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Murder at Pirate's Cove

Secrets and Scrabble, Book 1

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Murder at Pirate's Cove

By: Josh Lanyon
Narrated by: Matt Haynes
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First in an adorable new cozy series!

Ellery Page, aspiring screenwriter, Scrabble champion, and guy with worst luck in the world when it comes to dating, is ready to make a change. So, when he learns he's inherited both a failing bookstore and a falling-down mansion in the quaint seaside village of Pirate's Cove on Buck Island, Rhode Island, it's full steam ahead!

Sure enough, the village is charming, its residents amusingly eccentric, and widowed police chief Jack Carson is decidedly yummy (though, probably, as straight as he is stern).

However, the bookstore is failing, the mansion is falling down, and there's that little drawback of finding rival bookseller and head of the unwelcoming committee Trevor Maples dead during the annual Buccaneer Days celebration.

Still, it could be worse. And once police chief Carson learns Trevor was killed with the cutlass hanging over the door of Ellery's bookstore, it is.

Note: This story contains no sex or violence.

©2020 Josh Lanyon (P)2020 Josh Lanyon Cozy Mystery Romance Fiction Feel-Good
Engaging Mystery • Refreshing Romance • Quirky Characters • Clever Plot Twists • Laid Back Delivery • Lively Performance
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it's a really good cozy mystery it's so hard to find one in that genre with a gay male lead that has no spice they always turn it into a sex book but im so happy this isn't like that it's just like all the other straight cozy mysteries

finally a cozy mystery with a gay male lead and no spice

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This was a good first book in this mystery series. I’m not the biggest fan of the narrator. He breathes loud which is horrible to listen to and his female characters aren’t the best. The narration isn’t bad enough that I won’t continue listening.

Murder at Pirate’s Cove

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This book has all the hallmarks of a cozy mystery. It's a fun one and I can't wait to listen to the next book!

very cozy

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Enjoyed every bit of it! it is a great start to a new series that I look forward reading more! i think this wad based off a short story Josh Lanyon wrote that I really enjoyed.

Great opening to a new series!

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M/M cozy-mystery, law-enforcement, family-dynamics, friendship, bookseller, small-business, small-town, island-life, amateur-sleuth, murder, murder-investigation, verbal-humor, situational-humor*****

I had gotten book three in the series from NetGalley and liked it so much that I got this and the next one in audio. The story truly follows all the cozy criteria and has a great plot, fascinating characters, and laughs. It also has a police detective, a bookshop owner (and former professional TV actor) named Ellery (like Ellery Queen mystery writer!), a frenetic puppy named Watson (is there any other kind?), the Scallywags, and the Silver Sleuths. It's set in an island off New Jersey (USA) that's accessible by ferry (that's why they can have cars). Ellery inherited the bookshop and rundown Dutch Colonial from an ancient of his father and has only been a resident for three months when he finds the first murder victim in his store. And then he gets convicted in the local press, so what else can be done but learn to become a sleuth? Loved it!
Matt Haynes is the laid back voice actor who really knows how to underplay the laughs.

Great cozy mystery!

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Many have strong feelings regarding JL, but this is stand out cozy mystery, and spot on narrating.

A Model Cozy MM Mystery

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While this is far from my favorite cozy or even one I think had excellent writing what it did have is a gay character who has a story that’s not about being gay.

As a gay male I don’t see any main characters in books who are gay and have a story not centered around their sexuality.

Thank you for writing this, I will be listening to the rest of the books.

Representation is important

Not bad

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Was looking for something reminiscent of Murder, She Wrote; but also craving something I could relate to with a more modern queer lens. A wonderful listen, can’t wait for the rest.

Exactly what I wanted!

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great story and great narration!!!!! Also I honestly LOVED the fact that it was gay romance but not filthy....it’s was honestly refreshing and super appreciated.....yeah I am a young gay guy but the majority of the time in MM romance the authors are women and don’t really understand how that part works so it comes off over the top and fake......so this simple budding romance with none of that was SOOOOOOOOOOOO nice!

LOVED

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I have read the first and second books in this series and immediately purchased the audios for both!

Another Really Good One from Josh Lanyon

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