Posted in crime, excerpts, gay, writing on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Drag Queen in the Court of Death excerpt by Caro Soles
This excerpt is from the Lambda Award finalist Drag Queen in the Court of Death by Caro Soles.
While cleaning out his dead ex-lover Ronnie’s apartment, staid history professor Michael Dunn-Barten makes a grisly discovery. Suddenly Michael must travel back 25 years to find answers by [...]
Posted in crime, gay, writing on April 7, 2008 | No Comments »
The Bar Watcher excerpt by Dorien Grey
The Bar Watcher is the third of the 11-book Dick Hardesty Mystery series by Dorien Grey, and involves Dick’s reluctant search for someone who is killing off cruel and obnoxious gay men…”taking out the garbage” as one character calls it.
The following excerpt is from the opening pages of the [...]
Posted in crime, excerpts, gay, writing on April 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Reap the Whirlwind excerpt by Josh Aterovis
The following excerpt is taken from Reap the Whirlwind by Josh Aterovis. “Nothing can stay the same forever. We get in trouble in life when we think it can and will. Everything changes, or as King Solomon said in the Bible and The Byrds sang in the 60’s, [...]
Posted in crime, gay, writing on April 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Mahu Fire excerpt by Neil S Plakcy
Mahu Fire by Neil S Plakcy is the third mystery for openly gay homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka. About six months have passed since his undercover assignment in the Lambda finalist Mahu Surfer, and he’s back on the job in Honolulu. In these opening chapters, Kimo begins to wonder if [...]
Posted in crime, excerpts, writing on March 13, 2008 | No Comments »
High Risk excerpt by Rick R Reed
Here’s a taste of my nasty little thriller, High Risk, just released in February of 2008 from Amber Quill Press. In the short segment below, we get a glimpse of my main character, Beth Walsh, who is seemingly a demure housewife. But Beth has a secret life [...]
Posted in crime, gay, writing on February 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Bleeding Hearts excerpt by Josh Aterovis
The following excerpt is from Bleeding Hearts by Josh Aterovis. Killian Kendall is used to being overlooked, even in his own family. That’s about to change. With the arrival of a new kid at school, Killian’s whole world is about to be turned upside down. The new guy is [...]
Posted in crime, excerpts, gay, writing on February 18, 2008 | No Comments »
IM Excerpt by Rick Reed
Below is a short excerpt from my novel, IM, which is about a serial killer who uses gay internet hook-up sites to find his victims. The excerpt here gives you a front-seat view to a murder, through a killer’s eyes.
IM
Quest (May 10, 2007)
ISBN: 1932300791
To purchase IM from Amazon, click here.
Excerpt
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Posted in crime, excerpts, gay, writing on February 4, 2008 | No Comments »
L.A. Heat excerpt by Pat Brown
This is an excerpt from the first Chris and David mystery, L.A. Heat by Pat Brown. This scene takes place when Chris is brought to the Northeast station to be interviewed by Martinez, David’s partner. Martinez is very homophobic and really wants to pin the gruesome murders of young [...]
Posted in crime, excerpts, gay, writing on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
The Protector excerpt by NL Gassert
Below is an excerpt from The Protector, the debut romantic suspense novel in a planned series.
The Protector
Seventh Window Publications, January 18, 2008
ISBN-10: 0971708967
Excerpt
The air over the marina was thick with September humidity. Moored to the dock, boats gently swayed as moonlit waves slapped up against their hulls. The [...]
Posted in crime, excerpts, gay, writing on January 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Snowball in Hell excerpt by Josh Lanyon
The following excerpt is from Snowball in Hell (available in Partners in Crime II: I’ll Be Dead for Christmas by Sarah Black & Josh Lanyon).
It’s 1943 and the world is at war. Journalist Nathan Doyle has just returned home from North Africa–still recovering from wounds received in the [...]
