Mystery

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REVIEW: Old Bones – Reis Asher

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Old Bones - Reis Asher

Genre: Myrder Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Transgender Reviewer: Mary Ann Get It On Amazon About The Book Haunted by his last case and still struggling financially, private investigator Nick Fabian is floundering when a birthday surprise from his best friend Connor Long and boyfriend Roy Constas—a home of their own—offers a ray of hope for a future life beyond living in a cramped trailer and staring into the depths of human depravity. Nick’s optimism soon fades when he finds human remains crammed into a suitcase dumped in the attic. The bones belong to a local child who was reported missing three years ago. The news only gets worse when Roy … Read more

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REVIEW: Agents of the Truth – Jackson Marsh

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Agents of the Truth - Jackson Marsh

Genre: Mystery, Historical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book “Despite your adversities, Mr Blaze, you remain unbroken because of who you are, not what you can or cannot do.” Mrs Norwood, October 1890 Shakespeare, the Bible, Edgar Allan Poe… What could a series of random quotes have to do with a masked ball and eight unsolved murders? Archer, Lord Clearwater, is hosting a masquerade at Larkspur Hall, and Prince Albert Victor is the guest of honour. The vitally important event is miles away from London, where Jimmy Wright has enlisted the help of Dalston Blaze and Joe Tanner in solving two mysteries: Who … Read more

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REVIEW: Dark Tide – J.S. Cook

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Dark Tide - J.S. Cook

Genre: Mystery, Police Procedural LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book They say it never rains but it pours. Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Inspector Danny Quirke would have to agree. First someone murders a vulnerable Kildevil Cove man and dumps him in an abandoned well. Then the body of a sex-trafficking victim washes up on a nearby beach. Danny has to get to the bottom of both deaths, but with few leads and little support from his superiors, he’s spinning his wheels in a mud pit of a case. Vital resources go missing, witnesses disappear, and suspects proliferate. Each step toward the truth brings him two … Read more

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REVIEW: Cold Winters – Reis Asher

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Cold Winters - Reis Asher

Genre: Mystery, Crime Thriller, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay / Bisexual Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Nick Fabian has settled into life in the small Maine town of Point Clear with his boyfriend Roy Constas, but work in the P.I. business is slow. Struggling for money and a sense of purpose, he considers working at the local laundry with Emily, but the news that his old crush Lieutenant Scott Mordis has been murdered in Philadelphia ignites a deep yearning he’d been trying to snuff out. With their last parting a bitter one, Nick is conflicted about returning to Philly, but is driven by the force of … Read more

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REVIEW: Clear Motives – Reis Asher

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Clear Motives - Reis Asher - Nick Fabian

Genre: Action Adventure, Contemporary, Mystery & Thriller LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay / Bisexual Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Nick Fabian never made it as a CSI. His idealistic vision of the police as an institution dedicated to serving justice died in the harsh light of day, and he quit to become a freelance private investigator, taking on cases nobody else wanted to touch. Enter Emily Bright, a woman with a score to settle. Her best friend Sabrina was murdered, but local law enforcement is dead-set on ruling it a suicide. Determined to get justice, she turns to Nick. Nick feels the pain of one of his … Read more

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REVIEW: Badly Served – Ripley Hayes

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Badly Served - Ripley Hayes

Genre: Lesbian Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Her job was to look for Harry. The trouble started when she found him. It looked like a simple task: serve divorce papers on failed businessman Harry Smith, who’s run off to rural north Wales leaving his wife with a baby and a mountain of debt. A welcome distraction from the implosion of her personal life. But it turns out that Teema Crowe isn’t the only one looking for Harry when she — literally — trips over his body, lying face down in a pool of oil, with a knife in his back. The police … Read more

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REVIEW: Twenty-Five Turns – Blaine D. Arden

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Twenty-Five Turns - Blaine D. Arden

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Gay, Non-Binary Reviewer:Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Can love last when one won’t leave, and the other can’t stay? Fear of moving farther away from his family had cost Eer the love of his life, but now, after twenty-five turns, Kat has returned…with a son, and Eer’s feelings resurface as if it had been only yesterday since they’d first kissed. But any hope Eer has of rekindling their love seems doomed to fail when a murderer’s taste for revenge forces Kat to choose between endangering their family or running… and leaving Eer behind, again. The Review Eer is a cloud elf, … Read more

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REVIEW: No Accident at Abergwyn – Ripley Hayes

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No Accident at Abergwyn - Ripley Hayes

Genre: Cosy Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book I just wanted to be a caring son. So why was I relying on gin and cake to keep the boredom at bay? Peter Tudor was an adrenaline-fuelled emergency nurse, until he decided his duty lay in caring for his disabled mother in the dull seaside village where he grew up. Out for an early morning run, Peter stumbles over the body of a hated village resident. The police say it’s an accident. Enigmatic stranger Lorne Stewart insists it’s murder, after a ‘message’ from the dead man.  The police aren’t keen to investigate, and neither … Read more

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REVIEW: The Mystery of the Spirits – C.S. Poe

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The Mystery of the Spirits - C.S. Poe

Genre: Mystery, Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Antique dealer Sebastian Snow and Homicide detective Calvin Winter have been happily married for a year and a half. In that time, there’s been nary a mystery in sight, and for a recovering sleuth like Sebastian, an uneventful life is exactly what he needs. That is, until Calvin’s lieutenant enters the Emporium and demands insight on a bizarre object known as a spiritoscope, hailing from the early days of the Spiritualism movement. Sebastian’s extensive knowledge of Victorian curiosities leads him to consulting for the NYPD—putting him at odds with his husband. And as the bodies … Read more

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REVIEW: Carillon’s Curse – Sionnach Wintergreen

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Carillon's Curse - Sionnach Wintergreen

Genre: Paranormal, Historical, Western, Thriller, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book In 1888 Austin, Texas, a shy medium with clubfoot is visited by the horrific ghosts of murdered children and enlists the help of a surly Texas Ranger to pursue their killer. As the two men hunt the murderer, they find themselves not only in the grip of a taboo love that could—at best—send them to prison, but also in danger of becoming the killer’s next prey. In the twenty three years of his life, Thomas Carillon has known nothing but unrequited love. People don’t notice him; they only notice his clubfoot. He … Read more