Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: Broken Cord
SERIES: Boystown #12
AUTHOR: Marshall Thornton
PUBLISHER: Kenmore Books
LENGTH: 210 pages
RELEASE DATE: March 12, 2019
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In the latest installment of the Lambda Award-winning Boystown Mysteries, it’s summer 1985.
As Nick’s personal life begins to unravel, Nick throws himself headlong into investigating the murder of a woman married to a much older, wealthy man. It appears that only her husband could have killed her, but Nick is sure that’s not what happened. Meanwhile, Rita Lundquist makes her presence known, posing a continuing threat to Nick and those around him.
REVIEW:
I, I just don’t even know where to start with this book. I’m just stunned. Stunned. Marshall Thornton always writes a masterpiece, but he broke me with this book. I mean I am just shattered. And it ended in a cliffhanger which just destroys me even more.
I can’t give away anything in case there are those of you who haven’t read it, and I’m here to tell you if you haven’t read this series, you are seriously missing out. Seriously.
In Nick’s life, things have been unraveling and fast. With AIDS and the HIV virus on the rampage, seeing his own friends getting it is killing him. And now it’s hit even closer to home. He’s just lost his ex’s mother, which he didn’t think would bother him, but really is, and an old enemy is back in town and he’s made her very unhappy. Hell, he’s made several enemies unhappy and all of them are threatening bad stuff. One even tries to shoot him. But it’s the case he’s on that is really got him going. Because he knows the husband didn’t do what he’s being accused of. Because he supposedly met the husband and they are not the same man. Everything is falling apart around him and he is honestly completely lost on what to do anymore. And the one person he thought he could rely on, he now can’t. And he doesn’t know how to cope.
You know, I have loved seeing Nick grow and change into the man he is today. He’s been through hell and back, some of his own making, some just circumstances he has no control over. Like the whole AIDS/HIV thing. But this book, dear heaven, I wouldn’t wish what Nick is going through on anyone. It is coming at him from every direction. I mean EVERY direction. Every way he turns, something seems to be going wrong. The title of this book is very appropriate. He’s becoming so broken by things that are happening and this is one time I wish for sure I could reach through a book and hug someone. Jeez.
I’m just so stunned. The book is amazing, don’t get me wrong. Marshall is such an amazing writer, but I’m still overwhelmed by this book. I haven’t stopped crying yet. It’s a hard one. I think this is the hardest one of the whole series and that’s saying a lot. It’s worth it because the writing is so good but damn. I hope there’s a book thirteen and that it is coming soon. I can’t handle not knowing something for much longer.
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