Routine construction at a Broadway souvenir shop leads to the discovery of a mummified woman in the wall. And when Larkin receives a mysterious VHS tape that same night, he knows it’s no coincidence. Expecting a Victorian mourning artifact to surface in this new mystery, Larkin wastes no time turning to boyfriend Ira Doyle of the Forensic Artists Unit for help.
A web of nameless victims, countless suspects, and endless lies drag Larkin and Doyle deep into the gritty past of Times Square, reopening painful wounds and testing the fortitude of their relationship. And all the while, someone is watching, biding their time until they can make Everett Larkin nothing… but a memory.
Memento Mori series reading order:
#1 Madison Square Murders
#2 Subway Slayings
#3 Broadway Butchery
#4 Hudson River Homicides
Same Universe Spin-offs:
Southernmost Murder (standalone)
Snow & Winter series reading order:
#1 The Mystery of Nevermore
#2 The Mystery of the Curiosities
#3 The Mystery of the Moving Image
#4 The Mystery of the Bones
#5 The Mystery of the Spirits
#1 Interlude (Snow & Winter short story collection)
An Auden & O'Callaghan Mystery series reading order:
#1 A Friend in the Dark
#2 A Friend in the Fire
#3 A Friend in the Glass
Keywords: gay romance, police procedural, slow burn, opposites attract, detective, whodunit, serial killer, partners-in-crime, mm romance, medical condition, grumpy sunshine, workplace romance, lgbt mystery
C.S. Poe is an author of gay mystery, romance, and speculative fiction. She’s a winner of the Next Generation and e-Lit book awards, as well as a finalist of the Lambda Literary award.
She resides in New York City and is a Gilded Age New York historian and board director for the Victorian Society of New York. She loves Romanticism artwork, the films of Buster Keaton, coffee in the morning and whiskey in the evening, true crime, and cats. She’s rescued two cats—Milo and Kasper do their best to distract her from work on a daily basis.
C.S. is an alumna of the School of Visual Arts.
Her debut novel, The Mystery of Nevermore, was published 2016.