Contents Under Pressure takes the reader on a fast, funny, and edgy ride through the gayest small town in America. Two gay lawyers and best friends from Washington, D.C., Drew Morgan and Stephen Shaunessey, are called to the scene of a bank robbery in a small town at the tip of Cape Cod.

When they arrive, they find a dead suspect covered by the body of a German shepherd, and they are faced with an array of witnesses from a Cuban-Japanese drag performer named Mango to a middle-aged couple of whom one makes ice cream cones for a living and the other cleans Elvis’s house. As this primary mystery twists and turns, Drew Morgan tries to unravel a personal mystery of her own. Her photographer lover of ten years, Maggie, left her six months before without a word. When Drew meets Dr. J.J. Austin, who serves as the town’s makeshift coroner, little does she know that the doctor holds the key to Maggie’s whereabouts.

Just as the murder appears to be solved, the primary suspect turns up dead. Drew and Stephen find themselves winding their way through a new set of clues and witnesses, including Iatta Cupcake, a dancing dessert table, the Alpha Bettes, an all girl band, and Lois Carmen Denominator, the star of a human bingo game. Contents Under Pressure examines the themes of love, abandonment, betrayal, redemption, and the complex architecture of the friendship between gay women and men, all while taking the reader on a fast ride through a riveting and complex mystery.