Partners in Crime (Josh Lanyon) Books in Order

Partners in Crime is less a single continuing narrative than a showcase for one of Josh Lanyon's strongest modes, the romantic mystery with two men forced to work through danger, suspicion, and unwanted attraction at the same time. As a collection page, it brings together books that show different sides of that formula rather than one recurring cast.

That actually makes it useful. Some stories here lean closer to suspense, like Winter Kill, where law enforcement pressure and active danger drive the plot. Others, like Somebody Killed His Editor, lean into the pleasures of the traditional whodunit, complete with sharp dialogue and closed-circle suspects. Murder in Pastel shifts again, giving readers art, family wounds, and a quieter but very persistent kind of menace.

What links these books is not setting or continuity. It is chemistry under pressure. Lanyon likes capable men who do not especially want help and then find themselves relying on exactly the person who complicates things most. She also likes a good puzzle, and she is very good at building a mystery from character rather than from noise.

So this page works best as a sampler. If you are curious about the range inside the Josh Lanyon backlist, Partners in Crime gives you suspense, wit, and very different routes into her work while still feeling unmistakably hers.