The Dark Tide: The Adrien English Mysteries 5

Josh Lanyon

Jan 2021 · The Adrien English Mysteries Book 5 · JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.

About this ebook

To say goodbye is to die a little...

Like recovering from heart surgery beneath the gaze of his over-protective family isn't exasperating enough, someone keeps trying to break into Adrien English's bookstore. What is this determined midnight intruder searching for?

When a half-century old skeleton is discovered beneath rotting floorboards in the midst of Cloak and Dagger Bookstore's renovation, Adrien turns to hot and handsome ex-lover Jake Riordan -- now out-of-the closet and working as a private detective.

Jake is only too happy to have reason to stay in close contact with Adrien, but there are more surprises in Adrien's past than either one of them expects -- and one of them may prove hazardous to Jake's own heart.

Ratings and reviews

Adrien English series by Josh Lanyon This series was very confusing for me. While Adrien proves himself to be a good sleuth, he self-sabotaging on so many levels. He continuous pushes his loving mother away. He is only attracted to men who cannot admit that they are gay or bi. And he walks willingly into dangerous situations over & over again; it seems suicidal after a while and is more than a little disturbing. Lisa is a good mother who is extremely worried about the welfare & future of her son and with good reason. But her son wants as much distance between family and himself as he can get. Out of five men he gets involved with 3 cannot admit to being gay and the last one befriended members of a satanic cult. Does Adrien know how to pick them or what? This book gets 5 stars out of 5 because it is so well written. Josh Lanyon has a marvelous way of bringing his characters to life and setting up exciting scenes so that they drag the reader into the story and the action.

About the author

Author of nearly ninety titles of classic Male/Male fiction featuring twisty mystery, kickass adventure, and unapologetic man-on-man romance, JOSH LANYON’S work has been translated into eleven languages. Her FBI thriller Fair Game was the first Male/Male title to be published by Harlequin Mondadori, then the largest romance publisher in Italy. 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 is 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.