A Wasteful Death — Sylvain St. Pierre

The Law of the Jungle rules.

When the only animals around are people, they must hunt each other for food.

When bodies are left unclaimed and unpaid for, it's a Registered Investigator's job to find out who did the killing so they can be made to pay the tax.

Marlot is such an investigator, and when he is on the case, looking for the killer of one of the larger pharmaceutical company's the vice president, he finds himself having to deal with the narrow mindedness his small town upbringing instilled in him, and having to decide what he must do about his partner, and lover, Trembor.