Tainted Love

It's 1985, and Joe Stone is excited to be joining his old school friend, and lifelong crush, Chris, for a long weekend in London's Soho—home to a vibrant, developing gay scene, and a million miles from the small town where Joe and Chris grew up. When Chris is found brutally murdered, the police write his death off as just another rent boy fallen foul of a bad hook up. But Joe knows his friend was killed deliberately, and joins forces with former police detective, Russell Dixon—Chris's flatmate—to find out why. Spiralling debt, illicit sex, blackmail, spurned lovers and hard-nosed gangsters all play their part, but who among the celebrities, fashionistas, drag queens, ex-lovers and so-called friends is Chris's killer? A noirish whodunnit set in 1980s London, with all the big hair, electro-pop, shoulder pads, police discrimination and lethal killers that the era had to offer.©2023 Storyside (P)2023 Storyside

Yes, Yes!

Great writing, great setting and mystery, perfect narrator! I typically look for longer form novels, but because all 6 stories released at once, I devoured them all back to back as if they were one extended book. No real romance angle here, just interesting mysteries with a colorful cast of characters. I hope there's another six stories coming soon!