Download or read book Requiem for Mr Busybody written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Maybe you’ll be next, Mr. Busybody!” From well-respected investigative journalist to resident busybody. When former crime reporter Michael’s elderly friend Maurice suddenly disappears, he fears the worst. But Michael is unable to investigate, and no one is taking his suspicions seriously—least of all Nico, Maurice’s too slick, too smooth, possibly guilty boyfriend. The only person Michael can think of who might listen is Leonard Drake, now a Lieutenant Detective with NYPD. In fact, this excuse to contact his ex might just be what Michael has been waiting three years for.

Download or read book Short Stories 2 written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second digital collection of Josh’s most popular short stories written between 2013 and 2020: eight stories of adventure, romance, and yes, a little bit of mystery. Wizard’s Moon - “I wish to buy a boy.” A warrior from the Northlands purchases a young man for purposes perhaps both secret and sinister. Wedding Favors – Wyatt doesn't want to spoil Graham's wedding plans. Graham thinks Wyatt would feel more secure if they were married. So who's doing whom a favor? Night Watch - When Parker's ex escapes from a maximum-security prison, LAPD Lieutenant Henry Stagge is tasked with making sure that Parker doesn't end up a victim a second—and final—time. Fade to Black – Sometimes our fate is written in the stars. Sometimes in indelible ink. Halloween is Murder - When his enigmatic partner takes off on an annual fishing trip, City of Angeles gumshoe Barry Fitzgerald is left to handle an All Hallows' Eve kidnapping case on his own. The Boy Next Door - Merle and Isaac have history, some good and some bad, so when someone seems determined to put Merle out of business—permanently—he naturally turns to his former sidekick for help. Plenty of Fish - Sure, maybe Blair is too romantic — but wasn't Finn the one who always said there were plenty of fish in the sea? Requiem for Mr. Busybody - When former journalist Michael’s elderly friend Maurice suddenly disappears, he fears the worst.

Download or read book Death at the Deep Dive An M M Cozy Mystery written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-08-14 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We only see the things on the surface… When Pirate Cove’s favorite mystery bookstore owner and sometimes-amateur sleuth Ellery Page discovers a vintage diving collection bag full of antique gold coins tucked away for safe-keeping in the stockroom of the Crow’s Nest, it sets off a series of increasingly dangerous events, culminating in murder.

Download or read book Mystery at the Masquerade An M M Cozy Mystery written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-02-28 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love is in the Salt Sea Air--and So is Murder! Ellery Page, aspiring screenwriter, reigning Scrabble champion, and occasionally clueless owner of the village's only mystery bookstore, the Crow’s Nest, is both flattered and bemused when he’s invited to the annual Marauder’s Masquerade, the best and biggest social event of the season in the quaint seaside village of Pirate’s Cove, Rhode Island. The event is hosted by the wealthy Marguerite Bloodworth-Ainsley—a descendant of the famed pirate Tom Blood. Ellery doesn’t even know Mrs. Bloodworth-Ainsley—nor, it turns out—does Mrs. Bloodworth-Ainsley know him. But Marguerite’s son, Julian wants to know Ellery. Julian, handsome, rich and engaging, is a huge mystery buff. In fact, he’s bought quite a few books at the Crow’s Nest bookstore, but never quite worked up the nerve to ask Ellery out. As his relationship with Police Chief Carson seems to be dead in the water, Ellery is grateful for a little flattering attention from the village’s most eligible bachelor, but any hopes of romance hit the shoals when Julian is accused of murdering his mother’s unlikable second husband during the Masquerade's annual ghost hunt in the family’s spooky cemetery.

Download or read book The White Knight written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-05-20 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The White Knight. It’s a Hollywood cliché. But in the case of hot and handsome LAPD Detective Daniel Moran, the clichés are all true. Dan is everything rising Hollywood star Sean Fairchild ever wanted in a leading man, but Dan’s kind of an old-fashioned guy. It’s his job to keep Sean safe and in one piece—happy is someone else’s problem.

