Review: What Am I Missing?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2013
I am, perhaps, the world's number one Josh Lanyon fan. And yet I just wasn't thrilled by this book, as so many other reviewers here were.It's not a bad book (Lanyon can't seem to write a bad book), but it's dark and not all that hopeful. It's a period piece, sort of a gay detective-noir book. The best I can tell, WWII is in full swing, and Nathan has come back, a badly-wounded, sort-of-suicidal  war correspondent. Matthew (spelled "Mathew", sometimes? Claire also showed up, occasionally, as "Clare") is a hot-shot detective who, of course, will fall for Nathan.The mystery is pretty ordinary - a kidnapping: was it real or just a way for the deceased to get money from his rich father after his allowance was cut off? And, as trite as it may be, it resolves as a drawing room mystery, with Nathan doing the Agatha Christie role with the big reveal in the mansion's lounge, where the killer confesses by trying to shoot his/her way out of the room, once revealed.Ok, as I said, good enough. Took care of my need for a Lanyon fix. But great? Honestly, not even in the same category as so many of his other books... but it seems I may be the only one to feel that way, so try reading a few preview pages before you buy.