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 playboy nightclub owner Holden Hart swings into town.
He’s suave, he’s charming, he’s chivalrous… and he’s 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 gentlemen’s parlor The Velvet
Viper—from the history surrounding the sinister convent on the hill better
known Hell’s Bells, to the lantern-lit opium barge, The Peking Empress, run by
the mystical Madame Chang—could Buck be about to unravel the greatest mystery
of them all…
The mystery of love?
Grab your copy of Buck Baxter now from Wilde City Press! or Amazon.
For everyone that is going to miss the
Gin & Jazz series with the final book coming out in just a couple days, we
have a respite! And dare I say... Short, Sexy and Steamy... my three favourite colors!!
Picture this... a sex on a stick, pot
smoking, gay private dick in 1920’s New York surrounded by glitz, glamour and
the Dick Tracy version of an assortment of Speak Easies. Welcome to Wilde City!
Buck Baxter, private eye extraordinaire,
doesn’t do friends or commitments. He doesn’t make enemies either and he is
good at his job, which is why he stays in business and avoids any hassles. But
his latest job is about to turn his fly under the radar life upside down. Just
follow a guy whose wife wants to know if he’s cheating, seems easy enough,
right? Then why does he end up staring down the barrel of a gun?? But that is a
story for later.
Holden Hart is debonair and stunning
with his slicked back blonde hair and movie star good looks. Hart is new in
town and the owner of the newest night club, the place to be as it were. Buck
is enamoured with the man from the first time he lays eyes on him, and Hart
seems to not only recognize, but reciprocate the need. He sets about trying to
get to know the brash private eye. But Buck is just that, private, he doesn’t
date, especially not charming playboys. Too bad the stiffy in his pants didn’t
get that memo.
This was a fast, fun, thrill ride of a
story. Knight went into great detail setting the stage for this fascinating new
world he’s building around Buck Baxter and the other wildly creative characters
that were featured. There were a few flashbacks told in the form of memories as
Buck remembers his troubled childhood and the friend he lost. There were
several twists and turns along the way that kept me on my toes, kept me
guessing until the very end. And that scene in the bar with the ‘new Nick’ was
damn near toe curling.
You have to grab a copy of this one and
get familiar with Buck and Holden and the twins and Stella, and so many more
neat characters so you’ll be ready for the next instalment. I’m anxious to see
what Knight pulls out next for Buck Baxter, the Love Detective.
From palace-hopping across the Rajasthan Desert to sleeping
in train stations in Bulgaria, from spinning prayer-wheels in Kathmandu to
exploring the skull-gated graveyards of the indigenous Balinese tribes,
Geoffrey Knight has been a traveller ever since he could scrape together enough
money to buy a plane ticket. Born in Melbourne but raised and educated in
countless cities and towns across Australia, Geoffrey was a nomadic boy who
grew into a nomadic gay writer. When he’s not travelling the world, Geoffrey is
travelling the world of his imagination—where the adventures, thrills and
romance are limitless.
He currently owns his own advertising and design agency in
Sydney, Australia, and can't wait to buy his next plane ticket—whether it’s
real or imaginary.
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