Sentimental Fools

Sentimental Fools: A Love Story in Blood and Silence
by Thomas Woodhill

In a city ruled by silence and sin, two men fall into a love that neither time nor violence can erase.

Rakkagiri is a cold, disciplined enforcer for the Cosa Nostra-loyal, devout, and bound by the kind of guilt that leaves no room for softness. Keiseimaru is an elusive, sharp-tongued informant with a silver smile and too many names. Their paths cross in an alley of blood and business, but what begins as a transaction slowly unravels into something raw, tender, and dangerous.

Bound by secrets, ritual, and desire, Rakkagiri and Keiseimaru struggle to keep their love hidden in a world where affection is weakness and betrayal is currency. As threats close in and their loyalties crack, the question is no longer whether they love each other-but what that love will cost them.

And when the moment comes, it is Rakkagiri who pulls the trigger.

Told in prose that is spare, sensual, and unforgettable, Sentimental Fools is a queer noir tragedy about intimacy, guilt, memory, and the ghost of love long after the body is gone. For readers of The Song of Achilles, Giovanni's Room, and Call Me by Your Name, this is a story about two men who never say "I love you"-but feel it like a gun pressed to the heart.