Josh Lanyon

In this second LA-based adventure, bookseller Adrien English arrives at the Pine Shadow Ranch to find a corpse in his driveway. But by the time the unfriendly local sheriffs arrive, the body has disappeared. Who are the mysterious strangers excavating on his land? And will he sort out his problems with LAPD Detective Jake Riordan, heavily into S/M sex but not so hot on relationships? Find out in this engrossing, slyly witty thriller.

To live and draw in L. A. Now living in L. A. with former Navy SEAL Nick Reno, artist Perry Foster comes to the aid of elderly, eccentric horror film star Horace Daly when he's set upon my skeleton-clad assailants wielding swords. Then it really gets weird... Horace owns the creepy, run-down Hollywood hotel Angels Rest, rumored to be haunted. But as far as Perry can tell, the scariest thing about Angels Rest is the cast of crazy tenants--one of whom seems determined to bring the final curtain down on Horace--and anyone else who gets in the way.

His romantic weekend in ruins, shy twenty-something artist Perry Foster learns that things can always get worse when he returns home from San Francisco to find a dead body in his bathtub. A dead body in a very ugly sportscoat -- and matching socks.

Thirty-two-year-old gay bookseller Adrien English searches for love between the pages. As a sensitive intellectual with a heart condition, Adrien's personal life is gathering dust on the shelves. But when police name him the prime suspect in the brutal murder of his friend and employee, Adrien doesn't expect his best hope for romance to be assigned to the case... Detective Jake Riordan is hungry to climb the ranks. All he has to do for a promotion is nail the handsome bookstore owner for an obvious crime of passion. If only he could stop fantasizing about the suspect instead of the "normal" wife and family his career demands... As Riordan's investigation heats up and the suspect insists on his innocence, the detective doubts both Adrien's guilt and his ability to resist the man's understated charms. Can they turn the crime into passion, or will a killer on the loose write their tragic end? Fatal Shadows is the first book in The Adrien English gay mystery series. If you like sensitive romance, snappy dialogue, and noir-style detectives, you'll love Josh Lanyon's evocative novel.

Dopo un disastroso weekend romantico, il timido pittore ventenne Perry Foster scopre che le cose possono sempre andar peggio quando, di ritorno da San Francisco, trova il cadavere di un uomo nella sua vasca da bagno. Un cadavere con addosso un giubbotto sportivo alquanto brutto... e dei calzini abbinati. Perry non ha idea di chi sia il defunto, ma la cosa non gli di gran conforto. Come ha fatto un uomo morto mai visto prima a finire nel suo appartamento chiuso a chiave presso l'isolato Alston Estate, nelle selvagge profondit del Vermont? Perry chieder aiuto all'alto, ombroso e ostile ex Navy SEAL Nick Reno... Ma Reno davvero ci che sembra?

So, why this book? Why not one of the other "How to Write..." titles? Because everything in Man, Oh Man is geared to the M/M market and the M/M writer, to you and the genre that you love, whether you're an aspiring writer or you're already published. Lambda Award finalist Josh Lanyon takes you step-by-step through the writing process in this, her first non-fiction book: from how to find fresh ideas and strong hooks, to how to submit your carefully edited manuscript. With help from the genre's top publishers, editors, reviewers, and writers -- experts in the field of M/M and gay romantic fiction -- Josh offers insight and experience in everything from creating believable masculine characters to writing erotic and emotionally gratifying M/M sex scenes. Indulge yourself and your dreams... It's within your grasp to be a published author in a growing market. Let Josh show you exactly how to do it.