Buck Baxter, Love Detective
(2024)(The first book in the Buck Baxter Detective Agency series)
A Novella by Robin Knight
Hard-boiled 1920s private detective Buck Baxter isnt interested in falling in love
that is until his latest mystery leads him straight into the arms of playboy Holden Hart. But what will Buck end up breaking firsta seemingly unsolvable case or his own heart?
Welcome to Wilde City, 1924a crane on top of every skyscraper, a party in every club, a romance on every dance floor, a shooting every night, a broken heart on every street corner and a dirty secret behind every window with the curtain drawn. Its the kinda town that keeps Buck Baxter, private detective, in business. For despite his fondness for a cold gin and a pipe stuffed with cannabis, Buck is the best gumshoe in Wilde City. Why? Because he has rules: never make friends, never make enemies, and never ever fall in love.
That is until the day that playboy nightclub owner Holden Hart swings into town. Hes suave, hes charming, hes chivalrous and hes exactly the kinda man that Buck will break all the rules for. From the romance of the Rainbow Palace atop the Wilde City Tower, to the dazzling debauchery of the gentlemens parlor The Velvet Viperfrom the history surrounding the sinister convent on the hill better known as Hells Bells, to the lantern-lit opium barge, The Peking Empress, run by the mystical Madame Changcould Buck be about to unravel the greatest mystery of them all... The mystery of love?
Buck Baxter, Love Detectiveis the first adventure in the Buck Baxter Mysteries. It is a campy, noir, 30k-word detective story featuring a tough and troubled leading man, a heartthrob love interest with secrets of his own and a hilarious cast of supporting characters. Enter a world of prohibition, gangsters, speakeasies, jazz clubs, star-crossed romance, brooding heroes and a mystery with a twist.
Genre: Gay Romance
Welcome to Wilde City, 1924a crane on top of every skyscraper, a party in every club, a romance on every dance floor, a shooting every night, a broken heart on every street corner and a dirty secret behind every window with the curtain drawn. Its the kinda town that keeps Buck Baxter, private detective, in business. For despite his fondness for a cold gin and a pipe stuffed with cannabis, Buck is the best gumshoe in Wilde City. Why? Because he has rules: never make friends, never make enemies, and never ever fall in love.
That is until the day that playboy nightclub owner Holden Hart swings into town. Hes suave, hes charming, hes chivalrous and hes exactly the kinda man that Buck will break all the rules for. From the romance of the Rainbow Palace atop the Wilde City Tower, to the dazzling debauchery of the gentlemens parlor The Velvet Viperfrom the history surrounding the sinister convent on the hill better known as Hells Bells, to the lantern-lit opium barge, The Peking Empress, run by the mystical Madame Changcould Buck be about to unravel the greatest mystery of them all... The mystery of love?
Buck Baxter, Love Detectiveis the first adventure in the Buck Baxter Mysteries. It is a campy, noir, 30k-word detective story featuring a tough and troubled leading man, a heartthrob love interest with secrets of his own and a hilarious cast of supporting characters. Enter a world of prohibition, gangsters, speakeasies, jazz clubs, star-crossed romance, brooding heroes and a mystery with a twist.
Genre: Gay Romance
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