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The Little Death (Henry Rios Mystery, #1)

Michael Nava

Start date: April 1, 2014

Finish date: April 30, 2014

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Dec 06, 2012 Lori S. rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries, 2019_biggerontheinside, lgbtqa-et-al, audios, gay-mystery, 2015_challenge

Listened to the audio of this book. Excellent story, great narrator with good material. I look forward to hearing the rest of the series in audio format now.

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Sep 26, 2009 Ami rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-suspense-thriller, lgbtq-fiction

I'm a follower of Harry Bosch mystery and I have yet able to find a similar tone of crime/mystery series from other authors (duly noted, I have not tried many). I tried Robert Craise, but Elvis Cole doesn't feel like Harry. So I'm long to find a hero that feels "alone" but at the same time do his job with purpose.

Then, I stumbled into Michael Nava's "The Little Death". The first reason I bought this book was because the main hero was a gay lawyer. I was trying to branch out from the gay erotica ...more

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Apr 02, 2015 Jillian MacLeod rated it liked it · review of another edition

Stylistically, this was much more of a genre mystery than the romance/mysteries I generally read. I liked the character of Henry Rios—at least as much as I could, considering that despite the story being in first person, we weren't really given a lot of insight into him. The story was engaging, though, even if most of the characters were a little like cardboard cut-outs. Since this is the first in a series, I'm hoping they get more fleshed out with subsequent books.

As for the mystery itself, wel ...more

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Jun 11, 2014 Murphy rated it really liked it

This was a well written book. The mystery is interesting and the HIV positive slant was very good.

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Jul 13, 2017 Meggie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: adults-mystery-suspense, audio-book, drama

I decided to enjoy The Little Death on a whim. To be sincere I'm really surprised by how good this book was. The main story was full of drama, mystery and sadness. I liked Henry Rios he was a solid main protagonist, really serious and good. Ending was satisfying. I'm looking forward for more! ...more

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