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The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks (The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks, #1)

Josh Lanyon

Start date: December 1, 2017

Finish date: December 31, 2017

Discussion: Book of the Month Club

Discussion leader: Jordan Lombard

Why we're reading this: We're reading this in preparation for the sequel which is coming out very soon!…more
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Jun 26, 2009 Ami rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mm-mystery-suspense-thriller

This time Josh Lanyon uses 3rd person POV (and I was used to the 1st person POV of Adrien English' series) -- and it's nice because I can read both of the main characters' feeling.

The murder mystery is good, it has sort of Agatha Christie's 'closet-case' feel to it: A body that disappears, a story of the "old days", with secret passages in the house. Interesting. And of course, the love story between Perry and Nick is beautiful. I can feel the chemistry and the emotion pouring from the pages.

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Mar 02, 2011 Dina rated it it was ok

Shelves: novella, contemporary-romance, ebook, to-review, mystery-thrillers, m-m

I'm a big JL fan, so it saddens me to say I did not like this book. The mystery was too convoluted and I didn't feel the romance, because Perry and Nick had no chemistry whatsoever and their HEA felt rushed. All in all, this book didn't work for me. ...more

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May 01, 2009 Emily G rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: action, gay-male, fiction, books-2009, murder-mystery

I loved this book from start to finish! I was a bit unsure when Perry was being portrayed as the thin, frail gay man and Reno the big strong ex-Navy SEAL but they were both strong characters who knew what they wanted. Their romance was very believable, as they danced around each other before eventually getting together ^_^!

Plus the detective story was intriguing, as there were many possibilities as to who dun it! And I have to say that I guessed the murderer at the beginning but then was unsure ...more

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Feb 11, 2009 Christina, but with tea rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2014, read-in-2009, re-reads

Originally read/reviewed in 2009.
Reread in 2014.

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. The mystery plot is quite good, a nice little who-done-it. There is a fun grab-bag of eccentric characters as well as a creepy, old boarding house. Perry is young and a little naive at times, but he’s likable. Nick is tough, but he has a gentle side, too. He’s older and more experienced than Perry, so the two characters balance each other quite well. The story is light, suspenseful, funny, sexy, and swe ...more

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Jan 09, 2009 Liz rated it it was amazing

I got what I wanted out of this book. It was a fun read. I wasn't emotionally wrecked by any of the drama between the characters or the mystery and was surprised by the twists and turns that the story took. ...more

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