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Review: The Pink – Marshall Thornton

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The Pink - Marshall Thornton

Genre: GENRE LGBTQ+ Category: IDENTITY Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book Lambda-Award winning author of the Boystown Mysteries,Marshall Thornton transports readers to early 20th-century Chicago, an era of developing queer subculture, a growing temperance movement and a legendary detective agency. It’s 1913. Lewis Wait lives with his mother and hides behind scholarly texts, until his conservative middle-class life is thrust aside due to financial woes. Without his consent, Lewis’ widowed mother arranges an interview for him with his father’s last employer: the famous and unscrupulous Pinkerton Detective Agency. But his mother doesn’t stop there, she’s determined to find her son a wife among her fellow temperance ladies. Intending … Read more

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Review: Connected to Death – Meg Perry

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Connected to Death - Meg Perry

Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Various Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book Four murders. Four different areas of the city. Four different methods. No apparent connection between the victims. But one of the victims was Clinton Kenneally’s best friend. When the death is initially ruled a suicide, Clinton hires his old friends at Angeles Investigations to get to the truth.  What they find makes no sense…until the librarians get involved. The Review One of the features of this new series of detective stories is the huge cast of characters. Of course we have Jamie Brody, now working with his brother in a private agency, but we have a … Read more

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Review: Expanded Universe – Gregory Ashe

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Expanded Universe - Gregory Ashe - Last Picks 13

Genre: Mystery, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book All the other stuff. Expanded Universe is a collection of short stories from The Last Picks. It includes the following: “Engineered Public Confession” A glimpse into Dash’s life before his move to Hastings Rock. “Mystery of the Week” Someone steals Dash’s ice cream cone, and things…escalate. “New Neighbors” Dash adjusts to his new life in Hastings Rock—and to his budding friendship with Deputy Bobby. “Friends on the Force” Taking advantage of a local perk, Dash does a ride-along with his favorite deputy. “Thanksgiving Episode” On Dash’s first Thanksgiving with his new friends, things don’t go quite … Read more

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Review: Twisted Tracks: Jackson Marsh

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Twisted Tracks - Jackson Marsh - Clearwater Mysteries

Genre: Mystery, Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book Part two of The Clearwater Mysteries picks up seamlessly from the events of ‘Deviant Desire.’ While the notorious Ripper murders have ceased, Viscount Clearwater finds himself plunged into a web of intrigue following the discovery of an intercepted telegram, an enigmatic coded invitation, and the looming threat of exposure. The question of whether the East End Ripper still lurks in the shadows haunts him, compelling the viscount to once again risk everything to safeguard his reputation. Adding to the complexity of the mystery is the arrival of James Wright, a novice servant grappling with the … Read more

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Review: The Birthmark Murders – Janus Lucky

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The Birthmark Murders - Janus Lucky

Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book Step into a world where secrets smoulder between the lines and truth hides behind the curtain. A famous father’s death. A city of secrets. A son who won’t let go. A play that refuses to stay on the stage. When Mikael—a half-Finnish New Zealander—returns to probe his father’s supposed suicide, nothing adds up. With a reluctant new friend, sharp-tongued editor-translator Pekka Wall, and a local misfit at his side, the stunning Mikael slips into Finland’s eccentric underbelly. In nightless hot Finnish summer, the light hides more than it reveals; silence is a blade; the past refuses … Read more

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Review: The Triumvirate Murders – Janus Lucky

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The Triumvirate Murders - Janus Lucky

Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book A yellow sports car that won’t stop. One hit-and-run on an August road—and Helsinki’s winter is already overshadowed with murder. At the President’s Independence Day gala, celebrated editor Pekka Wall and his much-younger partner, rising sci-fi star Tuomas Ylivire, are Finland’s most-watched queer couple—until a drunken whisper on live TV hints at bodies buried beneath the city’s polished veneer. What follows is pure Scandi-noir: a sweltering castle reception turning sour, neoclassical facades and frozen harbours, a trail from luxury boardrooms to back-street bedsits. As Pekka and Tuomas are pulled into a lethal game, a power “triumvirate” … Read more

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Review: A Marvelous Murder – David F. Pederson

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A Marvelous Murder - David F. Pederson

Genre: Mystery, Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Hollywood, 1939. When film director Orland Orcott is found dead in his locked study, police rule it a suicide. However, movie star Victor Marvel believes otherwise and sets out to investigate, aided by his handsome boyfriend, Griffin, and Eve Spellman, Victor’s smart, young costar. Suspects include Orland’s son, Tab, an aspiring actor who was blacklisted after his father found out that he’s gay, and Sheila, a former mistress of Orland’s, tossed aside when he took up with a new starlet. Added to the list are William Taylor, a has-been that Orland delighted in humiliating, William’s … Read more

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Review: Snowbound With Murder – Edale Lane

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Snowbound With Murder - Edale Lane

Genre: Romance, Mystery, Police Procedural LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Outside, a storm. Inside, a killer. Book 13 in the Lessons in Murder series, by award-winning, best-selling author Edale Lane. When a deadly blizzard strands motorists at a highway rest area, Detective Jenna Ferrari and her wife, Dr. Randi McLeod, find themselves in the middle of a double homicide. With power lines down and roads impassable, the travelers and the unknown murderer are trapped together. Tensions rise and suspicions mount as Jenna teams up with Trooper Bonnie Rourke to separate truth from panic. Closed off from the outside world, they must rely on … Read more

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Review: Fall From Grace – Jackson Marsh

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A Fall from Grace - Jackson Marsh - Delamere Files

Genre: Historical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book Hired by the esteemed Clearwater Detective Agency, and determined to prove themselves worthy, Jack and Will Merrit face their first case: They have eight days to unravel past events at an English public school, find a missing man and prevent his suicide. A new life brings intriguing potentials as Jack grapples with his attraction towards men. As the assistant to the manly and assured, Jimmy Wright, he must put aside his longing for Larkin Chase and the temptations of a new stable lad, and face the weight of his new responsibility. The Merrit brothers’ future … Read more

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Review: Indefensible – Ripley Hayes

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Indefensible - Ripley Hayes

Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book How far would you go to protect your secret? On the morning DC Deryn Kent found the bodies, Brody Murphy got off a plane to meet a friend who never arrived. Deryn has been blackmailed into turning a blind eye to his family’s drug dealing for years. But have they gone too far this time? Someone has brought Fentanyl into the small Welsh village and people are dying. Then Brody turns up to report his friend missing amid signs of violence, and Deryn has another problem to deal with. Are there two major crimes in one … Read more