The Siren and the Drag Queen - Sirens, Inc., #2

Lieutenant Lisa "Circuits" Dunwoody, Delta retired, is a bisexual hacker, and damn good at it. She can navigate the digital jungles of the internet and dark web like a firefly in the night—there one moment, gone the next. But after the death of Lisa's almost-fiancé six years ago, real relationships are best left in the romance novels she loves. Real life is just too complicated.

Then she attends the local drag show.

Barrett Anders is a non-binary, mostly-retired therapist, though they still do the occasional session for old clients. But in June, they become Misty Fjord, the Viking Vixen, complete with glittering beard. When the Sirens come to town for Ladies Night and Lisa wins a raffle basket, Misty offers to teach Lisa how to use all the goodies in the basket personally.

Then drag queens start dying.

A serial killer seems to be targeting drag queens around the region, but Barrett's not worried until one of their drag sisters turns up dead with the serial killer's signature. When Barrett is kidnapped, Lisa must use all her skills at hacking to find them and bring them home before she loses her second chance for a real-life romance.

Trigger Warning: there is attempted sexual assault mentioned by the heroine from her childhood. Readers who are sensitive to this kind of event should take note.