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The Disaster Gay Detective Agency
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From award—winning, critically acclaimed crime writer Lev Rosen comes a punchy, hilarious mystery—thriller. Meet the disaster gays: They're messy. They're queer. And they're about to solve a murder… Or die trying.
Brandon is a hopeless romantic. So when a handsome stranger named Jon checks in at the hotel he works at and invites Brandon to his room, Brandon ignores the advice of his crew—a group of loveable and messy queer twenty—somethings—and accepts. What follows is a tale as old as time: they hook up, Jon promises to text, Brandon falls in love, and Jon ghosts. Case closed—or is it?
When Jon checks out early, leaving behind a bag of belongings and his cellphone, Brandon takes the phone and sets out to find him, thinking that this must at last be his Cinderella story.
But he gets more than he bargained for when he witnesses a murder—and sees Jon fleeing the scene.
Determined (and not in over their heads whatsoever), Brandon, Ollie, Nicole, and Ian decide to solve the mystery of the murder and uncover Jon's true identity…they just have to figure it out before a target falls on their own backs.
Brandon is a hopeless romantic. So when a handsome stranger named Jon checks in at the hotel he works at and invites Brandon to his room, Brandon ignores the advice of his crew—a group of loveable and messy queer twenty—somethings—and accepts. What follows is a tale as old as time: they hook up, Jon promises to text, Brandon falls in love, and Jon ghosts. Case closed—or is it?
When Jon checks out early, leaving behind a bag of belongings and his cellphone, Brandon takes the phone and sets out to find him, thinking that this must at last be his Cinderella story.
But he gets more than he bargained for when he witnesses a murder—and sees Jon fleeing the scene.
Determined (and not in over their heads whatsoever), Brandon, Ollie, Nicole, and Ian decide to solve the mystery of the murder and uncover Jon's true identity…they just have to figure it out before a target falls on their own backs.
350 pages, Unknown Binding
Expected publication June 2, 2026
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Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
✰ 2.75 stars ✰
I would not say that this was quite a disaster, but it certainly left much to be desired. I haven't read a Rosen novel since 2022, but I thought this might be a fun change of pace. I can't say I had a nice time exactly, but it was a quick read - just marred by some complaints. I did not mind that it was a quadruple multi-perspectives. 🙆🏻♀️ But, I did mind that I had to read particular scenes from each perspective, so as to better comprehend what exactly transpired between certain characters. It was exhausting and did not alleviate the reading
The blasé way in which the mystery was dismissed and even depicted --- I would not say irked, but it did not feel realistic. Which, yes, fine, I've seen more unbelievable things, but even the way the pieces aligned did not make much sense to me. Let alone a narrative that was included without preamble, and I was left wondering if it belonged to a book or some inner dialogue, until it was finally revealed to be something else entirely. A break in the format would have made it less confusing, rather than misguiding. 😣
“The more you interrogate a bad decision, the harder it becomes to justify.”
The diverse representation in the cast is strong, it was just difficult to like or even care for any of them. Brandon, who fell in love too easily and then behaved so flippantly, Nicole who aspired to be more appreciated, but still could be a bit snappish, Ian who carried a lot of bitterness over their breakup, but still acted rather oddly, all things considered, and Ollie who wanted them just to be a group again, with his valiant, but often times one-tracked efforts.
I liked how each of the four friends were willing to go out on a limb to help each other out - even if for bizarre reasons - but I also felt that their dynamic was very mean-spirited. They had good intentions, but it was flaked by their thoughts that weren't all that nice. 😕 I did not get a friendly vibe from any of them, with some of their selfish antics clouding their good sense.
“What do you want your life to be?”
There is still a little something that everyone can connect and relate to. The desire to change and embrace a new side of oneself from this strange happening was portrayed convincingly. Despite this bizarre coincidence that they all escaped unscathed, it still gave them a chance to find themselves along the way. 🥺 Love is a confusing thing, ain’t it? I just wish the writing style and tone could have been more impactful or even engaging. And maybe a little less chaotic!
Sometimes it felt like I was on spin cycle, the way the characters kept popping in and out, repeatedly cuz of the repetitiveness of a scene, that I would get confused as to if the plot is progressing or I'm yet again reading another take on a scene, not once, not twice, not thrice, but four times! 😵💫 That's a lot of unnecessary action that just could have been condensed in a tighter way to be a more compelling read.
