2026 Reading Challenge

Boystown Series

13 primary works • 17 total works

Book 0.5

Little Boy Dead
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3.98 · 272 Ratings · 49 Reviews · published 2012 · 3 editions
It’s fall, 1979 and freshly-minted private investi…

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    Book 0.75

    Little Boy Afraid
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    4.05     · 98 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2017 · 2 editions
    It’s winter 1980, private investigator Nick Nowak …

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    Book 0.5-0.75

    The Boystown Prequels: Two Nick Nowak Novellas
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    3.98     · 129 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 2017 · 2 editions
    Lambda award-winning Boystown Mystery series follo…

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    Book 1

    Three Nick Nowak Mysteries
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    3.85     · 1193 Ratings · 257 Reviews · published 2009 · 7 editions
    Finalist for the Lambda Award in Gay Mystery, Boys…

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    Book 2

    Three More Nick Nowak Mysteries
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    4.18     · 698 Ratings · 129 Reviews · published 2010 · 6 editions
    The Boystown Mystery series continues as Chicago p…

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    Book 3

    Two Nick Nowak Novellas
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    4.32     · 606 Ratings · 99 Reviews · published 2011 · 2 editions
    In the two novellas that make up the third book in…

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    Book 4

    A Time For Secrets
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    4.45     · 579 Ratings · 99 Reviews · published 2012 · 2 editions
    In the first full-length novel of the Boystown ser…

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    Book 5

    Murder Book
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    4.56     · 535 Ratings · 103 Reviews · published 2013 · 6 editions
    In the second of the Boystown mysteries to be a fi…

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    Book 6

    From the Ashes
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    4.54     · 507 Ratings · 99 Reviews · published 2013 · 2 editions
    It’s winter 1984. Private Investigator Nick Nowak …

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    Book 7

    Bloodlines
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    4.46     · 439 Ratings · 70 Reviews · published 2015 · 3 editions
    WINNER LAMBDA AWARD GAY MYSTERY

    In the seventh book…

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    Book 8

    The Lies That Bind
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    4.51     · 398 Ratings · 76 Reviews · published 2016 · 2 editions
    The eighth book of the best-selling Boystown Myste…

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    Book 9

    Lucky Days
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    4.47     · 340 Ratings · 47 Reviews · published 2017 · 2 editions
    In the ninth book of the bestselling mystery serie…

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    Book 10

    Gifts Given
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    4.44     · 314 Ratings · 41 Reviews · published 2017 · 2 editions
    In the tenth installment of the award-winning Boys…

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    Book 11

    Heart's Desire
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    4.47     · 279 Ratings · 39 Reviews · published 2018 · 2 editions
    It’s February 1985. Nick struggles to recover from…

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    Book 12

    Broken Cord
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    4.61     · 284 Ratings · 48 Reviews · published 2019 · 2 editions
    In the latest installment of the Lambda Award-winn…

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    Book 13

    Fade Out
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    4.54     · 275 Ratings · 63 Reviews · published 2020 · 2 editions
    The Lambda Award-winning Boystown Mystery series c…

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    Book 1-3

    Boystown Bundle: Books 1-3
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    4.21     · 24 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2011 · 1 edition
    For a limited time only, the first three books of …

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