Download or read book Strange Fortune written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dashing soldier of fortune Major Valentine Strange, late of the Emperor of Alba’s 21st Regiment of Benhali Lancers, is hired by Brahman Ehimay Warrick to find a legendary diadem reputedly hidden in a lost monastery somewhere deep in the distant, snowy mountains of Hidush. To ensure Strange’s success in this quest vital to the future of the politically unstable Hidush, the powerful Holy Orders designate Master Aleister Grimshaw, a powerful young witch with his own history of instability—political and other—to accompany the dashing major. But long before Strange and the unwilling Grimshaw reach the tea bushes of the foothills and the lost city of Nagara, they realize there are forces both natural and unnatural at work to stop them from ever achieving their objective. Their only chance for success relies on each other and their tentative friendship—as does their only hope for survival.

Download or read book In a Dark Wood written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-04-05 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a dark, dark wood there was a dark, dark house... Camping in the Jersey Pine Barrens may literally turn out to be a first date from hell for travel writer Tim North and the cute cop who persuades him to revisit a past that Tim has done his best to forget.

Download or read book Come Unto These Yellow Sands written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choose Wisely! Once a literary bad boy, the only lines Professor Sebastian Swift does these days are Browning, Frost and Cummings. When a student he helped to disappear becomes a suspect in a murder, he races to find the boy and convince him to give himself up before his police chief lover figures out he's involved. Max likes being lied to even less than he likes sonnets. Yet his instincts--and his heart--tell him his boyfriend is being played and a dangerous enemy may not stop until Swift is heading up his own dead poet's society.

Download or read book Bell Book and Scandal written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Cats. Black Arts. Blackmail. Must a witch break his vows to save his marriage? Cosmo Saville loves that his husband has finally accepted his witchy ways. And in return, his promise to stay out of police business guarantees them a happily ever after. At least, until he discovers he might be responsible for a dangerous game of blackmail… Police Commissioner John Joseph Galbraith feels relieved that his marriage is back on track. Especially since he has his hands full with a high-profile suicide and rumors of a city-wide extortion ring. But when he stumbles across Cosmo breaking his vow by playing cop, John agonizes over old wounds. With the commissioner’s badge and family in jeopardy, Cosmo has no choice but to put his life on the line… Can the witch expose a dark conspiracy, save John’s career, and return to love’s delicious spell? Bell, Book and Scandal is the third book in the Bedknobs and Broomsticks mystery-romance series. If you like quirky characters, snappy spells, madcap suspense, and Happily Ever Afters, then you’ll love Josh Lanyon’s bewitching supernatural story.

Download or read book A Funny Thing Happened written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-12-29 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amidst the twinkling lights and snow-kissed streets of a quaint, picture-perfect town in the High Sierra, a bookstore owner and former homicide detective are reminded that the greatest mysteries are the ones that lead us to love. Join Adrien English and Jake Riordan one last time in a short, sweet tale that will warm your heart and remind you that love knows no bounds, especially during the most magical time of the year.

Download or read book Lament at Loon Landing written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-03-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fakes, folk music, and ghost fires When legendary folk singer Lara Fairplay agrees to make her comeback debut at Pirate’s Cove’s annual maritime music festival, everyone in the quaint seaside village is delighted—including mystery bookstore owner and sometimes amateur sleuth, Ellery Page. Better yet, Lara is scheduled to perform a recently discovered piece of music attributed to “The Father of American Music,” Stephen Foster, which will hopefully bring large crowds and a lot of business. Several mysterious accidents later, Ellery is less delighted as his suspicion grows that someone plans to silence the celebrity songbird forever.

Download or read book Blood Red Butterfly written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-02-17 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oh yeah. Tonight you’re mine. Despite falling in love with aloof manga artist Kai Tashiro, hotshot Los Angeles Homicide Detective Ryo Miller is determined to break the alibi Kai is supplying his murderous boyfriend—even if it means breaking Kai with it.

