Mystery

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REVIEW: Dead Woman’s Pond – Elle E. Ire

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Dead Woman's Pond - Elle E. Ire

Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Lesbian Reviewer: H.L. Get It On Amazon About The Book No matter how Flynn Dalton tries to avoid it, the supernatural finds her.  At first, it’s not so bad. Flynn’s girlfriend, Genesis, is a nationally known psychic, which makes Flynn uncomfortable for both paranormal and financial reasons, but she can handle it. As long as no one makes her talk about it.  Then, on her way home from her construction job, Flynn almost ends up the latest casualty of Festivity’s infamous Dead Man’s Pond. And when her ex-lover’s ghost appears to warn her away, things get a whole lot weirder. Flynn might not … Read more

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REVIEW: Cold Cases and Bitter Enemies – J.M. Dabney

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Cold Cases and Bitter Enemies - J.M. Dabney

Genre: Mystery, Police Procedural, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Pan, Ace Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book An unknown enemy wanted to take everything from us. Graves I’d spent all my forty-plus years paying for mistakes when I’d simply been human. Living in the shadow of my friend’s happiness grew harder every day. I didn’t mind being the odd one out. I didn’t mind being considered the unlovable strait-laced-ish one to their mayhem. Acceptance after a lifetime of not measuring up was nice. I’d found my rhythm and my place among the weirdness of my unit. That was until Marcel Douglas, the new ego-maniac in Homicide, decided he … Read more

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REVIEW: Dirty Work – TA Moore

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Dirty Work - TA Moore

Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Suspense LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Crime Scene Cleaner [kraɪm siːnˈkliːnə]: Cleans up crime scenes…before the cops know there is one. People always say ‘you can’t go home again’. It turns out that doesn’t count as a guarantee…especially not during a global pandemic. After the jobs in LA started to dry up, crime scene cleaner Grade Pulaski was forced to pack up and move home. He loves his family, but the last thing he ever wanted was to face the ghosts he’d left back in Sweeny, Kentucky. Also, the place just sucks. He certainly isn’t going to stay any longer … Read more

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NEW RELEASE: Daring Duplicity – Edale Lane

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Daring Duplicity

Edale Lane has a new FF historical steampunk book out: Daring Duplicity. And there’s a giveaway! Solving mysteries is her business. Finding love is her dream. Will combining the two get her killed? Victorian Era England. Stetson revels in being unconventional. So when society shies away from her independent nature, the bold woman creates an imaginary boss and opens her own detective agency. And her keen observational skills, convincing disguises, and Holmesian methods quickly bring in a string of tough-to-crack cases. Struggling to squeeze a personal life in around a series of hazardous investigations, Stetson worries she’ll never find a woman of like-passions. But with her heart set on true love … Read more

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REVIEW: Pickled Petunia – Dahlia Donovan

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Pickled Petunia - Dahlia Donovan - Motts Cold Case Mystery

Genre: Cozy Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Ace (Autistic) Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Mystery beckons when a young woman seeks out budding amateur detective Pineapple “Motts” Mottley to find her missing mother in the third novel of the Motts Cold Case Mystery series. Murder comes to Motts’s doorstep when a stranger asks her to investigate a suspicious disappearance. Past experience tells her to say no yet her curiosity wins out. What’s the harm in asking a few questions? The missing person case quickly evolves into murder when a body is found in the strangest circumstances. Motts sifts through various suspects and lies, only to … Read more

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REVIEW: Pierced Peony – Dahlia Donovan

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Pierced Peony - Dahlia Donovan

Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Ace (Autism) Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book On a casual walk along the Cornish Coast, Pineapple “Motts” Mottley stumbles upon a body and a perilous new murder case in the second novel in the Motts Cold Case Mystery series. As spring rolls into summer, Motts settles into her cottage. She’s enjoying a daily stroll when a body in the sea destroys her peace and quiet. It brings yet another mystery for her to solve. How does a woman who vanished from Polperro three years prior wind up battered by waves? Motts is drawn into the investigation despite her best … Read more

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REVIEW: Cold Cases and Dark Secrets – J.M. Dabney

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Cold Cases and Dark Secrets - J.M. Dabney

Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Procedural, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Time Didn’t Heal All Wounds, and the Scars were About to be Ripped Open StevensonWhen I’d moved from Homicide to the Cold Case Unit my friends headed, I’d thought it would be a new start. The minute my marriage fell apart, I’d lost my purpose. Years passed, and I hadn’t found myself until I’d helped my friends catch a serial killer, but I’d also found friends and family. As I’d searched for a case among dusty boxes, a decades’ old murder and missing person case caught my attention. The autopsy report sent me … Read more

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REVIEW: Old Bones – Reis Asher

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Old Bones - Reis Asher

Genre: Myrder Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Transgender Reviewer: Mary Ann Get It On Amazon About The Book Haunted by his last case and still struggling financially, private investigator Nick Fabian is floundering when a birthday surprise from his best friend Connor Long and boyfriend Roy Constas—a home of their own—offers a ray of hope for a future life beyond living in a cramped trailer and staring into the depths of human depravity. Nick’s optimism soon fades when he finds human remains crammed into a suitcase dumped in the attic. The bones belong to a local child who was reported missing three years ago. The news only gets worse when Roy … Read more

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REVIEW: Agents of the Truth – Jackson Marsh

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Agents of the Truth - Jackson Marsh

Genre: Mystery, Historical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book “Despite your adversities, Mr Blaze, you remain unbroken because of who you are, not what you can or cannot do.” Mrs Norwood, October 1890 Shakespeare, the Bible, Edgar Allan Poe… What could a series of random quotes have to do with a masked ball and eight unsolved murders? Archer, Lord Clearwater, is hosting a masquerade at Larkspur Hall, and Prince Albert Victor is the guest of honour. The vitally important event is miles away from London, where Jimmy Wright has enlisted the help of Dalston Blaze and Joe Tanner in solving two mysteries: Who … Read more

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REVIEW: Dark Tide – J.S. Cook

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Dark Tide - J.S. Cook

Genre: Mystery, Police Procedural LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book They say it never rains but it pours. Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Inspector Danny Quirke would have to agree. First someone murders a vulnerable Kildevil Cove man and dumps him in an abandoned well. Then the body of a sex-trafficking victim washes up on a nearby beach. Danny has to get to the bottom of both deaths, but with few leads and little support from his superiors, he’s spinning his wheels in a mud pit of a case. Vital resources go missing, witnesses disappear, and suspects proliferate. Each step toward the truth brings him two … Read more