num_pages: 274
description: A Best Of Book Amazon * Buzzfeed * Rainbow Reading * Library Journal * CrimeReads * BookPage * Book Riot * AutostraddleA delicious story from a new voice in suspense Lev AC Rosen's Lavender House is Knives Out with a queer historical twist.Lavender House 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine head of the famous Lamontaine soap empire. Irenes recipes for her signature scents are a well guarded secretbut it's not the only one behind these gates. This estate offers a unique freedom where none of the residents or staff hide who they are. But to keep their secret they've needed to keep others out. And now they're worried they're keeping a murderer in.Irenes widow hires Evander Mills to uncover the truth behind her mysterious death. Andy recently fired from the San Francisco police after being caught in a raid on a gay bar is happy to accepthis calendar is wide open. And his secret is the kind of secret the Lamontaines understand.Andy had never imagined a world like Lavender House. He's seduced by the safety and freedom found behind its gates where a queer family lives honestly and openly. But that honesty doesn't extend to everything and he quickly finds himself a pawn in a family game of old money subterfuge and jealousyand Irenes death is only the beginning.When your existence is a crime everything you do is criminal and the gates of Lavender House cant lock out the real world forever. Running a soap empire can be a dirty business.
language: English
title: Lavender House
publisher: Forge Books