The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks

Written by Josh Lanyon

Narrated by Max Miller

His romantic weekend in ruins, shy twenty-something artist Perry Foster learns that things can always get worse when he returns home from San Francisco to find a dead body in his bathtub. A dead body in a very ugly sportscoat -- and matching socks.

The dead man is a stranger to Perry, but that's not much of a comfort; how did a strange dead man get in a locked flat at the isolated Alton Estate in the wilds of the "Northeast Kingdom" of Vermont? 

Perry turns to help from "tall, dark and hostile" former navy SEAL Nick Reno -- but is Reno all that he seems?

• Language: English
• Publisher: JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Dec 11, 2012
• ISBN: 9781662226212

Josh Lanyon

Author of nearly ninety titles of classic Male/Male fiction featuring twisty mystery, kickass adventure, and unapologetic man-on-man romance, JOSH LANYON’S work has been translated into eleven languages. Her FBI thriller Fair Game was the first Male/Male title to be published by Harlequin Mondadori, then the largest romance publisher in Italy. Stranger on the Shore (Harper Collins Italia) was the first M/M title to be published in print. In 2016 Fatal Shadows placed #5 in Japan’s annual Boy Love novel list (the first and only title by a foreign author to place on the list). The Adrien English series was awarded the All-Time Favorite Couple by the Goodreads M/M Romance Group. In 2019, Fatal Shadows became the first LGBTQ mobile game created by Moments: Choose Your Story.She is an EPIC Award winner, a four-time Lambda Literary Award finalist (twice for Gay Mystery), an Edgar nominee, and the first ever recipient of the Goodreads All-Time Favorite M/M Author award.Find other Josh Lanyon titles at www.joshlanyon.comFollow Josh on Twitter, Facebook, and Goodreads.

Reviews for The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks

[Beck Craig · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The narrator is dreadful. I couldn't finish this book. Like the narrator couldn't finish his sentences and the editors couldn't finish cutting the sound bites together.

[dawn · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love these Josh Lanyon cozy mystery kind of books. This was a spooky, romantic, and super exciting mystery. I don't love old houses... I'm scared of them... for a reason... My reason is spiders, but dead bodies is a good reason too.

Perry Foster, an artist/librarian, returns early from a terrible vacation to find a dead body in his bathtub! The only person who believes him is his across the hall neighbor and ex navy seal Nick Reno (ridiculous name... I feel like Josh Lanyon was totally watching porn when she named that character - ha). Anyway... mysteries, shenanigans, and sexy times follow. Also some nail biting run ins with bad guys.

Yay there's a sequel! Reading that next.

I listened to this book on Scribd. Max Miller was an excellent narrator.

[Elizabeth · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Very good narration, giving the hardboiled detective story feeling but sweetening for the romantic parts. Nicely convoluted plot, and good character development.