A Shot in the Dark: A Twitten Mystery (A Constable Twitten Mystery)

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at the same time, it gives plenty of space for their relationship to develop without squandering or trivialising the other threads of their lives.

This pitch-perfect queer NYC romance between a trans man and a pan, ex-Orthodox Jewish woman exceeded all my expectations! While both characters had life experiences the other couldn’t relate to, the kindness and care they showed each other as they healed was really one of the best parts of the book. I think this is better labeled as Contemporary rather than Contemporary Romance, and if you approach the novel as more of an emotional character study than anything it’s quite excellent.But again, I went into this with the lens of a romance, and that portion just didn't deliver as much as I was expecting.

I loved both the MCs as they grapple with family trauma and past addictions (both are recovering addicts). With a little creativity, ingenuity, and some elbow grease, you can create your own lighting arsenal to handle a multitude of situations. Rather than being a straightforward police procedural, this is a send-up of mid-century crime novels, complete with an entrenched inspector, a dutiful seargeant and an inspired but irritating constable.I’m trying to put into words what an insanely good book A Shot in The Dark is and what it did to me, so forgive me if this review seems to be a vomit of incoherent thoughts.

That this first book featured a theatre critic who holds the keys to an unsolved murder made this doubly appealing to me. The novel opens with recounting the events of the legendary Middle Street Massacre that took place in the seaside town of Brighton in June 1951 and established the impressive reputation of the newly posted Inspector Geoffrey Steine (pronounced Steen). I thought this was such an interesting perspective, and Ely finding new community and working through this through her art project was so good to see. Determined to prove herself to the cold and mysterious DI Juliet Stern, Gabe can't afford any distractions - especially not ones that wake her in the night, reminding her of a past she'd rather forget.

they are both so human and flawed and just truly brilliant three-dimensional characters, and absolutely perfect for one another in every way. And it's even more annoying when, after Constable Twitten is despatched to the theatre for the night, he sits next to a vicious theatre critic who is promptly shot dead part way through the opening night of a new play. Into this mix arrives college educated Constable Twitten - now here we have an extremely intelligent individual, who aims to make his mark investigating the murder of a much hated theatre critic. I was attracted to this book because it was described as the beginning of a new mystery series featuring a brilliant and driven police detective, Constable Twitten, and written by a New York Times best-selling author, Lynne Truss. It's been a trend for me this year to get super into romance novels that are so much more than romance novels, that have full, complex and messy characters who have so much more going on in their life than just romance.

I half guessed the main culprit about half way through and thought I must be wrong because it was so unlikely! In this deeply romantic adult debut, bestselling author Victoria Lee creates stunningly genuine characters and crafts a love story that you won't ever forget.I'm also not really religious at all, but I could understand and sympathize with Ely, and there was a lot I learned about!