The Adrien English Mysteries: Books 1 - 3

Written by Josh Lanyon

Narrated by Christopher Patton

Boy meets Cop. For the first time, books 1 - 3 of The Adrien English Mysteries collected in one volume!

Fatal Shadows - When his former best friend and employee is murdered following a very public argument, bookseller and sometimes mystery writer Adrien English finds himself suspected of murder.

A Dangerous Thing - Adrien English arrives at the Pine Shadow Ranch only to find a corpse in his driveway. By the time the unfriendly local sheriffs arrive, the body has disappeared.

The Hell You Say - It’s Christmas time and the “ill-starred and bookish” bookseller and occasional mystery writer must contend with a Satanic cult, a handsome university professor and his on-again/off-again relationship with the eternally conflicted LAPD Detective Jake Riordan.

And, as ever, murder...

• Language: English
• Publisher: JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Dec 1, 2021
• ISBN: 9781667088020

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 Adrien English Mysteries

[Courtney Archer · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Decent mysteries. I finished it, but I really don’t like the characters and won’t be continuing . By book 3 the two MCs relationship comprised of sleeping together twice a week. Jake refers to gay men as fags (in a very negative way) in front of Adrien and he never calls him on it. It’s disrespectful and Adrien acts like is ok and acceptable. And Adrien just accepts that Jake is still sleeping with and has a relationship with a women after almost a year???

** mild spoiler**

And then when Jake let’s him know the women from the other relationship is pregnant, they never talk about it. Just act like that is nothing also and keep sleeping together. It’s one messed up relationship with very few redeeming qualities.


Aidren has very little self worth and Jake disrespectful and hurtful. I know they will eventually get together again, but I don’t want them too. And worse than that I really don’t care about them.

Won’t be finishing the series.

[momouwpongo · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

So well written with interesting characters and narration. Definitely a must listen.