A Dangerous Thing (The Adrien English Mysteries, #2) in Q&A with Josh Lanyon

Dec 07, 2010 Lori S. rated it really liked it

Shelves: audios, american-authors, mysteries, 2014_challenge, romance-crossg, authors-josh_lanyon, 2019_biggerontheinside, 2020_roaring

I finally found Jake's theme (or rather one of his themes for my head): Breathe by Erasure ...
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May 08, 2011 Angel Martinez rated it it was amazing

I've made my way through all the Adrien (that's Adrien with an e) novels and have to say this remains at the top of the list for several reasons.

First, there's a darn good mystery here - a murder that seems to have a simple explanation slowly evolves into something much more complex. Stir in hostile local law enforcement, a great cast of secondary characters with their own agendas, our man Jake riding to the rescue, and Adrien refusing to listen to his good advice, and you have the perfect reci ...more

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Dec 27, 2010 Tara rated it really liked it

Shelves: m-m, read-in-2011, romance-contemporary, mystery-suspense

This is the second book in the Adrien English mystery. Again, another great mystery. A true mystery, one that I didn't figure out until the end.

In this book Adrien runs away from his ambiguous non-relationship with Jake. He decides to go visit the house left to him by his grandmother. When he arrives there is a dead body in his driveway. Of course by the time he drives to safety and calls the police, the body is gone. He spends so time looking for the body and trying to figure out what is going ...more

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Nov 28, 2009 Kirsten rated it it was amazing

The lead characters were much more well-rounded in this outing and it was great to get a better sense of them-- I still wanted to smack both of them upside the head at various points, but I was rooting for them to finally get together. I also really enjoyed the building mystery, although the ending felt a little rushed.

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