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I am biased, I have loved everything I have read by Josh Lanyon. I am a reader, not a writer, so my reviews may not be the most articulate, but hopefully my admiration for this authors ability to capture with style and wit, all the nuances of a relationship, while still providing a good mystery, comes through. I am steadily making my way through his catalog and have not been disappointed by anything I have read.
I liked this book. It is teetering between 3.4 and 4 star and finally fell to four because even with all the things going on I still inexplicably really liked it. I didn't know if I would based on some of the reviews I read. And as usual Josh Lanyon takes his time weaving the story. Swift is a recovering addict turned college professor in small town Maine and his lover is Max the chief of police. A man in town is murdered and his son, one of Tad's students, is the prime suspect. But there is a l
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I had to listen to this twice to truly appreciate the full impact, depth, and beauty of it. It's a brilliant little novella, wonderfully constructed and moving. A romance/mystery, but so much more than that. I don't think there's a spare word in it. And it's one of the few stories that delves into recovering from addiction that really gets it right. Kudos, Mr. Lanyon for yet another brilliant work.
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I didn't particularly care for this narrator. The character dialogue was confusing at times, because there weren't noticeable differences in the "voices" used. Most of the dialogue was flat, and at times it was read without the inflection that was described in the text/stated before or after the character spoke.
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The characters were excellent and drove the story.
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