Tapping Darkness

Ajay Kavanagh Detective Agency #1

by Kracken

Ajay is a struggling detective still trying to find his place in the world. When Devon Temple, a handsome model, walks into his life, with an unusual missing person's case for him to solve, Ajay finds that it's not only his business that's taking a sudden turn, but his sexuality as well. Book One of the Ajay Kavanagh Detective Series re-edited and re-released Book Two: Fortune's Lightning.

Genres: Mystery, M M Romance, Romance, Contemporary

289 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 29, 2010

About the author

I've been writing m/m since I was twelve. Now that I'm fifty, I think it's a lifetime obsession. ^_^

Reviews

[Erica Pike · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG, I loved this so much! This is a slow-burn story and I loved to see how things developed between the two. Ajay can be a bit daft, or "naive" sometimes, but he makes up for it by being adorable. Devon is just hot, but so not the stereotypical flamboyant twinky model. He's not vain and he doesn't play around. He's even a bit shy. I loved how mature and strong of a character he is, able to fend for himself (mostly).

[Macky · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this and have got the next two ready and waiting in the wings. I thought Ajay was a really interesting character. His background is fabulously quirky, he's definitely a bit of an enigma which I liked, and I thought that Devons character was a perfect foil for him. This was a slow burner on the romance stakes so might not be everyone's cup of tea, only one love scene at the end but thats partly why I loved it so much. It was a refreshing change to not have tons of sex flooding what is actually a really good missing persons story. Some more quirky and loveable secondary characters added into the mix made this a very engaging and easy read. Thanks Kracken.

[Daniela Green · Rating 1 out of 5]

DFN at 65%

This book was only 219 pages long? Really?
I felt like I've read 350 pages, and I was only at 65% of a 219 pages book?
Oh my.
I'm not a fan of insta-love. Not at all. So, the slow burn thing could have been interesting to me.
But I was so bored through all the book, that I gave up before Ajay and Devon hooked up.
Everything in this book has already been seen somewhere else, and in a better way.
The writing is sloppy. Ordinary. Boring.
Ajay is absolutely not believable as a PI. At all.
But he wasn't believable as a grown man, too.
Every character in this story felt like a cartoon. Everyone was one-dimensional.
Maybe other books in this series could be better. Dunno.
But I stop here.

[Tj · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting story. Ajay, is a different character, for being the "big guy" in the story. Devon was cute but a bit naive about real world. I didn't really get engaged into the story. I started to finally get into the story and it ended. There was just a little too much lead up to the story.

[Chris · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars. Ok yaoi-themed romantic suspense about a goodhearted private detective who is hired by a gorgeous painter's model worried about a missing artist. This moved slowly and never fully engaged me.

[Mandi · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 rounded up to 4 stars. This was another new to me author. I enjoyed the story (though Ajay was very naive about alot of things) and his confusion over Devon was adorable. I'm looking forward to reading the next book in this series.

[KC · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tapping Darkness is, first of all, a really good fun and yet serious mystery. It is also a discover-oneself-coming-out-fall-in-love story which was wonderful, slow and adorable yet very sexy.
I highly recommend it. I immediately bought the next two in the trilogy and cannot wait to read them! It's rare to find this combination of engaging writing, good story and character development with sense of humour and sensitivity as well.

[Sadaharuhi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Used to be obsess with the author's GW 1x2 fanfics so i was surprised to find that she has also written some original stories. I couldn't help picturing the MCs as Heero and Duo though and this still felt like a fanfic read to me which is not quite the level up i was expecting.

[Tame · Rating 5 out of 5]

one of my absolute favourite detective stories!! I wish there were more :)

[Lily · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.85 stars rounded up.

[Tammy K. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Based on the reviews, I had not expected to enjoy this book as much as I did. I am glad a took a chance with it.