Cover Design: Reese Dante
Length: 50,000 words approx.
Blurb
They have eyes for each other. But someone is eyeing them for murder. An erotic gay romance mystery.
In the Junior students’ dormitory at Oakschott Hall, a heavy gaslight falls from the ceiling, crushing the head of a student sleeping beneath it. Was it simply a tragic accident? To avoid publicity, the Headmaster asks Colin Revell, a young Oxford University graduate and former Oakschott student, to quietly investigate.
While interviewing the faculty and staff, Colin meets Max Lambourne, a handsome don who was wounded and gassed in WWI. When Colin tries to help Max overcome his trauma and depression, the two men fall in love and begin an erotic affair.
But when another student dies—diving at night into an empty swimming pool—murder is suspected. Students and faculty all come under suspicion, and rumors proliferate when Scotland Yard intervenes. Meanwhile, during all this confusion and wild theories, the murderer sees Colin and Max as threats. Unbeknownst to the two lovers, their lives are now in danger.
My Two Pennies' Worth
I've not read the book this book is a mash up off. In fact I didn't even realise it was a mash up when I requested it. But that's okay. My lack of knowledge of the original text meant I was coming at this completely fresh. An interesting queering of an old golden age amateur detective story, and most of the time I couldn't tell where the old tale stopped and the new one began, which is a testament to the writing. At one point I thought I would be ranting that this is not an m/m romance because I thought it had broken the number one rule, but I was wrong.
With regard to the romance, I would have liked a greater connection before they jumped into bed (a lot). The focus is very much on the mystery with the romance (as opposed to the sex) taking a bit of a back seat.
Author Bio
Born in 1984, Jim Austen grew up in Murphy, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas-Austin with a degree in communications and journalism. He works as a news producer for a station in Rhode Island.
Jim lives south of Boston with his wife and two children. A bisexual husband, he ‘came out’ to his wife 10 years ago after the birth of their second child. “My marriage and my gay life,” he says, “have each given me moments of great joy. However, it is a myth to believe a bisexual husband has the best of both worlds.”
Murder at Oakschott Hall is his first M/M romance novel. Jim is currently working on a novel about a bisexual married man called The Unfinished Husband.
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