🔔Book Review🔔
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Summary: San Francisco, 1952. Detective Evander “Andy” Mills has started a new life for himself as a private detective—but his business hasn’t exactly taken off. It turns out that word spreads fast when you have a bad reputation, and no one in the queer community trusts him enough to ask an ex-cop for help.
When James, an old flame from the war who had mysteriously disappeared, arrives in his offices above the Ruby, Andy wants to kick him out. But the job seems to be a simple case of blackmail, and Andy’s debts are piling up. He agrees to investigate, despite everything it stirs up.
The case will take him back to the shadowy, closeted world of the Navy, and then out into the gay bars of the city, where the past rises up to meet him, like the swell of the ocean under a warship. Missing people, violent strangers, and scandalous photos that could destroy lives are a whirlpool him, and Andy better make sense of it all before someone pulls him under for good.
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Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
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My thoughts: happy pub day !! Thank you @levacrosen @macmillanusa and @bookishfirst for the gifted copy! I think I loved the sequel even more than Lavender House, I don’t think I’ve ever loved a sequel more than the first! This was SO much fun and I loved following Evander’s story again. I really enjoyed the mystery it felt like old fashioned Sherlock Holmes but with elements of LGBTQ mixed in. This was a fantastic read and I highly recommend this mystery !
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QOTD: if you had to solve a mystery what fictional character would you call to help you ?!
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Summary: San Francisco, 1952. Detective Evander “Andy” Mills has started a new life for himself as a private detective—but his business hasn’t exactly taken off. It turns out that word spreads fast when you have a bad reputation, and no one in the queer community trusts him enough to ask an ex-cop for help.
When James, an old flame from the war who had mysteriously disappeared, arrives in his offices above the Ruby, Andy wants to kick him out. But the job seems to be a simple case of blackmail, and Andy’s debts are piling up. He agrees to investigate, despite everything it stirs up.
The case will take him back to the shadowy, closeted world of the Navy, and then out into the gay bars of the city, where the past rises up to meet him, like the swell of the ocean under a warship. Missing people, violent strangers, and scandalous photos that could destroy lives are a whirlpool him, and Andy better make sense of it all before someone pulls him under for good.
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Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
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My thoughts: happy pub day !! Thank you @levacrosen @macmillanusa and @bookishfirst for the gifted copy! I think I loved the sequel even more than Lavender House, I don’t think I’ve ever loved a sequel more than the first! This was SO much fun and I loved following Evander’s story again. I really enjoyed the mystery it felt like old fashioned Sherlock Holmes but with elements of LGBTQ mixed in. This was a fantastic read and I highly recommend this mystery !
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QOTD: if you had to solve a mystery what fictional character would you call to help you ?!
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#thebellinthefog #levacrosen #bookreview #bookreviewer #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #booksofig #bibliophile #booknerd #booklover #bookaddict #bookaesthetic #bookish #bookobsessed #bookworm #bookwormsunite #bibliophile #reader #readersgonnaread