Boy Meets Body (Partners In Crime #1) in Q&A with Josh Lanyon

Jan 27, 2011 Emanuela ~plastic duck~ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: rainbow-gay, glbt, action-crime-suspense, romance

Cards On The Table

I want all my stories like this. Tims is fragile and stubborn, a dangerous combination, Jack is strong and concerned, an irresistible combination. It takes a while for them to find and re-find their way to each other, but it was so good.

The murder Tim is investigating is 50 years old but it still stirs something that someone would prefer to stay hidden. Tim finds himself in the line of fire, so to speak, and he asks Jack for help. Jack and Tim went on a few dates, but Jack made Cards On The Table

I want all my stories like this. Tims is fragile and stubborn, a dangerous combination, Jack is strong and concerned, an irresistible combination. It takes a while for them to find and re-find their way to each other, but it was so good.

The murder Tim is investigating is 50 years old but it still stirs something that someone would prefer to stay hidden. Tim finds himself in the line of fire, so to speak, and he asks Jack for help. Jack and Tim went on a few dates, but Jack made Tim understand he didn't want a relationship, and the feeling of being refused, especially because of his medical condition, left something sour in Tim. After an accident, Tim has been having seizures, but the seizures seem also an excuse Tim uses to keep Jack at distance when the cop begins to show his interest. The two men dance their way back together with a bit of mistrust and miscommunication. I couldn't put the book down. In the space of a novella there was the heartache of months, life changing events and how they impact on one's life, and especially Tim's need of being loved and accepted for what he is, for what happened to him.

Tim's investigation and emotional journey are weaved together beautifully and I almost felt I was living in two different periods at once, enjoying both the investigation and the glamour of the old Hollywood stars. Fantastic.

Murder at the Heartbreak Hotel

The title perfectly describes the story, it was truly heartbreaking. I don't want to give any plot point away, I just want to say that it was so full of loss, fragility, remorse, that I found myself spilling tears of mourning over a stolen life.

The protagonist, Peter, is not easy to like, and I'm not sure I liked him in the end, there was something flimsy about him before and during all the ordeal at his hotel. I read something else by this author and I wasn't able to like it because I couldn't connect with the characters, but here the story is so poignant, so emotional that I was really overwhelmed. I'll be checking something else from this author sooner.

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This collection of two stories is very enjoyable and highly recommended if you want to sample these two authors. ...more

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