Three More Nick Nowak Mysteries (Boystown #2) in Ask Marshall Thornton

Apr 14, 2014 LenaRibka rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mystery-suspence-thriller, hot-hot-hot, the-1980s, testosterone-cannon, marshall-thornton

Excellent. One of the best series EVER.

I don't know if I should review every sequel of the Nick Nowak Mysteries.

I'm afraid that I'll frighten away all potential readers with my exaggerated rapture in regard to it. I myself know such a reaction.

Because I LOVE the second book even more than the first one and it's getting better with every next instalment, and I hope VERY that a lot of my GR friends,and not only, can share my excitements, and the last thing I want is to spoil anything for you.

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May 12, 2014 Alona rated it it was amazing

Shelves: part-of-a-series

Wow! I did not expect that!!
I liked the first book, liked it a lot, but did not think this second installment will be sooooo much better!
First, I think I needed time to get use to Nick. I didn't like him in the beginning of book one and it took me about 60% into it to warm up to him.
In this book I really liked him and I think it was his relationship with Harker that made me see a softer and warmer side of him.
It is still hard to read about all his one night stands (not even a one night... More l ...more

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Apr 17, 2014 Sofia rated it really liked it

The crime stories keep getting better and better along with Nick.

Figuring out Nick is another story altogether. I think he is still figuring himself out and I'm just a viewer watching him do it. (view spoiler)

Think the whole series is going ...more

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May 28, 2014 Laura rated it really liked it

More mysteries, more sex, and more Nick!

I still can’t get over how hard and fast Nick Nowak slipped into my world. Without flash or fuss, BOOM! He’s in and I’m hooked! He’s got this voice and presence you want to listen to, follow, and root for. Don’t get me wrong—Nick is a real ass sometimes. Haha…But I love him.

As an ex-cop and PI in the city of Chicago, Nick mostly works cheating husband cases and background checks. But every so often big time trouble comes walking through his door. Murder,
More mysteries, more sex, and more Nick!

I still can’t get over how hard and fast Nick Nowak slipped into my world. Without flash or fuss, BOOM! He’s in and I’m hooked! He’s got this voice and presence you want to listen to, follow, and root for. Don’t get me wrong—Nick is a real ass sometimes. Haha…But I love him.

As an ex-cop and PI in the city of Chicago, Nick mostly works cheating husband cases and background checks. But every so often big time trouble comes walking through his door. Murder, missing kids, and corruption. When it comes to his cases, Nick chases down the answers and ties up loose ends. But it’s a whole other ball game when it involves his emotions and love life.

”One minute, I wanted to say whatever I had to say to get him back, and the next, I hoped I never saw him again as long as I lived.”

Nick seems more apt to wait it out, see if the emotional turmoil can work itself out rather than talk about it. He doesn’t run from emotions, but he’s not in a big rush to face ‘em either. It feels more like Nick doesn’t know how to talk about his feelings. You know he’s feeling it all, but he can’t find the words. He expresses himself in other ways—like sex. Haha…He never seems to turn down sex when it’s offered and believe me he gets offers. *grins* I want to slap him upside the head sometimes. But a real attachment and relationship is brewing for Nick in this book. One that could turn into something special, if Nick can see past his hurt from his last love. Is the pain still too tender, too much to see what he has right in front of him? *Fingers crossed* Nick figures it out.

One of the many reasons why Marshall Thornton’s writing has charmed me right down to my toes is his way with descriptions. The man can pull a new character or setting into the story so completely in just a few lines or words. Lines like—“a voice that reminded me of a car in need of a muffler” or “good-looking in a nineteen fifties kind of way”. With texture, smells, and colors, I can see the new client or bar or sex partner so vividly. Clear as day! Details and sounds that I recognize in my own life, strung together to make the scene and story come to life on the page and in my head.

BUT my absolute favorite part of this series—so far anyway—is Nick’s sense of humor and voice. I feel like every line and new layer gets me deeper into Nick’s head and life. We get to know him more and more with each story. His sense of humor sneaks up on me—catches me off guard. His tone can switch from sarcastic to sexy or self-deprecating to cocky in a blink of an eye. Little lines that make me smile, smirk, and laugh from beginning to end.

“He hadn’t even met me and he didn’t like me. I felt a sense of accomplishment.”

Hehe…Go meet Nick! He will make one hell of an impression on your reading heart and world.

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Aug 15, 2014 KatieMc rated it really liked it

Shelves: mm-not-exactly-romance, gumshoe, familiar-setting

I am loving Nick and his POV. I am not so sure I am feeling things between him and Harker, but that's ok since they are not strictly monogamous. Daniel seems to be Nick's kryptonite. But kryptonite or no, nothing keeps Nick from a good man-love opportunity. While Nick had success cracking a case and rekindling things with Daniel, I sense a dark cloud looming over Boystown with Harker falling ill. I have a feeling that I will be binge reading Boystown all weekend. ...more

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Apr 24, 2014 Otila rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorites-mm

This was so good. Nick is back solving three more cases during the second half of 1981. The mysteries continue to be really well written and are possibly even more engaging than in the first book. The story is told from Nick's very cynical POV and I really enjoy his dry sense of humor. He's also starting to question his actions and feelings much more than he did in the first book, even if he does dismiss those questions almost immediately and refuses to be too introspective.

This book had a very ...more

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May 28, 2014 Irina rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical, favourite, romance, mystery, suspense, adult, contemporary, erotica, menage, gay

What a mess! With the cliffhanger like that, who needs to sleep, eat or interact with real people?

This is so good! Marshall Thornton is a master of slow torture, and I get the feeling it will get even more painful. But I can't wait to find out. ...more

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May 19, 2014 Limor Moyal rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mm, suspense-mystery, cops-fbi-pi-assassins

I really loved the first installment, but the second is even better.
Aside the fact it ends with a major cliff hanger (can't wait to continue to the next) the book was deeper, we get to know nick a little better, he evolve kinda grow up a little, getting a bit tired of fucking around and start disliking the way his life looks, he is getting old and he needs a home with someone to warm his bed , that's where harked and Daniel gets in .
I'm still not sure who is better for nick, I'm not sure nick' ...more

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Nov 07, 2014 LenaRibka rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Audiobook

I knew that I'd re-read the series the moment I read the last page.
But I have never thought that I would listen to it as a re-read!

I don't think that it has remained unnoticed on GR that I'm a big FAN of Boystown series.

As well as the fact that I'm a big FAN of Marshall Thornton.

And now I have make a confession that since I LISTEN to Boystown I became a big FAN of Brad Langer.

I LOVE HIS NICK.

I wish only I could admire his Chicago accent!
I'm good in all kinds of German accents, but I ...more

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Jun 10, 2014 Joy rated it it was amazing

"Sex and money mess most things up. That's what people think, anyway. And I used to agree. These days, I'm thinking love can mess things up pretty badly, too. Sometimes it can mess things up a whole lot worse."

Boystown 2 carries us forward in the life and times of Nick Nowak--great mysteries and even better character development--outstanding stories ...more

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Aug 31, 2013 Jon rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorite-gay-series, favorite-gay-mysteries

Really, really good - and a great companion to the first Boystown book. I like the format of combining three novellas featuring Nick Nowak; all the mysteries are tightly written and engaging. I must admit though, I am torn between Nick's love for Daniel and his relationship for Harker. The ending will flat-out freak you out (in a good way!) ...more

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