Lavender House

Proof that you can absolutely get someone to pick up a book with the cover alone: me and Lavender House. Lavender House is about Andy Mills, recently-fired policeman after he was found out to be gay. Still, his deduction skills are needed when widow Pearl approaches him about her wife‘s maybe-murder/maybe-accident. What he finds is a queer family determined to make a space for themselves - who also may have a murderer in their midst. And the truth is, I don’t really care for murder mysteries that much. (I blame a really boring one I read as a kid.) This one didn’t change my mind about them either, but it doesn’t seem fair to judge it for that if it’s just not my thing. I did love the window into (aspects of) queer life pre-Stonewall, as heartbreaking as it was at times. I might even give book 2 a try since I am curious where life leads our detective next. CN: suicidal ideation, queermisia