Download or read book The Adrien English Mysteries 2 Box Set written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 749 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love Can Be Murder: For the first time, books 4 - 6 of The Adrien English Mysteries collected in one volume! Death of a Pirate King - when murder makes an appearance at a dinner party, who should be called in but Adrien's former lover, handsome closeted detective Jake Riordan, now a Lieutenant with LAPD—which may just drive Adrien's new boyfriend, sexy UCLA professor Guy Snowden, to commit a murder of his own. The Dark Tide - When a half-century old skeleton is discovered beneath the floorboards during 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. So This is Christmas - Arriving home early after spending Christmas in jolly old England, sometimes amateur sleuth Adrien English discovers alarming developments at Cloak and Dagger Books—and an old acquaintance seeking help in finding his missing boyfriend. Because love means never having to say you're guilty.

Download or read book Baby it s Cold written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-12-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talk about Kitchen Nightmares. TV Chef Rocky and Foodie Blogger Jesse have been pals forever, so it should have been the most natural thing in the world to kick their relationship up a notch. Instead, it turned out to be a disaster. But Christmas is the season of love, and someone’s cooking up a sweet surprise…

Download or read book The Parting Glass written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-04-08 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two and a half years ago, travel writer Timothy North let NYPD Detective Luke O'Brien talk him into hiking into the New Jersey Pine Barrens to face down a monster. Now Tim and Luke meet again under very different circumstances. The old attraction is still there—but so are some of Tim’s monsters. Is it too late to find their way back to each other?

Download or read book Male Male Mystery Suspense Box Set 2 written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-03-17 with total page 719 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six complete mystery and suspense novellas by one of the Bestselling authors of Male/Male fiction. Stranger in the House - Miles Tuesday’s memories of Montreal are happy ones, but now that he’s inherited the mansion at 13 Place Braeside, everything feels different. Was Madame Martel’s fatal fall really an accident? I Spy Something Bloody - Espionage was always a game, but now British spy Mark Hardwicke wants to retire and settle down with ex-lover Dr. Stephen Thorpe—if Stephen will have him. Unfortunately, Stephen has other plans. Ghost of a Chance - Professor Rhys Davies, a part-time parapsychologist, is writing a book on California hauntings and he believes the crumbling ruins of Berkeley House will make a terrific chapter. Mummy Dearest - Drew Lawson is racing against the clock. He's got a twenty-four-hour window to authenticate the mummy of Princess Merneith. If he's not at his boyfriend's garden party when that window closes, it'll be the final nail in the coffin of their relationship. 44.1644 North - The decades-old disappearance of twenty-one-year-old teaching student Deirdre O’Donnell is the Holy Grail for true-crime buffs—and Skylar Brennan, the host of the Ugly Town podcast, is no exception. The Parting Glass - Two and a half years ago, travel writer Timothy North let NYPD Detective Luke O'Brien talk him into hiking into the New Jersey Pine Barrens to face down a monster. Now they meet again.

Download or read book The Adrien English Mysteries Box Set 1 written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-01-08 with total page 755 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boy meets Cop. For the first time, books 1 - 3 of The Adrien English Mysteries collected in one volume! Fatal Shadows - When his former best friend and employee is murdered following a very public argument, bookseller and sometimes mystery writer Adrien English finds himself suspected of murder. A Dangerous Thing - Adrien English arrives at the Pine Shadow Ranch only to find a corpse in his driveway. By the time the unfriendly local sheriffs arrive, the body has disappeared. The Hell You Say - It’s Christmas time and the “ill-starred and bookish” bookseller and occasional mystery writer must contend with a Satanic cult, a handsome university professor and his on-again/off-again relationship with the eternally conflicted LAPD Detective Jake Riordan. And, as ever, murder...