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This story involves two competing mystery writers, who become involved in the murder of a fellow writer at a book signing.
It has all the elements of a classic mystery in the tradition of the likes of Charlie Chan or Ellery Queen. It's a tight well woven story. What a fun why to start the fall. ...more
It has all the elements of a classic mystery in the tradition of the likes of Charlie Chan or Ellery Queen. It's a tight well woven story. What a fun why to start the fall. ...more

Best Way to Start a Vacation
Great mystery, adorable protagonists, romance, history, intelligence, humor and dramatic tension. A short read and worth every penny! Everything I've come to expect from Josh Lanyon ...more
Great mystery, adorable protagonists, romance, history, intelligence, humor and dramatic tension. A short read and worth every penny! Everything I've come to expect from Josh Lanyon ...more

This hit me in just the right way at just the right time. I loved the old-timey atmosphere created by all the little historical details and the locked-room mystery taking place in a book store with several mystery writers in attendance. How perfect! The banter between Felix and Leonard was fun and revealed an attraction way before they realized it themselves. There's also a sadness about these men left adrift after fighting in WWII, so it was lovely to see them begin to find a way out of their l
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It renders perfectly the historical atmosphere after World War Two, for people who went to war and people who didn't. There is much more mystery (in fact locked-room mystery) than romance. I liked the enemy-to-lovers thing between Felix and Leonard, which wasn't out of the blue: they just had never let themselves to consider the fondness they had for each other. I hope they will go together to the Valley of the Kings ;-). I was first thrilled and then saddened because of (view spoiler)
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