Dark Room in Glitter Ball City

This true crime saga-with an eccentric Southern backdrop-introduces the reader to the story of a murder in a crumbling Louisville mansion and the decades of secrets and corruption that live within the old house's walls. On June 18, 2010, police discover a body buried in the wine cellarof a Victorianmansion in Old Louisville. James Carroll, shot and stabbed the year before, has lain for 7 months in a plastic storage bin-histemporary coffin. Homeowner Jeffrey Mundt and his boyfriend, Joseph Banis, point the finger at each other in what locals dub The Pink Triangle Murder. On the surface, this killing appears to be a crime of passion, a sordid love tryst gone wrong in a creepy old house. But as authorDavid Dominé sits in on the trials, adeeper story emerges: the struggle between hope for a better future on the one handand the privilegeand power of the statusquo on the other. As the court testimony devolves into he-said/he-said contradictions, David draws on the confidences of neighbours, drag queens, andother acquaintances within the city's vibrant LGBTQ community to piece together the details of the case. While uncovering the many past lives of the mansion itself, he enters a murky underworld of gossip, neighbourhood scandal, and intrigue.