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Re-read this, as I am fan-girling on Josh Lanyon currently, and this book was one of my very first m/m-romances--read as a paperback, no less. If you enter the fray on such a fare it is no wonder that the sights get set high.
In hindsight I agree that Josh was still channelling a bit too much Chandler and not enough Lanyon with this, but I can't be bothered to give it any lesser rating. I might prefer the easy Lanyon prose of e.g. The Dark Farewell, but this one gets way over 5 stars already on i ...more
In hindsight I agree that Josh was still channelling a bit too much Chandler and not enough Lanyon with this, but I can't be bothered to give it any lesser rating. I might prefer the easy Lanyon prose of e.g. The Dark Farewell, but this one gets way over 5 stars already on i ...more

Great to read a Lanyon book in 3rd person dual POV. It's rare in Josh's books that you get the perspective of the more alpha of the characters.
I found the mystery to be excellent especially in a 'golden age' style with disappearing bodies and the like. And the slow burn relationship was adorable.
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I found the mystery to be excellent especially in a 'golden age' style with disappearing bodies and the like. And the slow burn relationship was adorable.
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I really enjoyed the relationship between Perry and Nick. A great old "haunted" house, good mystery, and a lot of potential suspects. Another great Josh Lanyon book.
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