Lavender House
  • Published:
    Oct-2022 (Hardcover)
    Sep-2023 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    Historical Mystery
  • Pages:
    304
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A delicious story from a new voice in suspense, Lev AC Rosen's Lavender House is Knives Out with a queer historical twist.

Lavender House, 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of the famous Lamontaine soap empire. Irene's recipes for her signature scents are a well guarded secret -- but it's not the only one behind these gates. This estate offers a unique freedom, where none of the residents or staff hide who they are. But to keep their secret, they've needed to keep others out. And now they're worried they're keeping a murderer in.

Irene's widow hires Evander Mills to uncover the truth behind her mysterious death. Andy, recently fired from the San Francisco police after being caught in a raid on a gay bar, is happy to accept -- his calendar is wide open. And his secret is the kind of secret the Lamontaines understand.

Andy had never imagined a world like Lavender House. He's seduced by the safety and freedom found behind its gates, where a queer family lives honestly and openly. But that honesty doesn't extend to everything, and he quickly finds himself a pawn in a family game of old money, subterfuge, and jealousy -- and Irene's death is only the beginning.

When your existence is a crime, everything you do is criminal, and the gates of Lavender House can't lock out the real world forever. Running a soap empire can be a dirty business.

Dive into the full Evander Mills series:

Lavender House
The Bell in the Fog
Rough Pages

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EDITIONS
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    •  
    • Sep-2023
    • Tor
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1250834244
    • ISBN13: 9781250834249
    • First Edition
    • Oct-2022
    • Daw
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1250834228
    • ISBN13: 9781250834225
    •  
    • Oct-2022
    • Daw
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1250834236
    • ISBN13: 9781250834232



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