I loved Lavender House so I knew I wanted to read this one and it was a great continuation. I loved that we get to see some more of Andy’s history and motivation to becoming a cop and then a detective, but I felt overall this story moved a little slower. I love the historical research that went into this even if my heart hurts after reading it. While there may still be way too much hate for queer people today to read how utterly mainstream accepted it was for them to be assaulted and arrested is awful, but I do appreciate that we are not pretending it away from our history. I also appreciated that racism was called out and represented as appropriate for the times. Andy is tired of investigating if his clients’ partners are cheating but he has to make money. So when an old friend and more shows up with a real case he is understandably a little excited even if he also is flooded with a confusing array of emotions. His old friend, James, is being blackmailed and he agrees to figure out by who. This case is full of some twists and a lot more of Andy’s history than he was expecting. This is a great series and I really hope it continues.