Boystown 2

Three More Nick Nowak Mysteries

By: Marshall Thornton

Narrated by: Brad Langer

In the second Boystown collection, Chicago private investigator Nick Nowak finds himself involved with a young man who murdered his stepfather but refuses to assist in his own defense. He has been hired to find the murderer of a dead porno star and in a case that traps him between the two men he loves, searching for a serial killer's only living victim.

Set in the second half of 1981, Boystown 2 follows Nick as he juggles his deepening relationship with Detective Bert Harker with the return of his ex, Daniel Laverty. Which man will he choose? Or will he be able to choose?

©2010 Marshall Thornton (P)2013 Marshall Thornton

Great early 80's gay short detective stories

I am enjoying this (to me) new series of gay detective novels. I recommend it.

EYE-OPENING LOOKS INTO THE CHICAGO GAY LIFE OF THE

I received this audio book for free and am giving my honest and voluntary review

Three stories of Nick Nowak and his Private Eye practice. Introducing the hatred of the eighties toward gays. Jack is beginning to hear about a pneumonia that affects homosexuals. He thinks nothing of it. This is the introduction to AIDS.
There is the case of the beaten to death gay porn star, the case of the gay boy who murdered his stepfather and the case of the gay guy who is attacked by the serial killer, dubbed the Bughouse slasher. Daniel re-enters and Nick is torn between him and Harker, his new lover.

The narration is a little monologued but tells a great story.

Enjoyable

I hadn’t read part 1 but it was really easy to get into the character and surrounding story. I am looking forward to the rest of the series.

Smoothly fits in the series but is a cliffhanger

I just finished these stories and I would advise this series be read/listened to in order. Each mystery is sort of a standalone but the personal part of the story is ongoing. I’m really enjoying these stories and getting a little impatient when it comes to Nick’s personal life. Nick is a P.I. who appears to me to half know what he is doing and half lucks out. As he goes through his daily life he looses his attention because of his personal life. He does get the job done but its entertaining to me his daily routine. I feel he fits the Mickey Spillane feel. He is still being reckless in his sex life. I didn’t feel he was as bed hopping in this part of the series as the last. He does have a few guilt feelings that he may be sort of cheating on Bert. Nick’s sort of in a relationship with Bert and then his ex Daniel reappears. That makes him ready to break up with Bert. Nick is centered on Daniel no matter what else he does. Where the cliffhanger got to me is I’m waiting to find out where he is going to end up relationship wise. Before he can break up with Bert there is a little twist in the story. Now is there more to the detective than I had thought? There are no answers in the story so I have to get to the next to see where this is going. If you are easily offended with cheating and very descriptive sex don’t read/listen to this series. It is meant to be all of that and more. It reflects life in the 80’s and I think the author does a great job of giving a feel for that era. The narrator Brad Langer, does a perfect job. He gives the feel for this story.

I'm hooked!!!

I'm hooked on these mysteries...love the narrator...all in all great way to spend your time. Very entertaining...cant wait to listen to the third chapter in the series.