{"id":27972,"date":"2026-11-01T18:13:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T23:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=27972"},"modified":"2026-11-05T19:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T00:30:49","slug":"an-act-of-detection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/27972","title":{"rendered":"An Act of Detection"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Act of Detection<\/em> (2019) Charlie Cochrane<\/a> (An Alasdair and Toby Investigation #1)<\/p>\n

\"AnSet in London in 1950<\/p>\n

Alasdair and Toby enjoying being actors–even if their biggest act is hiding from everyone their love for each other.<\/p>\n

(S)ome glorious day they\u2019d be able to travel together to an opening night or another equally swanky \u2018do\u2019\u2014travel together to anything other than a rugby international or with a \u2018chaperone\u2019 of sorts in tow. Or maybe things would never get better and they\u2019d be wearing masks all their lives, always playing a part for the public as they played a part on the screen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Their newest released film has them playing the most famous detective and his partner and it’s always a worry how fans will react.<\/p>\n

“What I want to know is what the purists are going to make of it.\u201d Toby picked up his copy of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. \u201cAnd will Sir Arthur Conan Doyle be turning in his grave afterwards?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But it turns out they end up investigating a mystery of their own–what happened to Johnny Fisher’s secretary.<\/p>\n

“Some delicate operation that went wrong?\u201d They\u2019d got away with \u201cbloody\u201d, but you couldn\u2019t dare say \u2018illegal abortion\u2019 in Langan\u2019s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I do love historical queer mysteries. My big wish for this one is that she’d not tried to have a sex scene.<\/p>\n

I mean, the word “mounting” is used and I just can’t even with that.<\/p>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Toby Bowe, Alasdair Hamilton, Fiona Marsden, North, Morgan, Johnny Fisher, Hampson, Robin Pierce, Mrs. Chivers, Paddick, Charlotte Paddick, Clarice Pierce, Freddie McDermott, Millie Stamford, Flight Officer Mitcham, Sir Ian Sheringham, George Howell, Alexander Rattigan, George Howell, Geraldine Wilson, Phyllis Davis, Whitlock, Inspector Mayfield, Nigel Weatherly, Mr. O\u2019Connor, Sally Chambers, Cuffy Temple, Matthew Firestone, Edith Daley, Phyllis Davis, Robert Temple, Ronnie Wade, Alice Keyworth, Miss Crouch<\/p>\n

Publisher: Williams & Whiting<\/p>\n

Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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