy : a novel / Rob Osler. First edition. New York : Crooked Lane, 2022. 312 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Seattle teacher and part-time blogger Hayden McCall wakes sporting one hell of a shiner, with the police knocking at his door. It seems that his new crush, dancer Camilo Rodriguez, has gone missing and they suspect foul play. Determined to find answers, pint-sized, good-hearted Hayden seeks out two of Camilo's friends--Hollister and Burley--both lesbians and both fiercely devoted to their friend. From them, Hayden learns that Camilo is a 'Dreamer' whose parents had been deported years earlier, and whose sister, Daniela, is presumed to have returned to Venezuela with them. Convinced that the cops won't take a brown boy's disappearance seriously, the girls join Hayden's hunt for Camilo. The first clues turn up at Barkingham Palace, a pet store where Camilo had taken a part-time job. The store's owner, Della Rupert, claims ignorance, but Hayden knows something is up. And then there's Camilo's ex-boyfriend, Ryan, who's suddenly grown inexplicably wealthy. When Hayden and Hollister follow Ryan to a secure airport warehouse, they make a shocking connection between him and Della--and uncover the twisted scheme that's made both of them rich. The trail of clues leads them to the grounds of a magnificent estate on an island in Puget Sound, where they'll finally learn the truth about Camilo's disappearance--and the fate of his family" Provided by publisher. 20220223. Teachers Fiction. Bloggers Fiction. Gay men Fiction. Lesbians Fiction. Missing persons Investigation Fiction. Noncitizens Fiction. Pet shops Fiction. Seattle (Wash) Fiction. Puget Sound (Wash.) Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Cozy mysteries. Gay fiction. Novels.