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March 10, 2026

REVIEW: Nobody’s Baby (Dorothy Gentleman Book 2) by Olivia Waite

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdetective / LGBTQIA characters / novella / parenting / Sci-fi / Secret-Baby / shipboard2 Comments

Becky Chambers meets Miss Marple in the second entry of this cozy sci-fi mystery series, helmed by a formidable no-nonsense auntie of a detective. Welcome to the HMS Fairweather, Her Majesty’s most luxurious interstellar passenger liner! Room and board are included, new bodies are graciously provided upon request, and should ... more >

March 18, 2025

REVIEW: Murder by Memory (Dorothy Gentleman Book 1) by Olivia Waite

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsdetective / LGBTQIA characters / murder mystery / novella / Sci-fi / shipboard3 Comments

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Becky Chambers meets Miss Marple in this sci-fi ode to the cozy mystery, helmed by a formidable no-nonsense auntie of a detective A mind is a terrible thing to erase… Welcome to the HMS Fairweather, Her Majesty’s most luxurious interstellar passenger liner! Room and board are included, new bodies are ... more >

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September 8, 2023

Jayne’s Tor Originals Reading List

JayneB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / Reading Listsdetective / little free library / short stories / Tor Publisher / Vampire4 Comments

Knowledgeable Creatures by Christopher Rowe A dog detective is hired by a female human to investigate a murder that she committed. But of course, all is not as it seems in this strange, mysterious world rendered wonderfully by speculative fiction author Christopher Rowe. Review A dog detective? A confused possible ... more >

December 4, 2020

REVIEW: Criminal Past by Gregory Ashe

JanineC- Reviews#ownvoices / action / Contemporary / detective / enemies to lovers / LGBTQIAP+ / Missouri / mystery / police procedural / romantic-elements / Small-Town4 Comments

Readers please note: The following review contains spoilers both for this book and for some of the other books in Gregory Ashe’s Hazard and Somerset gay mysteries. If you want to avoid spoilers, do not read further in this post and check out my review of book one, Pretty Pretty ... more >

November 11, 2020

REVIEW: Reasonable Doubt by Gregory Ashe

JanineB Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / Contemporary / detective / enemies to lovers / friends-to-lovers / friendship / LGBTQIAP+ / m/m romantic elements / Missouri / mystery / police procedural / Small-Town9 Comments

Please note: If you think this series might be of interest to you may want to avoid this review—it’s full of spoilers for books one through four. Start with my review of Pretty Pretty Boys, book one in the series, instead. Trigger warnings: Content warning: Dear Gregory Ashe, Your gay ... more >

October 30, 2020

REVIEW: Guilt by Association by Gregory Ashe

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / Contemporary / detective / enemies to lovers / friends-to-lovers / friendship / LGBTQIAP+ / m/m romantic elements / Missouri / mystery / police procedural / Small-Town5 Comments

Please note: If you think this series might be of interest to you may wish to avoid this review—it’s full of spoilers for books one through three. Start with my review of Pretty Pretty Boys, book one in the series, instead. Trigger warnings: Dear Gregory Ashe, I got hooked on ... more >

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