{"id":19594,"date":"2022-01-22T19:18:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T00:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=19594"},"modified":"2022-08-28T18:17:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T22:17:55","slug":"stranger-in-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/19594","title":{"rendered":"Stranger in the House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stranger in the House<\/a><\/em> (2019) Josh Lanyon<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Stranger<\/a>I didn’t have this book, so I was surprised to realize I’d read it before. It was in Footsteps in the Dark: An M\/M Mystery Romance Anthology<\/em> which had stories from multiple authors I very much enjoy.<\/p>\n

Miles has inherited a house–a mansion, really–from his godmother. Despite the fact she had two sons she could have left the house to.<\/p>\n

So Miles decides he is going to move to Canada, live in the house, and become an artist like he’d always dreamed of doing.<\/p>\n

The house is as he remembers–but also isn’t.<\/p>\n

He had not recognized until that moment that he was uneasy\u2014and was instantly impatient with himself. For God\u2019s sake. Was he twelve or twenty-six? Then he realized that it would soon be dark inside the house and he did not know where the light switches were. He felt a flare of near panic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The mystery was good.<\/p>\n

The romance sorely lacking. Yeah, Miles had a crush on Lindley when he was a teen, but I just didn’t see the romance going anywhere.<\/p>\n

Linley took a swallow. His eyes widened. He said admiringly, \u201cThat is truly terrible coffee, Miles.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI know,\u201d Miles admitted. <\/p>\n

\u201cPossibly the worst cup of coffee I\u2019ve ever had.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Good mystery with a side of romance I would have been fine without.<\/p>\n

Publisher: JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.
\nRating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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