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Boy Meets Body: Collected Novellas, Volume I
Four of Josh Lanyon's most popular crime novellas collected for the first time in print. Cards on the Table - Fifty years ago a glamorous Hollywood party ended in murder-the only clue a bloody Tarot card. Timothy North is trying to find out what happened that long ago summer's night, but when a Tarot card turns up pinned to his front door, the only person Tim can turn to for help is his ex-lover, Detective Jack Brady. Mummy Dearest - Drew Lawson is racing against the clock. He's got a twenty-four-hour window to authenticate the mummy of Princess Merneith. If he's not at his boyfriend's garden party when that window closes, it'll be the final nail in their relationship's coffin. The last thing he needs traipsing on the final shred of his patience is brash, handsome reality-show host Fraser Fortune, who's scheduled to film a documentary about the mummy's Halloween curse. Don't Look Back - Peter Killian, curator at Constantine House in Los Angeles, wakes in the hospital to find himself accused of stealing a Tenth Century Chinese sculpture. Peter knows he's not a thief-but that's all he knows. Why is hot and handsome Detective Mike Griffin so sure Peter's guilty-and so bent on seeing him arrested? Kick Start - Former DS Agent Will Brandt is finally braced to bring his partner in work and romance Taylor MacAllister home to meet the folks. Unfortunately, not every member of the Brandt clan loves Taylor the way Will does. Then again, not everyone loves the Brandts. In fact, someone has a score to settle-and too bad for any former DS agents who get in the way when the bullets start to fly.
- GenresMysteryM M Romance
472 pages, Paperback
First published February 20, 2017
30 people want to read
About the author
Josh Lanyon
223 books5,418 followersAuthor of 100+ titles of Gay Mystery and M/M Romance, Josh Lanyon has built her literary legacy on twisty mystery, kickass adventure, and unapologetic man-on-man romance.
Her work has been translated into twelve languages. The FBI thriller Fair Game was the first Male/Male title to be published by Italy’s Harlequin Mondadori and Stranger on the Shore (Harper Collins Italia) was the first M/M title to be published in print. In 2016 Fatal Shadows placed #5 in Japan’s annual Boy Love novel list (the first and only title by a foreign author to place on the list). The Adrien English series was awarded the All-Time Favorite Couple by the Goodreads M/M Romance Group. In 2019, Fatal Shadows became the first LGBTQ mobile game created by Moments: Choose Your Story.
She’s an EPIC Award winner, a four-time Lambda Literary Award finalist (twice for Gay Mystery), an Edgar nominee, and the first ever recipient of the Goodreads All Time Favorite M/M Author award.
Josh is married and lives in Southern California with her irascible husband, two adorable dogs, a small garden, and an ever-expanding library of vintage mystery destined to eventually crush them all beneath its weight.
Find other Josh Lanyon titles at www.joshlanyon.com
Follow Josh on Twitter, Facebook, and Goodreads.
Her work has been translated into twelve languages. The FBI thriller Fair Game was the first Male/Male title to be published by Italy’s Harlequin Mondadori and Stranger on the Shore (Harper Collins Italia) was the first M/M title to be published in print. In 2016 Fatal Shadows placed #5 in Japan’s annual Boy Love novel list (the first and only title by a foreign author to place on the list). The Adrien English series was awarded the All-Time Favorite Couple by the Goodreads M/M Romance Group. In 2019, Fatal Shadows became the first LGBTQ mobile game created by Moments: Choose Your Story.
She’s an EPIC Award winner, a four-time Lambda Literary Award finalist (twice for Gay Mystery), an Edgar nominee, and the first ever recipient of the Goodreads All Time Favorite M/M Author award.
Josh is married and lives in Southern California with her irascible husband, two adorable dogs, a small garden, and an ever-expanding library of vintage mystery destined to eventually crush them all beneath its weight.
Find other Josh Lanyon titles at www.joshlanyon.com
Follow Josh on Twitter, Facebook, and Goodreads.
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June 22, 2022
Cards on the Table
-A novella previously published as [Partners in Crime] - (California)
Fifty years ago, a glamorous Hollywood party ended in murder--the only clue a bloody Tarot card. Reporter Timothy North is trying to find out what happened that long ago summer's night.
