The Dark Tide (The Adrien English Mysteries, #5) in Q&A with Josh Lanyon

May 31, 2010 Tara rated it it was amazing

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

When a series is this good you want it to end before it starts to suck and you want it to continue forever because you love it. This is the 5th story in the Adrien English series and finally I felt like the things that needed to be said were said, at least between Adrien & Jake. I see such potential for stories about them, and maybe that's the way it should be left. However, after a dedicated search I found a post from Josh Lanyon himself that says that maybe, tentatively and Adrien with an "e" When a series is this good you want it to end before it starts to suck and you want it to continue forever because you love it. This is the 5th story in the Adrien English series and finally I felt like the things that needed to be said were said, at least between Adrien & Jake. I see such potential for stories about them, and maybe that's the way it should be left. However, after a dedicated search I found a post from Josh Lanyon himself that says that maybe, tentatively and Adrien with an "e" lovers shouldn't get our hopes up too much, but there is a possibility that he will write a story of these two in 2012 set around Christmas.

In this book, for once, Adrien isn't a murder suspect. However a body is unearthed in the upper floor of the part of the building he is renovating. It is the body of a man who mysteriously disappeared in 1959. Adrien, who is recovering from surgery, decides to solve the case with a little help from newly licensed PI Jake. Meanwhile it seems that all three former loves of Adrien are trying to get themselves back in the picture- Mel, his first love, Guy his last lover, and Jake. (view spoiler) Also Natalie is still making terrible choices in men, the bookstaore can't get good help from the agencies, and Angus is back.

Okay, so clearly this book was great, which wasn't a huge surprise since I really do enjoy Josh Lanyon's writing, a fact that when I'm not reading his stories I seem to forget. He is a mystery writer, and a good one at that. So many mystery stories I have read are mostly a joke. You know who the bad guy is the second he's introduced even if you don't know what he's going to do. Not Josh Lanyon. Add to that the fact that the romance is so present throughout without being annoying, and in this book Adrien's love life was even a mystery. I was worried through the entire book about what his decision would be, and whether Guy, Mel or Jake would be standing in the end, or if there would be a whole new guy that I didn't know. I wondered what would become of him, the store, his life in general, and especially his love life. I didn't get all the answers exactly, but I'm satisfied, for now, although I still hope to read more about Adrien and his wacky life. ...more

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

Shelves: 2010_selfchallenge, american-authors, 2019_biggerontheinside, audios, lgbtqa-et-al, mysteries, romance-crossg, authors-josh_lanyon, 2014_challenge, 2020_roaring

Part 2 of 2 of the Adrien and Jake grow up and get over themselves finally. Guy's off with his young man Peter, finally, Nat's running the bookstore, there's a body on the third floor, and someone's hunting for lost treasure.

Whataya Want From Me Adam Lambert. For Jake.
Always Erasure. For Adrien. ...more

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Jan 19, 2014 Angel Martinez rated it really liked it · review of another edition

There should have been a time... Ah, well. All good things must come to an end. As always, I loved visiting with Adrien and Jake for a snippet of their lives.You'd think that a decades old mystery, one where most of the principles should be dead or geriatrics by now, would be safe for Adrien to go poking into. Not so, of course, with a motley crew of old rivalries and love affairs gone wrong attached to his bookstore's skeleton under the floorboards. I thoroughly enjoyed the set up of what, at f ...more

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Aug 03, 2011 Angel Martinez rated it really liked it

Ah, well. All good things must come to an end. As always, I loved visiting with Adrien and Jake for a snippet of their lives.

You'd think that a decades old mystery, one where most of the principles should be dead or geriatrics by now, would be safe for Adrien to go poking into. Not so, of course, with a motley crew of old rivalries and love affairs gone wrong attached to his bookstore's skeleton under the floorboards.

I thoroughly enjoyed the set up of what, at first, appears to be a hopeless co ...more

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Dec 27, 2009 Wren rated it it was amazing

Shelves: m-m, mystery, contemporary, cats-pajamas

Better than expected. Josh Lanyon is a wonderful writer. Every book in this series is a real treat. I loved the angst in this one - just the right amount. The mystery was good, but secondary to the Jake and Adrien story. Very satisfying.

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Mar 25, 2014 Kirsten rated it liked it

I actually prefer some of Lanyon's other series to the Adrien English ones, although I'm not sure why that is-- maybe I can related to the main characters better? ...more

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