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Stinga
A body is discovered in a remote North Queensland farmhouse and Detective Steven 'Stinga' Miles is ordered to investigate - what appears to be suicide, could be murder. As Stinga uncovers a sinister web of crime and corruption, he isn't expecting to be diverted by the possibility of romance.
- GenresM M RomanceMystery
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March 18, 2011
The one star is for the quarter of the book that I managed to read and for not being able to continue.
Like most books, it started out fine but soon turned from a murder mystery ('with a bit of romance' was what I was expecting) into a completely different beast. The murder investigation was completely overtaken by the amount of attention, in and outside of the MCs heads, to their feelings about each other.
Based on the blurb, I was expecting a police procedural or murder thriller, not this sappy thing. Stinga is a detective but carries on like some girly teenager. And even if it's Stinga's first time having those kind of feelings for a man, let's not overdo the internal monologues, eh?
As for Warwick, I doubt it's that easy for a guy, whether he's an Aussie bloke or not, to talk that freely about having fallen for another man especially when it isn't common knowledge that's how he swings. His sister was shocked when he told her and yet he did it so glibly.
I am familiar enough with Australia to know the men do NOT talk so casually about their romantic feelings about a woman, much less for another man!
Despite the author's name and info on the website, I couldn't help thinking this book read as if it was written by a woman trying her hand at writing romance for the first time because there's just too much focus on the romance. Even the minor characters' thoughts about it are included when they do nothing to advance the story.
Like most books, it started out fine but soon turned from a murder mystery ('with a bit of romance' was what I was expecting) into a completely different beast. The murder investigation was completely overtaken by the amount of attention, in and outside of the MCs heads, to their feelings about each other.
Based on the blurb, I was expecting a police procedural or murder thriller, not this sappy thing. Stinga is a detective but carries on like some girly teenager. And even if it's Stinga's first time having those kind of feelings for a man, let's not overdo the internal monologues, eh?
As for Warwick, I doubt it's that easy for a guy, whether he's an Aussie bloke or not, to talk that freely about having fallen for another man especially when it isn't common knowledge that's how he swings. His sister was shocked when he told her and yet he did it so glibly.
I am familiar enough with Australia to know the men do NOT talk so casually about their romantic feelings about a woman, much less for another man!
Despite the author's name and info on the website, I couldn't help thinking this book read as if it was written by a woman trying her hand at writing romance for the first time because there's just too much focus on the romance. Even the minor characters' thoughts about it are included when they do nothing to advance the story.
July 2, 2015
An enjoyable read.
It's a police procedural that quickly evolves into an examination about how the character's unusual sexual feelings present, develop and are expressed.
The procedural part, itself a somewhat intriguing story , offers an emotional respite and opportunities for more character development.
It's really about the character's sexuality and their social environment, not the police story, which itself gets a little over cooked in the end.
Importantly, this story addresses the matter of sexuality as a spectrum, unusual points of view about our sexuality, and the minor miracle of love.
Perhaps the procedural threads could have not been so well and neatly resolved, while several emotional threads might have been more richly amplified.
The author might have presented further ruminations and observations that were simmering. Interesting secondary and tertiary characters were introduced, but only a handful fulfilled this promise.
Many of the unusual sexual issues were handled quite well. No false tones, especially with the main characters, but many of the minor characters as well.
There was a provocative thesis about our dimly understood sexual lives underlying this tale in the frontier.
It's a police procedural that quickly evolves into an examination about how the character's unusual sexual feelings present, develop and are expressed.
The procedural part, itself a somewhat intriguing story , offers an emotional respite and opportunities for more character development.
It's really about the character's sexuality and their social environment, not the police story, which itself gets a little over cooked in the end.
Importantly, this story addresses the matter of sexuality as a spectrum, unusual points of view about our sexuality, and the minor miracle of love.
Perhaps the procedural threads could have not been so well and neatly resolved, while several emotional threads might have been more richly amplified.
The author might have presented further ruminations and observations that were simmering. Interesting secondary and tertiary characters were introduced, but only a handful fulfilled this promise.
Many of the unusual sexual issues were handled quite well. No false tones, especially with the main characters, but many of the minor characters as well.
There was a provocative thesis about our dimly understood sexual lives underlying this tale in the frontier.
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April 9, 2018I wouldn't normally log a book that I couldn't finish reading, let alone give it a star, but this was so appallingly bad it deserved it's own special mention and a star just for being that impressively bad.
It started okayish but devolved into one great sexist gay-for-you melodrama with inconsistent and utterly unbelievable characterisation. It's only saving grace is that it's free.
It started okayish but devolved into one great sexist gay-for-you melodrama with inconsistent and utterly unbelievable characterisation. It's only saving grace is that it's free.
September 22, 2016
Great book, great story wonderful character development. Police story well developed with complexity. Multidimensional characters that you enjoyed reading about and learning about. Have had on computer for awhile in PDF format moved to kindle. Could not find on Amazon or B & N. Sorry about 2 things - did not read earlier & could not find more books
December 29, 2012
This was the first M/M romance novel I've EVER read!!!
It's amazing, mind blowing, full of mystery & brain motivating investigations. With adding this type of amazing romance, it's just the perfect combination.
It's amazing, mind blowing, full of mystery & brain motivating investigations. With adding this type of amazing romance, it's just the perfect combination.
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