Mystery

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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… Continue Reading REVIEW: Dark Tide – J.S. Cook

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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… Continue Reading REVIEW: Cold Winters – Reis Asher

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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… Continue Reading REVIEW: Clear Motives – Reis Asher

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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… Continue Reading REVIEW: Badly Served – Ripley Hayes

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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,… Continue Reading REVIEW: Twenty-Five Turns – Blaine D. Arden

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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… Continue Reading REVIEW: No Accident at Abergwyn – Ripley Hayes

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

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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… Continue Reading REVIEW: Carillon’s Curse – Sionnach Wintergreen

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REVIEW: Poisoned Primrose – Dahlia Donovan

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Poisoned Primrose - Dahlia Donovan

Genre: Cosy Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Asexual Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Meet Motts and the quirky cast of characters in her world. Poisoned Primrose is a quintessential cosy British mystery and an all-round fun story to throw yourself into. Autistic, asexual, and almost forty, Pineapple “Motts” Mottley flees London with her cat and turtle to a quaint cottage in Cornwall. She craves the peace of life in a small village. The dead body buried in her garden isn’t quite what she had in mind, though. Unable to resist her curiosity, she falls directly into a mess of trouble and runs head-first into the… Continue Reading REVIEW: Poisoned Primrose – Dahlia Donovan

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REVIEW: Death Among the Olives – Olivier Bosman

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Death Among the Olives - Olivier Bosman

Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Three middle-aged, gay men, each with their reasons for starting over, share a house in a small, rural town in Andalucia.  Learning to adjust and adapt to new housemates is a hard trick for these old dogs to learn, and things do not go smoothly. But a sensational murder in their adopted town soon brings the men together.  The death of a migrant worker in the olive fields has the whole town on tenterhooks, and our three heroes become consumed with the desire to solve the mystery. “Death Among the Olives,” is a comic and colourful… Continue Reading REVIEW: Death Among the Olives – Olivier Bosman