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His romantic weekend in ruins, shy twenty-something artist Perry Foster learns that things can always get worse when he returns home from San Francisco to find a dead body in his bathtub. A dead body in a very ugly sportscoat--and matching socks. The dead man is a stranger to Perry, but that's not much of a comfort; how did a strange dead man get in a locked flat at the isolated Alton Estate in the wilds of the "Northeast Kingdom" of Vermont? Perry turns to help from "tall, dark and hostile" former navy SEAL Nick Reno--but is Reno all that he seems?
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Like Lanyon's other books, this is a good read with the plot deftly twisting and turning to throw the reader off balance. The characters are wll developed and change through the tale.
Here's the reason for only awarding four stars. The characters are too similar to the Adrien English books. The lead character is young and sickly asthmatic painter, rather than a writer with a heart condition, and the second character is a butch ex navy seal rather than a closeted cop. The only other problem I had was that the weather which is described throughout somehow doesn't really create the feeling of menace and the brewing storm.
All that said, however, this is a high gothic camp thriller, with a hounted house, a batty old lady, a sex bomb on the run from the mob, missing treasure and secret passageways, reclusive neighbours, a grumpy landlady and indifferent police, couple that with an asthmatic painter and a gay navy seal with Lanyon's ability and you get a good read. I am sure he can do better though, it's as though he coasted a bit on this one.
Here's the reason for only awarding four stars. The characters are too similar to the Adrien English books. The lead character is young and sickly asthmatic painter, rather than a writer with a heart condition, and the second character is a butch ex navy seal rather than a closeted cop. The only other problem I had was that the weather which is described throughout somehow doesn't really create the feeling of menace and the brewing storm.
All that said, however, this is a high gothic camp thriller, with a hounted house, a batty old lady, a sex bomb on the run from the mob, missing treasure and secret passageways, reclusive neighbours, a grumpy landlady and indifferent police, couple that with an asthmatic painter and a gay navy seal with Lanyon's ability and you get a good read. I am sure he can do better though, it's as though he coasted a bit on this one.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I've read some of Josh Lanyon's Adrien English Mystery series, but much prefer this one-off novel over them. I'm just not a fan of series and sequels ... much prefer one installment with a conclusive and satisfying ending. The mystery elements of his plots are good but the romance element is just as important for me and with a series the romance has nowhere to go except downhill.
TGWYS has a satisfying whudunnit plot, some nice gothic touches and a very tender romance between the two mis-matched main characters. Nick makes me go-weak-at-the-knees - he's my ideal contemporary hero. But Mr Lanyon also weaves an engrossing story that kept me turning the pages with relish.
TGWYS has a satisfying whudunnit plot, some nice gothic touches and a very tender romance between the two mis-matched main characters. Nick makes me go-weak-at-the-knees - he's my ideal contemporary hero. But Mr Lanyon also weaves an engrossing story that kept me turning the pages with relish.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I've read about six novels by this author now, and I will buy more.
Detective story and romance...the writing is great, the suspence is great, the romance is great. The title of the book put me off at first, but I decided to buy this kindle edition as the author's other novels were so good. Didn't regret it in the least.
Detective story and romance...the writing is great, the suspence is great, the romance is great. The title of the book put me off at first, but I decided to buy this kindle edition as the author's other novels were so good. Didn't regret it in the least.
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A gripping mystery, memorable characters, great setting
Josh Lanyon has done it again: he's gripped my attention from start to finish with great, memorable characters, given them a scary yet intriguing mystery to solve, in a creepy,... Read more
Published 4 months ago by starlight
Not his best
Although I enjoyed Lanyon's Adrien English series, I found this book to be well below that standard in many respects. His main characters are annoying and stereotyped. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Acala
Not a bad read
The book starts quite slow then progresses. Things start to happen and you end up feeling for poor Perry.
Published on 9 Mar 2009 by hAZ
Josh Lanyon has done it again
Another carefully written, plotted and 'romanced' story by Lanyon. With his usual couple of apparently mismatched main characters (this time, a tough and seemingly uncaring ex-Navy... Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2009 by J.W. London
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