Slippery Creatures

Will Darling came back from the trenches with scars, a chest of medals and no plan for what comes next. When he inherits his uncle's cluttered second-hand bookshop in 1920s London, it seems like a way to stay afloat.

Then the visitors arrive. A criminal gang comes first, then the War Office, and both demand information Will does not know he has. Threats follow, and he has no one to ask for help.

Kim Secretan offers it. He is charming, cultured and very attractive, and he dodges nearly every question put to him. The two of them chase answers while staying ahead of the people hunting Will, and the attraction between them grows with the danger.

Then Will learns who Kim really is, where he comes from and what he is after. Furious at the betrayal, Will wants him gone. But what Will carries in his head could cost thousands of lives, and Kim is the only one able to keep him alive.

Blackmail, secret documents and scheming villains fill the pages, in the spirit of interwar pulp thrillers, with queer characters at the centre of the plot. The book opens the Will Darling Adventures, followed by The Sugared Game and Subtle Blood.