Works by
Jeffrey Round
(Writer)

Books

Bradford Fairfax Murder Mysteries

• Death in Key West (2009)
  Bradford Fairfax, special agent, has a romantic New Year’s Eve in store for his boyfriend Zach: a stay at a luxury resort in Key West. But their plans are turned upside down when the pair run into an improbable "heiress" to one of the world’s great fortunes — someone who is desperate to convince anyone that his father wants him dead. But how much of a grasp on reality can a drug-abusing mega-wealthy man who thinks he’s Maria Callas really have? And who or what is this mysterious "Baby" that he pines for? Does the transvestite ghost, Rosie, hold the answers to these and other troubling questions? Join Brad and his sidekick Zach for this second instalment in the Bradford Fairfax mystery series, a madcap and raunchy romp through the original gay Shangri-La.

• The P'town Murders (June 2008)
  In a place that’s “to die for,” no one expects to die for real.
  
  So muses undercover detective Bradford Fairfax after an anonymous caller reveals to him that his ex-boyfriend, party boy Ross Pretty, has died from an ecstasy overdose in “the gayest place on earth” — Provincetown, Massachusetts. But as the body of another “overdose” victim washes up on the shores of P-Town, Brad becomes convinced that Ross’s death is no accident, and his intention to bury his former lover suddenly turns into a full-scale investigation. It seems that freewheeling P-Town has a dark side, one full of greed, jealousy, and deadly games.
  
  Brad quickly pins the murder on Ross’s ex-employer, the malevolent Hayden Rosengarten, owner of a high-end sex resort catering to a rich and famous clientele for whom discretion is everything. But when Rosengarten also turns up dead, the list of suspects suddenly grows: could it be Cinder Lindquist, the flamboyant female-impersonator? Or Johnny K., one of Rosengarten’s merciless henchmen? What about Big Ruby, the lesbian café owner with a big heart, but an even bigger gun? To top it all off, Brad finds himself falling in love with Zach, a blue-haired twink from his past. But can he trust him? In P-Town it seems everyone has a secret to hide.

Other Fiction

• The Honey Locust (August 1, 2009 release)
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  Globe-trotting photojournalist Angela Thomas has spent all thirty-two years of her life dreaming of far-off places. Nothing that has happened to her thus far — the dysfunction of her family, the failure of her marriage — can convince her that ‘home’ is where she belongs. Though she won’t admit it, her job is as much an escape as it is a passion. Every foreign assignment is a chance to trade gnawing family conflicts in for situations that may kill her but won’t break her heart.
  
  Everything changes when Angela is sent to cover the war in Yugoslavia. She has survived strife and destruction before, but this time is different; this time, the people around her refuse to remain at arm’s length, filtered by a camera lens. Through the unexpected attachments she makes, Angela’s eyes are finally opened to a view that casts her old life and her old problems in a completely different light.

• A Cage of Bones (July 2008)
  First published in England to international acclaim in 1997, Jeffrey Round's classic novel, A Cage of Bones, now appears in a new edition. At the beginning of the '90s, an ingenuous young Torontonian named Warden Fields is persuaded to work as a model in Europe's fashion capitals. Italy revels in the opulent splendor of designers like Versace and Ferré, while England is still reeling from the anarchic punk revolution of a decade before. In Italy, Warden is introduced to a world of sensuality and passion, while his relationship with an underground British rock star draws him into illegal political intrigue. Sensitive and subtle, this finely crafted novel weaves together tragic and comic themes in a moving story as its protagonist goes from pop culture icon, through pariah to liberated spirit.

Movies

• Driving With Rusty (Scheduled 2009 completion)
  This portrait of the late comedian Rusty Ryan.

• Araby (November 2003), Music by Jeffrey Round.
  
  Araby is available for viewing here.

• My Heart Belongs to Daddy (February 2003)

Plays

• The Visitations of Captain John (1997)
  Despite rumors to the contrary, an investigation exonerated Captain John Stanton of all blame in the accident that claimed the lives of five crew members, including his eldest son, William. News of strange occurrences around the village are dismissed by John's wife, Peggy, even though John is haunted by the ghosts of the drowned men. Peter, their youngest son, who returns after five years to learn about the accident, reignites the old animosity between himself and his father.

• The Michael Ridler Project (1996)
  Haunted by the death of his partner five years earlier, David, a gay videographer, makes a transformational journey into the past. Under the guidance of a therapist, using memories, documents and images of his former-lover, Michael Ridler, he discovers the hidden truths beneath the deceptive surface of an abusive relationship.

• Wendy Falling (1994)
  Wendy has always been afraid of flying, and it doesn't help when her plane disintegrates, leaving her to float among the clouds and stars. 

• Zebra (1993)
  Zebra is a fictional account of  the June 1985 gay-bashing murder of librarian, Kenneth Zeller, in Toronto's High Park. The trial caused a furor at the time because four of the five accused were considered upstanding young men with no previous record of violence. All five were later convicted, but none served his full sentence.

• Five Easy Pieces (1992)
  Four monologues and a final four-hand skit designed as a talk show, all commenting on the nature of Penis Power.

• Driving to Tatamagouche (1991)
  Nova Scotia drag queen leads the audience through a cooking lesson and regales the audience with family secrets as she prepares for her sister's wedding.