Downloading Darkness Descending (The Mimi Patterson/Gianna Maglione Mysteries #4) (12312)
And the hatred doesn't come only from outside the lesbian and gay community, though there certainly is more than enough of that to go around: Fundamentalist, self-serving preachers and fundamentalist, self-serving cops join forces to make life hellish for the women who frequent two bars and night clubs in a couple of rough neighborhoods...places previously unknown to Gianna and the Hate Crimes Unit and to Mimi.
As Gianna rushes to correct that error, Mimi delves into the corruption in the places that should be safe--the church and the police department itself, and finds herself a target. And for the first time, Mimi and Gianna join forces to expose the corrupt cops who hide behind equally corrupt preachers who use scripture to justify their hatred of lesbians and gays.
But another real problem for the crime-busting women is a thing that that's not a crime at all but which could prove just as devastating: The hatred within the lesbian community for some of their own, women who identify as Doms and Ags-- mostly young Blacks and Latinas who appear super-masculine in dress and sometimes in behavior, and who "mainstream" lesbians find distasteful and threatening. This is a new dilemma and pits Mimi and Gianna against one group of old friends as they meet and come to like and respect a new group.