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Review: Steel Nautilus – Erin O’Quinn

Steel Nautilus - Erin O'Quinn - Lighthouse Keeper

Genre: Mystery, Romance, Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Smashwords About The Book Deep passion meets raw danger… Dirk Black, a fist-and-furious undercover cop, knows nothing about lighthouses—except, in his own words, they’re put up by angels to guide seagoing idiots. So when his Detective Inspector assigns him to a solve a murder committed at a lighthouse, the cop is forced to partner with a true expert, his lover Stephan Tavish. But his decision is one wrested from his gut-deep conviction that he—and the powers that be—are putting the man he loves in a verra dangerous position. In his beguiling way, Stephan is stronger and … Read more

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Review: Homecoming in Murder – Edale Lane

Homecoming in Murder - Edale Lane

Genre: Murder Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Lt. Jenna Ferrari is in the middle of two cases and has just moved in with her girlfriend, Randi, so this is not a good time to hear from her estranged father asking for her help. But with her brother wrongly accused of murder, how can she refuse? Randi isn’t about to let Jenna return home to face her past alone, even if it means she’ll be placed in a lot of awkward positions. However, she doesn’t truly know what she’s getting into until they arrive. The sheriff calls it open and shut, but Jenna … Read more

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Review: Reprise in Murder – Edale Lane

Reprise in Murder co-op - Edale Lane

Genre: Murder Mystery, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Old MO, new killer. Can she catch a psychopath before he strikes again? Book 5 in the popular Lessons in Murder series, by award-winning, best-selling author Edale Lane Lieutenant Detective Jenna Ferrari is called to the scene of a brutal murder that exactly mirrors a former serial killer’s MO in all regards but one: this time the victim is a man. The killer responsible for the previous homicides is dead himself. Did he have a partner who was never caught? If not, how could this perpetrator mimic details never released to the public? Randi … Read more

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Review: Not Again – C.J. Baty

Not Again - C.J. Baty - Lizzy Ferguson Mystery

Genre: Historical, Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Bisexual Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Lizzie Ferguson is not a typical 1912 woman. Owner of the E.M. Ferguson Detective Agency, she prefers to live life outside of society’s norm – both in and out of the bedroom – which leads to complications when she finds herself attracted to her beautiful assistant, Julia Straton, and an arrogant, yet devastatingly handsome journalist named Walton Crew. But who has time for romance when there are murders to solve? Her newest case is eerily similar to one from the past. Male brothel workers are being butchered, so she calls on old friends and Pinkerton detectives, Michael … Read more

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New Release / Giveaway: Pinned – Liz Faraim

Pinned - Liz Faraim

Liz Faraim has a new lesbian mystery thriller out: Pinned. And there’s a giveaway. “Rowdy” Randy Cox, a woman staring down the barrel of retirement, is a curmudgeonly blue-collar butch lesbian, who has been single for twenty years and is trying to date again. At the end of a long, exhausting shift, Randy finds her supervisor, Bryant, pinned and near death at the warehouse where they work. Upon the news of his death, she battles to find a balance between the joys of an exciting new relationship and the struggles of processing her supervisor’s unexpected passing. The manner of her supervisor’s death leaves Randy unsettled and suspicious as she gets sucked … Read more

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Review: Pinned – Liz Faraim

Pinned - Liz Faraim

LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Contemporary Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link | Goodreads About The Book “Rowdy” Randy Cox, a woman staring down the barrel of retirement, is a curmudgeonly blue-collar butch lesbian, who has been single for twenty years and is trying to date again. At the end of a long, exhausting shift, Randy finds her supervisor, Bryant, pinned and near death at the warehouse where they work. Upon the news of his death, she battles to find a balance between the joys of an exciting new relationship and the struggles of processing her supervisor’s unexpected passing. The manner of her supervisor’s death … Read more

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Review: Death by Silver – Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold

Death by Silver - Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold

Genre: Gaslamp Fantasy/Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Publisher About The Book Mystery, Murder and Magic… When his nemesis from schoolboy days hires metaphysician Ned Mathey to investigate his father’s murder, Ned turns to his friend and sometime lover, detective Julian Lynes, for help. Together, they must navigate a maze of deceit, danger, their painful past and, perhaps, a chance at a future together, in an Edwardian London as full of peril as it is with magic. Can they solve the mystery at the heart of the murder to forge a new kind of partnership or will the past and society’s disapproval send them off … Read more

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Review: Murder Without Magic – Ripley Hayes

Murder Without Magic - Ripley Hayes

Genre: Mystery, Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Peter and Lorne have taken the plunge: moved in together in a little house by the sea. Peter has his dream job, and Lorne has his dream kitchen, and so what if things go bump in the night next door? they can ignore it. The ghost with a violent streak isn’t so easy to ignore. Nor is the dead body in next door’s garden. Much against their better judgement, and the advice of their friends, Peter and Lorne are dragged kicking and screaming into another investigation. Only two questions remain: do the bad guys have … Read more

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Review: Apidae – Xenia Melzer

Apidae - Xenia Melzer

Genre: Paranormal, Mystery, Thriller LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book No good deed—or good record of solving crimes—goes unpunished. Detectives Andi Hayes and George Donovan of the Charleston PD are on vacation. Or at least they are until they are called back for an emergency: find Chief Norris’s missing son. Fortunately, Andi’s insect spies lead him right to little Tyler Norris, who is safe and sound. Unfortunately, along with the chief’s son, they find twenty-five corpses, victims of a serial killer who’s gone unnoticed for over a decade.  Chief Norris promptly cancels Andi and George’s vacation and assigns them as lead detectives on the … Read more

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Review: Dark Vows – J.S. Cook

Dark Vows - J.S. Cook

Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book They say you shouldn’t meet trouble halfway, but Inspector Danny Quirke never has to worry about that. Trouble always finds him. When a house fire rocks his small town of Kildevil Cove, Danny’s inquiries into the house’s mysterious inhabitants prompt the dispatch of Inspecteur Blaise Pascal from Quebec. Pascal arrives in perpetual ill humor, but he’s an expert on this particular family. If anyone can determine whether this is a missing persons case or something more sinister, it’s Pascal. Pity he doesn’t want to share. Danny’s cop instincts say Pascal’s secrets are the key to solving … Read more