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Jane and the CBI gang get involved in the world of Drag Queen Cabaret when a body is found burned to death in the alley behind their theater.

When a body is found handcuffed to the steering wheel of a burned car in the alley behind a Drag Queen Cabaret, the CBI crew is on the scene to investigate. A clue in the alley leads Jane to dressing room of the drag queens where he meets Glennda Snow who is the "Queen Mother" of the ensemble. She admits to being in the alley shortly before the murder but the other drag queens say she was back in the dressing room before the time of the murder. Although she is cleared of involvement in the murder, Jane still suspects she knows more than she is admitting. The CBI team end up relying on Glennda as a material witness when trying to determine which of their three suspects is guilty. Just when you think the case has been successfully wrapped up, Jane reveals a surprise twist that sheds a whole new light on the events that transpired in the alley the night of the murder.—Clodster

A drag queen from the nearby cabaret was presumably the last to see adolescent drop-out Archie Bloom Junior alive in the parked car before his fatal burning inside. Patrick soon works out he was gay, which ended up turning his father, education author Archie Senior, physically abusive. Junior moved out but recently also left his room with his pedantic, domineering lover, bookstore owner Gabriel Lamb. While suspect lawyers tie down Lisbon, Patrick examines the cabaret drag queens and comes up with an elaborate plot.—KGF Vissers

When a car is found completely burnt in an alley with a man handcuffed to the steering wheel, the CBI agents assume the case and Patrick Jane finds a woman's shoe heel at the crime scene. Soon he discovers the owner, the drag queen Glenda Snow, in a nearby cabaret. The agents believe the victim is the gay Archie Bloom and his father Archie Bloom Sr. that expelled him from home becomes a suspect. His homophobic colleague Rick Hughes that bullied him at work also becomes a suspect. His landlord Gabriel Lamb that forced Archie to use drugs and abused him also becomes a suspect. However, Glenda does not identify neither of them as the murderer. They are charged for their abuses while Patrick follows another lead and uncover a secret.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil