I read the Adrien English series in a few days, and this book for me was the perfect ending.Mr Lanyon is a man of good reads and you can see it; I loved the hard boiled vibe that pervades all the book, and I loved the references to Raymond Chandler.Adrien and Jake love story wasn't a fairy tale, ...
It has been two years since Adrien last saw Jake. He is now in a committed relationship and his book has been optioned by an indie movie studio. Jake is married and an inspector with the LAPD. Adrien is at a dinner party when one of his dinner companions drops dead. As luck has it, Jake is in cha...
That shock at the fact that I not only like, but love a Josh Lanyon book is astounding. I always like the author's style of writing and little things about his characters but this book was incredible. Maybe Nick was like Jake Riordan (from AE Series) minus the self hate homophobia. Nick was incre...
I actually enjoyed this way better than the first book of the series. I thought it was meatier and the couple here is more present. On the downside, I was a bit annoyed with Kit's character here. What he's having was like Titanic-major midlife crisis. His insecurities are just too much for me and...
A Poet a cop and a lot of crazy makes this Lanyon tale a fun read. Professor Sebastian Swift our poet who is also a recovered addict who's from old money and fame. A Professor at a local college he is judged by co-workers because of his past. And is now drawn in by a favorite student into a murde...
This was just what I needed. A story that jumped right into the action. No big build up, right down to the problem at hand. Taylor wants Will, and Will wants Taylor. But Will does not want to get involved because for one, he does not want to ruin their partnership or friendship. And two he i...
Once you start reading it, you couldn't stop it! What I like about this series is that the connection felt real. There were no cheesy lines, you could only find nearly-realistic love story. The relationship between Will and Taylor are built slowly, but wasn't that the point of being in love and i...
Novella, second chance romance. Started off well, the plot and characters believable and time had been invested in their background so you felt the tension. But, I didn't like the second half. With the slow build of the first part, it was to the detriment of the rest of the story. It peaked and...
very sweet story, Lanyon at his best. And now I must reread* 'I Spy' series, because sneaky author has mentioned the newly discovered book by Dickens from this book** and THEN reread*** this story once again.Dammit, Lanyon, you did this to me with 'Holmes & Moriarity', by casually mentioning Andr...
3,5 stars for the first two books in a five book series about Adrien English, an openly gay book store owner and mystery author, who stumbles over dead bodies and slips permanently from danger to danger. This is where Jake comes in, a homicide LAPD detective who has some problems with his attrac...
Cat burglars? Someone is having a Grace Kelly/Cary Grant flashback? I liked this story but was not enthralled. It involves the long-simmering (10 years) attraction between a cat burglar and an FBI agent who is in hot pursuit. They meet again and I would like to think they will be the answer to ea...
I always enjoy Josh Lanyon's work and this story was no exception. Full of action, it follows Taylor and Will on yet another adventure trying to reclaim a missing woman framed for a murder. Lots of action: break ins, car chases, shoot outs, and a woman in labor! In the background, Taylor and W...
CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THEM!! I love how the writer put 'romance' in the middle of the mystery. We can see the 'deep conversation' between those two in the middle of nowhere while escorting a 'fugitive'However, I felt like the 'escorting-fugitive-theme' was almost similar with one of Cut and Run ser...
Mark Hardwicke, super spy meets Stephen Thorpe, gentle country doctor. Their relationship is marred by Mark's guilt ridden obsession with his job. Two years have past since they separated. Stephen has moved on with his life, till he receives a call from Mark begging for a place to stay. What foll...
I really like Will and Taylor together, although sometimes I want to smack them! It amazes me how their brain to mouth filters can be so off! I like the direction this book has taken their relationship but I must admit I think Will needs to tell Taylor about that kiss he's hares with his ex (even...
Alright, so I'm totally developing into a flat-out Josh Lanyon fan. This story was, again, very well written, funny, and brilliant, with interesting, well-characterized protagonists and a unique story line. (I'm really feeling very repetitive when I'm writing reviews for Josh Lanyon stories.) The...
I loved catching up with Dan and Sean again. They have a chemistry I find totally absorbing. So I was shocked to learn all was not as rosey as when we last left them.The mystery in this one was not as much the main focus, more a slight side story, but still intriguing. I did have a slight proble...
I enjoyed that book quite a lot. It was the first gay themed fantasy adventure story I've read that did not focus on the romance. I enjoy gay characters a lot, so I appreciate having them in a fresh environment like this one. I loved the world building, it was very unique and believable - and qui...
I was a lot happier with this book than I originally thought I would be; the investigation side of things was well done in my opinion, especially since it was dealing with events so far in the past. I loved the magical elements and the different races that were shown, even though there weren't a...
J'aime toujours autant le travail de Josh Lanyon ! Ici il nous présente un univers fantastique très intrigant, un monde contemporain intégrant des éléments des mythes féériques, des chasseurs de livres, des pirates, etc. Comme souvent, l'intrigue est bien menée, le mystère nous tient en haleine j...
Court, facile et plaisant à lire, même si pas mémorable, on a envie de lire la suite des aventures de Taylor et Will à la fin du livre. Ces deux-là "dansent" une sorte de "Je-t-aime-moi-non-plus" avant que les choses ne se mettent vraiment en place. Par contre, j'ai "perdu" un des personnages dan...
my review is not going to suffice...loved this one, messy violent plot, but the relationship aspect is absolutely intriguing, gripping, there was also humor and mystery and love and pretty much everything you could want in a crime fiction book. i loved that there was less criminal analysis and mo...
I absolutely loved this! I was hooked from the very start. Rafferty and Brett were quite likable and the romance was slow and sweet. I quite enjoyed the fact that the first half of the book read entirely like a detective story. I was very curious to find out who done it while also savouring the p...
I'm splitting the difference with my rating. I really quite liked half the tales, but the other two seemed wrong for the theme I expected. I was expecting some fun gay holiday romance stories, but like I said, a couple - half of the four - weren't the right tone. I would add that I see a lot of ...
Oh - I love this series...seriously. I was hesitant to read it because I thought I would feel angry about Mark but I didn't. I thought I would resent him for even thinking about going back to Afganistan. But no...I still love Mark ;) The way he keeps the Old Man's request to himself is his way to...
*this is the review of an audiobook*I was listening to this book while driving from New York to Maine. It was an eight hours journey that I dreaded to make but because half of that time I spent listening to this book it flew by very fast. The story is fascinating, writing is beautiful, narration ...
I agree with Chris. This really was perfect. Looking back, it seems hard to believe it was as short as it was (under 30 pages!) because it was so amazingly complete. There was plot. There was characterization. There was humor. There was angst. There was even a pretty well developed backstory. I'd...
I've been waiting for this book forever- I missed Will and Taylor. I'm also glad things didn't work out perfectly with them in their new business. It's so much more realistic then "hey, look, we made a spur-of-the-moment decision (or Will did), and it worked out perfectly!" I really liked Will's ...
osh Lanyon is a fantastic writer so anything he writes will be great. As this was. I forgot how much I like Will and Taylor, it made me want to go read the other books again. I've forgotten most of their story.... This one is not particularly exciting, it felt more like a beginning to a story. Mo...
Timothy North is writing a book about a 50 year old cold case. The murder of a beautiful actress may involve some of Hollywood's elite and the mob. A tarot card left on Tim's door, spooks him to the point that he asks for help from his ex, Detective Jack Brady. Tim's desire to solve the case op...
This is a very....interesting story, because once again I was tricked by that strange anachronistic feeling that sometimes permeates throughout Josh Lanyon's stories. In this one, I thought the whole thing happened in 70s until I saw the word "eHarmony".....As for the "one fella tried to throttle...
This was a nice addition to the Petit Morts series, though I liked the first one a bit better. In this one, Carey, a cute member of the college swim team has a crush on Walter, a straight-laced, stone-faced TA. A campus mystery involving secret admirers and Valentine's Day surrounds their buddi...
This is disappointing. I'm enjoying this series, and I'm enjoying the Lanyon contributions most...until now. I really liked the characters and wanted the story. This wasn't a story. It was a prequel or an extended prologue, at best. It's the meet-cute without the cute because history. Dirty, mess...
This was a great short read. It made me smile in the end although I wasn't sure it would during the reading. I liked that the characters were already established as friends and work partners when they were introduced, it did away with that sense of insta-love that always makes me a little uncom...
Colin is trying to make it as an artist in Paris when he runs into Thomas, and old "friend". Eventually through Colin's recollections, you find out he was kidnapped at 14 and Thomas rescued him and was his body guard. He always had a crush on Thomas and they spend the afternoon reconnecting. Thom...
The follow up to In A Dark Wood doesn't involve a mystery unless you count the fact that Tim disappeared from Luke's life for two and half years. Tim has fled to California in hopes of getting his alcoholism under control. He's back in New York for a friend's wedding. Is it kismet that Luke and...
3.5Like with any Josh Lanyon book I've read so far, the characters, the plot and the whole setting of this story have again managed to surprise me. His characters tend to be both ordinary and original, and that is a pretty great combination!For some reason, though, I couldn't really connect with ...
The present day scenes of the rescue mission were well-written and amazing. The flashbacks I felt could have focused on something other than their sexual liaisons because it didn't really give a clear picture on why exactly these two meant anything to each other other than great sex. Don't get me...
I had no idea until just now that this was part of a series... which in itself speaks for the talent of the writer, I think. I'm excited to get to go back now and read how these two got together!And speaking of... it's been long enough since I've read something by Josh Lanyon that I'd forgotten ...
And again another unexpected, fun story from Josh Lanyon. The whole horror movie scenario in this one was great, as were the characters (Angelo cracked me up at times, and Cris and Rey really had amazing chemistry). This is one of the stories where I'm really sad that I don't get to know how thin...
3 short starsSo I'm having a hard time rating this one. I liked it, kinda, I don't know. I feel like Finch got the shit end of the stick. Seriously. I mean technically he had Con 1st right? And I get he was a prick. But he was someone's son, and brother and nephew. And come on, to get killed for ...
3.5 stars round up.I liked this one. I liked how different it felt from Mr. Lanyon's other works that I have read so far. The story began and we hardly understand what was going on. It wasn't until several pages in that we realized Rocky and Jesse were a thing for a while before they parted wa...
Synopsis:Ten years ago Cosmo Bari vanished, and with him, his legendary masterpiece, Virgin in Pastel. Since that day no one in the seaside art colony of Steeple Hill has heard from the eccentric painter.Surrounded by an extended family of Cosmo’s colorful compatriots, mystery writer Kyle Bari be...