Shit, I am so sorry to come to this so late! I didn't have access to the web for a bit there.

I love it. I think a hard-boiled, slightly sleazy Ralph is hilarious and wonderful, and I really like the idea that he's a gumshoe (a sort of reluctant fixer for the queer community?) and that Laurie comes to him. Excellent stuff!


(And I think that noir and The Charioteer could work very well. Alec is but one murder away from being a Hitchcock character.)