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Eve
Apr 26, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Josh Layon books are auto-buys and quality guarantee, This Rough Magic, as stated in the book, a homage to The Thin Man, is an excellent detective mystery romance set in late 30s. Lanyon has a good grasp in early 20th century America, as proven in his other historical stories, such as Snowball in Hell. This Rough Magic is less melancholy, more quirky and deep in 30s detective novel style. I certainly learned quite a lots of new "old" words ;)

The mystery is not complicated, what's compelling are ...more
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Leslie Nicoll
May 17, 2011 rated it it was amazing
4.75 stars

Sometimes you just want to put on your comfiest tee-shirt and well-worn flannel pants, curl up on the couch with a really good book and immerse yourself in the story. A story that is as cozy as the shirt and pants. Josh Lanyon does that for me and This Rough Magic, his latest, was a really comfy read. I loved it!

Josh covers some familiar territory in this story: a California setting (San Francisco, beautifully described); a clever mystery; a rare and valuable literary manuscript (The T ...more
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Joy
Feb 14, 2013 rated it really liked it
Josh Lanyon has given us yet another excellent mystery, this time set in the 1930's. His characters and dialogue are flawless-- ...more
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Poxie
Apr 26, 2011 rated it really liked it
4.5
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Jan
Mar 19, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Lovely, noirish, well drawn, great characters. Fantastic plot.
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Jen
Mar 16, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: m-m
An all around solid read. I really enjoyed the character of Rafferty
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CJ88
Apr 30, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: m-m-books, mystery, cop-private-investigator
I couldn't stop reading and can't wait for the next book. ...more
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Chad James
Apr 09, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: mm-ebooks-i-own-1
Merith
Apr 09, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Maygirl7
Apr 25, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: m-m, historical, epub, fictionwise
4.5 stars
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Sharon
Apr 26, 2011 marked it as to-read
OkayKim
Apr 27, 2011 rated it really liked it
3.5
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Feliz
Apr 28, 2011 marked it as dnf
Sloan Parker
Apr 29, 2011 marked it as m-m
Cait Miller
Apr 30, 2011 rated it really liked it
Bookwatcher
May 01, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: glbt-gay, suspense
CAS
May 13, 2011 marked it as to-read
Pushubuu
May 31, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: m-m, mysteries-thrillers-crime, 1930s
Murphy
Jun 03, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: reread-often, josh-lanyon
Jen
Jun 05, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Tracy
Jun 30, 2011 rated it really liked it
Juli
Jul 09, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: b-n-lendable, owned-fictionwise
David
Sep 27, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Anna
Dec 28, 2011 marked it as to-read
Kira
Jan 08, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: m-m
Nan Hawthorne
Mar 23, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: glbtq
Steve Leonard
Sep 14, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Johanna
Dec 11, 2012 rated it really liked it
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