“Love is stupid a lot of the time.”
I would not say that this was quite a disaster, but it certainly left much to be desired. I haven't read a Rosen novel since 2022, but I thought this might be a fun change of pace. I can't say I had a nice time exactly, but it was a quick read - just marred by some complaints. I did not mind that it was a quadruple multi-perspectives. 🙆🏻♀️ But, I did mind that I had to read particular scenes from each perspective, so as to better comprehend what exactly transpired between certain characters. It was exhausting and did not alleviate the reading
The blasé way in which the mystery was dismissed and even depicted --- I would not say irked, but it did not feel realistic. Which, yes, fine, I've seen more unbelievable things, but even the way the pieces aligned did not make much sense to me. Let alone a narrative that was included without preamble, and I was left wondering if it belonged to a book or some inner dialogue, until it was finally revealed to be something else entirely. A break in the format would have made it less confusing, rather than misguiding. 😣
“The more you interrogate a bad decision, the harder it becomes to justify.”
The diverse representation in the cast is strong, it was just difficult to like or even care for any of them. Brandon, who fell in love too easily and then behaved so flippantly, Nicole who aspired to be more appreciated, but still could be a bit snappish, Ian who carried a lot of bitterness over their breakup, but still acted rather oddly, all things considered, and Ollie who wanted them just to be a group again, with his valiant, but often times one-tracked efforts.
I liked how each of the four friends were willing to go out on a limb to help each other out - even if for bizarre reasons - but I also felt that their dynamic was very mean-spirited. They had good intentions, but it was flaked by their thoughts that weren't all that nice. 😕 I did not get a friendly vibe from any of them, with some of their selfish antics clouding their good sense.
“What do you want your life to be?”
There is still a little something that everyone can connect and relate to. The desire to change and embrace a new side of oneself from this strange happening was portrayed convincingly. Despite this bizarre coincidence that they all escaped unscathed, it still gave them a chance to find themselves along the way. 🥺 Love is a confusing thing, ain’t it? I just wish the writing style and tone could have been more impactful or even engaging. And maybe a little less chaotic!
Sometimes it felt like I was on spin cycle, the way the characters kept popping in and out, repeatedly cuz of the repetitiveness of a scene, that I would get confused as to if the plot is progressing or I'm yet again reading another take on a scene, not once, not twice, not thrice, but four times! 😵💫 That's a lot of unnecessary action that just could have been condensed in a tighter way to be a more compelling read.
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November 25, 2025So excited for this!!!
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December 2, 2025One of my favorite authors!! I can't wait to read this!!
A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.
A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
I've enjoyed this author's Evander Mills books, so I was eager to read this contemporary story. And on the whole, I liked it. The numerous POVs posed a bit of a challenge—I sometimes got mixed up between a couple of them. And by the time I'd read the party scene from the umpteenth perspective, I was more than done with it. (I'm not sure I could have come up with a better way to handle delivering all that information to the reader, but it didn't entirely work for me.) Quibbles aside, though, this definitely kept me turning the pages, and if it turns into a series, I'll gladly read book two.
My thanks to the publisher/NetGalley for an advance copy of this book.
My thanks to the publisher/NetGalley for an advance copy of this book.
January 9, 2026
Thank you to NetGalley, Poisoned Pen Press, and Lev AC Rosen for an advance copy of The Disaster Gay Agency in exchange for an honest review.
Yes, yes, yes!! My first read from this author and I’m OBSESSED! You can find everything you want and need in this page turning, Queer Mystery novel. I low key connected with parts of all of our main characters and loved reading the different situations through all our characters perspectives! If nothing else comes with from this Detective Agency; I will be devastated.
This one is out on June 2nd, 2026!!
Yes, yes, yes!! My first read from this author and I’m OBSESSED! You can find everything you want and need in this page turning, Queer Mystery novel. I low key connected with parts of all of our main characters and loved reading the different situations through all our characters perspectives! If nothing else comes with from this Detective Agency; I will be devastated.
This one is out on June 2nd, 2026!!
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