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The Disaster Gay Detective Agency
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Expected 2 Jun 26From award-winning, critically acclaimed crime writer Lev Rosen comes a punchy, hilarious mystery-thriller. Meet the disaster They're messy. They're queer. And they're about to solve a murder… Or die trying.
Brandon is a hopeless romantic. So when a handsome stranger named Jon checks in at the hotel he works at and invites Brandon to his room, Brandon ignores the advice of his crew—a group of loveable and messy queer twenty-somethings—and accepts. What follows is a tale as old as they hook up, Jon promises to text, Brandon falls in love, and Jon ghosts. Case closed—or is it?
When Jon checks out early, leaving behind a bag of belongings and his cellphone, Brandon takes the phone and sets out to find him, thinking that this must at last be his Cinderella story.
But he gets more than he bargained for when he witnesses a murder—and sees Jon fleeing the scene.
Determined (and not in over their heads whatsoever), Brandon, Ollie, Nicole, and Ian decide to solve the mystery of the murder and uncover Jon's true identity…they just have to figure it out before a target falls on their own backs.
Brandon is a hopeless romantic. So when a handsome stranger named Jon checks in at the hotel he works at and invites Brandon to his room, Brandon ignores the advice of his crew—a group of loveable and messy queer twenty-somethings—and accepts. What follows is a tale as old as they hook up, Jon promises to text, Brandon falls in love, and Jon ghosts. Case closed—or is it?
When Jon checks out early, leaving behind a bag of belongings and his cellphone, Brandon takes the phone and sets out to find him, thinking that this must at last be his Cinderella story.
But he gets more than he bargained for when he witnesses a murder—and sees Jon fleeing the scene.
Determined (and not in over their heads whatsoever), Brandon, Ollie, Nicole, and Ian decide to solve the mystery of the murder and uncover Jon's true identity…they just have to figure it out before a target falls on their own backs.
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Expected publication June 2, 2026
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Lev A.C. Rosen
19 books1,220 followersLEV AC ROSEN sometimes is sometimes known as L.C. ROSEN. He is the author of books for all ages.
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Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
February 3, 2026It's 2,5 stars for me.
Thank you to NetGalley for the early copy!
I was so excited about this book and wanted to love it so badly, but it fell very flat for me sadly.
The premise was interesting, but the execution just was not it.
The story was honestly a bit confusing, and why the decision to randomly add in Jon's POV sometimes? I thought it was the book Ian was reading in the beginning.
Honestly, almost all of the characters pissed me off. Nicole was the only one semi-likable, but even she wasn't great. I liked Ian and Ollie in the beginning, but they made some Very weird choices and their thoughts were even worse. Brandon pissed me off immediately, and maybe it's because I cannot relate to the love part, but my dude for the love of God, chill for a bit. Every one of these characters needs therapy and Badly.
The writing style was good, but I do not get the choice of writing the same scene four times from every characters experience. I swear the moment I read another "lets start trivia night" or something similar, I kept sighing because I simply couldn't do it anymore. I just wanted that scene to be over. Same with some of the texts.
I am so sad I didn't like this book more than I did and I truly hope other people like it better, because it has incredible queer rep and could do so much good.
Thank you to NetGalley for the early copy!
I was so excited about this book and wanted to love it so badly, but it fell very flat for me sadly.
The premise was interesting, but the execution just was not it.
The story was honestly a bit confusing, and why the decision to randomly add in Jon's POV sometimes? I thought it was the book Ian was reading in the beginning.
Honestly, almost all of the characters pissed me off. Nicole was the only one semi-likable, but even she wasn't great. I liked Ian and Ollie in the beginning, but they made some Very weird choices and their thoughts were even worse. Brandon pissed me off immediately, and maybe it's because I cannot relate to the love part, but my dude for the love of God, chill for a bit. Every one of these characters needs therapy and Badly.
The writing style was good, but I do not get the choice of writing the same scene four times from every characters experience. I swear the moment I read another "lets start trivia night" or something similar, I kept sighing because I simply couldn't do it anymore. I just wanted that scene to be over. Same with some of the texts.
I am so sad I didn't like this book more than I did and I truly hope other people like it better, because it has incredible queer rep and could do so much good.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
I read the NetGalley ARC. This is my honest review.
This could never become a great story to me, though I certainly enjoyed aspects of it. It is multi-POV, and sure enough, there are several repeated scenes from different points of view. I also get anxious over disturbingly clueless characters. But once I thought of it as a fantasy, the plot stopped bugging me. I enjoyed how it ended.
Editing and formatting: Because the occasional fifth point of view isn't distinguished with a name, I was very confused for an important scene. Boo. That could have been fixed with a clear scene break symbol. And the way the texts were formatted made it impossible for me (needing larger font size) to read on a small screen. Oh well. Although the story is well edited (yay!), there is a paragraph in Ian's POV where 'he' is used twice, instead of Ian's 'they.' Oops. Typos are sneaky.
This could never become a great story to me, though I certainly enjoyed aspects of it. It is multi-POV, and sure enough, there are several repeated scenes from different points of view. I also get anxious over disturbingly clueless characters. But once I thought of it as a fantasy, the plot stopped bugging me. I enjoyed how it ended.
Editing and formatting: Because the occasional fifth point of view isn't distinguished with a name, I was very confused for an important scene. Boo. That could have been fixed with a clear scene break symbol. And the way the texts were formatted made it impossible for me (needing larger font size) to read on a small screen. Oh well. Although the story is well edited (yay!), there is a paragraph in Ian's POV where 'he' is used twice, instead of Ian's 'they.' Oops. Typos are sneaky.
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