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Rosa, really
3.5 rounded up to 4!

I have no idea what to say about this book. I’m fascinated. I’m turned on. I’m horrified. I’m turned on. James Lear has created a fantasy/historical world that definitely touches my inner perv. A world where all men are gay and in possession of a “voracious asshole.”

My opinion hasn’t changed much from my review of the first book, The Back Passage. There’s still an impressive lack of lube. (However, there is exactly one mention of Vaseline. Color me relieved.) Mitch still fuc
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LenaRibka





The best way to explain The Secret Tunnel:

Take a detective novel of Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express, replace the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot with the American amateur sleuth Edward Mitchell who lives and works as a medical doctor in Edinburgh, add a lot of SEX SCENES, make ALL men who perform here gay or at least bisexual (those are in the minority), season everything generously with fun and delicious dialogues and you have it.

Or just imagine a literature professor devoting hi
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KatieMc
Recommended for anyone who fancies a comically gay porn story inspired by Murder On The Orient Express. The Secret Tunnel is another pervy fun whodunit with amateur sleuth Edward “Mitch” Mitchell. This one has a bit more plot and a bit less porn than the last installment, but still quite good. While you cannot take these books very seriously, I can’t help but notice that the book acknowledges that homosexual activities were not just frowned upon, but illegal, in the 1920s historical setting. Thi ...more
Marshall Thornton
Feb 27, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Sofia
Jun 26, 2016 marked it as to-read