Rating: 5 stars out of 5 It’s February 1985. Nick struggles to recover from a gunshot wound, while taking on the case of a woman with a mental illness, who may or may not have witnessed a murder. As he attempts to determine exactly what the woman saw and how much danger she may be… Continue reading A MelanieM Review: Heart’s Desire (Boystown #11) by Marshall Thornton
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A MelanieM Review: Gifts Given (Boystown #10) by Marshall Thornton
Rating: 4.5 Stars out of 5 In the tenth installment of the award-winning Boystown Mysteries. it’s Christmas 1984, and Nick is busy juggling a couple of cases with his hectic personal life. Sugar Pilson has decided to marry and has asked him to check up on her fiancé. Meanwhile, he’s hired to investigate a shady… Continue reading A MelanieM Review: Gifts Given (Boystown #10) by Marshall Thornton
A MelanieM Review: Lucky Days (Boystown, #9) by Marshall Thornton
Rating: 5 stars out of 5 In the ninth book of the bestselling mystery series, a young man wakes up covered in blood and no memory of the previous night. When hypnotism doesn’t help, he turns to private investigator Nick Nowak. Meanwhile, the trial of Outfit kingpin Jimmy English begins. Quickly the case begins to… Continue reading A MelanieM Review: Lucky Days (Boystown, #9) by Marshall Thornton
A MelanieM Review: The Lies That Bind (Boystown #8) by Marshall Thornton
Rating: 4.75 stars out of 5 The eighth book of the best-selling Boystown Mystery Series begins with a phone call in the middle of the night. Private investigator Nick Nowak is pulled into the troubled world of freelance journalist, and all around pain-in-the-ass, Christian Baylor. When Christian can’t stop lying about the corpse in… Continue reading A MelanieM Review: The Lies That Bind (Boystown #8) by Marshall Thornton
A MelanieM Review: Bloodlines (Boystown #7) by Marshall Thornton
Rating: 5 stars out of 5 WINNER LAMBDA AWARD GAY MYSTERY In the seventh book of the best-selling Boystown Mystery series, Private Investigator Nick Nowak finds himself simultaneously working two cases for his new client, law firm Cooke, Babcock and Lackerby. A suburban dentist has been convicted of murdering her adulterous husband. Nick is asked… Continue reading A MelanieM Review: Bloodlines (Boystown #7) by Marshall Thornton
A MelanieM Review: From the Ashes (Boystown #6) by Marshall Thornton
Rating: 5 stars out of 5 It’s winter 1984. Private Investigator Nick Nowak has allowed his life to fall to pieces: He’s stopped taking cases, given up his apartment and taken a job as a bartender at a sleazy joint tucked under the El. All he wants to do is stay hidden and lick… Continue reading A MelanieM Review: From the Ashes (Boystown #6) by Marshall Thornton
A MelanieM Review: Murder Book (Boystown 5) by Marshall Thornton
Rating: 5 plus stars out of 5 In the second of the Boystown mysteries to be a finalist for the Lambda Award, it’s fall 1982 and Chicago is gripped by panic after five people die from poisoned Tylenol capsules. Amid the chaos, the Bughouse Slasher takes his eighth victim, this time striking close to… Continue reading A MelanieM Review: Murder Book (Boystown 5) by Marshall Thornton
A MelanieM Review: A Time For Secrets (Boystown #4) by Marshall Thornton
Rating: 5 stars out of 5 In the first full-length novel of the Boystown series, it’s late summer 1982 and private detective Nick Nowak is asked to find a retired gentleman’s long lost lover. Instead, he finds himself embroiled in a decades old murder connected to the man who wants to be Chicago’s next mayor.… Continue reading A MelanieM Review: A Time For Secrets (Boystown #4) by Marshall Thornton
A MelanieM Review: Two Nick Nowak Novellas (Boystown #3) by Marshall Thornton
Rating: 4.75 stars out of 5 In the two novellas that make up the third book in the popular Boystown Mysteries private Investigator Nick Nowak works two challenging cases and grapples with an even more challenging personal life. In Little Boy Boom, Nick’s car explodes when a thief attempts to steal it. Realizing the… Continue reading A MelanieM Review: Two Nick Nowak Novellas (Boystown #3) by Marshall Thornton
A MelanieM Review: Three More Nick Nowak Mysteries (Boystown #2) by Marshall Thornton
Rating: 4. 5 stars out of 5 The Boystown Mystery series continues as Chicago private investigator Nick Nowak finds himself involved in three new cases. He’s asked to help a young man who murdered his stepfather but refuses to assist in his own defense, hired to find the murderer of a dead porno star,… Continue reading A MelanieM Review: Three More Nick Nowak Mysteries (Boystown #2) by Marshall Thornton
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