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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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Mar 10, 2012 Meep rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favourite, cosy-mystery-crime-detective

The sequel disappointed, but still love this.
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An old rambling house, eccentric characters, a disappearing body and a slow romance - I'm happy.

A good old-fashioned gothic-styled cosy, nodding to too many well loved authors to name.

Our damsel in distress is the unfortunate Perry, having a bad day even before the corpse appears, with added asthma. Our hero ex-navy SEAL Nick, man of action. Perry shows his share of brains, argueably better suited to detecting than brawny Nick. The two get togeth ...more

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Aug 06, 2012 Kay Sachse rated it really liked it

Shelves: krimis, schwulenkrimis, ebooks

Coming home after the first date of hell isn't great, but finding a dead man in your bathtub afterwards isn't much better. Having made such a ghastly experience it's nice that the macho guy next door offers help; quite reluctantly though, but nevertheless, a nice start of a brief romance and a great help while finding out what actually happened in the house because the police aren't offering much help.
Another one of those lovely romantic detective stories by the hand of Lanyon with a sweet guy t ...more

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Jun 21, 2012 Carey rated it it was amazing

Shelves: m-m-romance, mystery-crime

4.5 stars, Wow did I love Perry! Everytime I think I'm witty enough to figure out a Josh Lanyon mystery...I am as far away from the truth as possible :) Which I guess is half the fun! As always, Josh Lanyon's mysteries are a great read, they keep you guessing and the romance in this one was very understated but sweet, loved the end!
First read: 6/22/12
Second read: 10/27/13 ...more

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