LOVED

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!

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Cozy indeed

Story: 7
Writing: 8
First MC: 9
Second MC: 7
Secondary characters: 6
Mystery: 6
Sexual tension: 3
Humor: 5
Hotness: 1
Product placement: 5
Ridiculousness: 5
Annoying: 1
Audio: 10
To re-read: 10

Light like a summer read, loved the secondary colorful characters...The Chief? we basically know nothing about the dude

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2 and a half stars

Murder at Pirate's Cove is an ok book but I didn't like the main character. He was annoying and I never warmed up to him. The other characters in the story were more interesting.

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Interesting, cute and questionable

Overall, it’s a very enjoyable story.

The town seems to have its own character and the township is charming. However, I feel like with all that story I didn’t leave with everything I wanted - which is fine since it’s the beginning of a series!

I will say that I am looking forward to the next book. Maybe after reading the second instalment I will be able to better judge how I feel about this one lol.

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loved it!

a great start to a new series. I love Josh Lanyon's mysteries, and can't wait until the next one!

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Great cozy mystery!

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.

Another Really Good One from Josh Lanyon

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

Good story. Good narration.

I fell in love with the mystery genre when I was very young. I was reading Encyclopedia Brown right along side Sherlock Holmes. This story had so many of the elements that I adore about both. I was smiling when one of the characters mentions Encyclopedia Brown.

As usual, Josh Lanyon has created some interesting characters. This first volume has all the feel of an origin story. I can't wait for the next volume where to get more background on Ellery's story.

The narration was a good addition to the story, and I enjoyed the character voices.

Well-written mystery, no language or sex

This is an unusual selection for me because I generally prefer the books I read to have both profanity and sex scenes.
But because I have recently become such a fan of the narrator, Matt Haynes, I decided to check this one out since I like mysteries and thrillers in general.
The story pulled me in right away and I found that I didn't miss the profanity and adult scenes nearly as much as I thought I would. Josh Lanyon's writing is stellar. He's funny, clever, and writes with heart. I'm so thrilled to have discovered this duo. Grabbing the next one in the series now!
Highly recommended.

It’s a good book.

I didn’t particularly like the narrator. I bit lack luster for my tastes. The book is good and it’s funny too. Has a nice twist at the end. And thankfully no sex.