Mummy Dearest - (Wyoming)
Drew Lawson is racing against the clock. He's got a twenty-four-hour window to authenticate the mummy of Princess Merneith. If he's not at his boyfriend's garden party when that window closes, it'll be the final nail in their relationship's coffin.
Don't Look Back - (California)
Peter Killian, curator at Constantine House in Los Angeles, wakes in the hospital to find himself accused of stealing a Tenth Century Chinese sculpture.
Kick Start - (Oregon)
Former DS Agent Will Brandt is finally braced to bring his partner in work and romance Taylor MacAllister home to meet the folks. Unfortunately, not every member of the Brandt clan loves Taylor the way Will does.
Four of Josh Lanyon’s books in one volume. I also have Volume 2 with yet another 4 of her books. Needless to say, I am “A HAPPY CAMPER”. I had read the series that [Kick Start] is a part of and also [Don’t Look Back} ...but hey, its Josh Lanyon and I now OWN all 8 of these books and can reread to my heart's content, which I do often with favorite authors. I can’t say that I have a “lest favorite "with any of these stories...but I believe my #1 favorite was [Mummy Dearest]. Who wouldn’t love a story that has a mummy chasing you through the neighborhood on Halloween night?? It was also a good love story...not with the mummy, but with the two main character guys that happened to meet while each was doing their jobs in this small Wyoming town, and who did not necessarily like one another to start with, (common story line in any type of romance story), but soon discovered they had a lot in common and a lot to offer one another. I really liked the series that [Kick Start] was a part of but I hated the actions of one of the characters and how nonchalant he was about his partners feelings in one book of the series...not this one. This story was a good one to include in this book. It was, I believe the 3rd in the series and things were fairly well settled with Will and Taylor by the time this one appeared. [Don’t Look Back] is a fun, old fashioned, high quality whodunnit. As I’ve said before, I know there have had some issues with her latest books coming out on time, but I still love anything that she writes.
Fifty years ago, a glamorous Hollywood party ended in murder--the only clue a bloody Tarot card. Reporter Timothy North is trying to find out what happened that long ago summer's night.
Mummy Dearest - (Wyoming)
Drew Lawson is racing against the clock. He's got a twenty-four-hour window to authenticate the mummy of Princess Merneith. If he's not at his boyfriend's garden party when that window closes, it'll be the final nail in their relationship's coffin.
Don't Look Back - (California)
Peter Killian, curator at Constantine House in Los Angeles, wakes in the hospital to find himself accused of stealing a Tenth Century Chinese sculpture.
Kick Start - (Oregon)
Former DS Agent Will Brandt is finally braced to bring his partner in work and romance Taylor MacAllister home to meet the folks. Unfortunately, not every member of the Brandt clan loves Taylor the way Will does.
Four of Josh Lanyon’s books in one volume. I also have Volume 2 with yet another 4 of her books. Needless to say, I am “A HAPPY CAMPER”. I had read the series that [Kick Start] is a part of and also [Don’t Look Back} ...but hey, its Josh Lanyon and I now OWN all 8 of these books and can reread to my heart's content, which I do often with favorite authors. I can’t say that I have a “lest favorite "with any of these stories...but I believe my #1 favorite was [Mummy Dearest]. Who wouldn’t love a story that has a mummy chasing you through the neighborhood on Halloween night?? It was also a good love story...not with the mummy, but with the two main character guys that happened to meet while each was doing their jobs in this small Wyoming town, and who did not necessarily like one another to start with, (common story line in any type of romance story), but soon discovered they had a lot in common and a lot to offer one another. I really liked the series that [Kick Start] was a part of but I hated the actions of one of the characters and how nonchalant he was about his partners feelings in one book of the series...not this one. This story was a good one to include in this book. It was, I believe the 3rd in the series and things were fairly well settled with Will and Taylor by the time this one appeared. [Don’t Look Back] is a fun, old fashioned, high quality whodunnit. As I’ve said before, I know there have had some issues with her latest books coming out on time, but I still love anything that she writes.
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