Emery Hazard has pretty much everything under control. He and his fiancé, John-Henry Somerset, are more in love than ever, despite the stress of wedding preparations hanging over them. His business as a private investigator is growing. He's even enjoying time with his growing circle of friends. The only major problem on the horizon is whether or not he and Somers will be dancing at the wedding reception.

When Mitchell Martin shows up in his office, though, everything changes. The year before, Mitchell was abducted and tortured by a sadistic killer known only as the Keeper of Bees. Now Mitchell is convinced that the Keeper has come back, and he wants to hire Hazard to protect him.

While Hazard works to keep Mitchell safe, Somers must adjust to changes at work. A spate of new hires has disrupted the Wahredua Police Department, and Somers finds himself locked in a struggle to determine how the department will grow and evolve, with long-term consequences that will...]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2020 15:51:17 +0300 https://sequential-art.library.land/gregory-ashe/473240-guilt_by_association.html https://sequential-art.library.land/gregory-ashe/473240-guilt_by_association.html
Everything in Emery Hazard's life is finally going well: his boyfriend, Nico, is crazy about him; he has a loyal partner at work; and he has successfully closed a series of difficult murders. By all accounts, he should be happy. What he can't figure out, then, is why he's so damn miserable.After a fight with Nico, Hazard needs work to take his mind off his relationship. And someone in town is happy to oblige by murdering the sheriff. The job won't be easy; the sheriff had enemies, lots of them, and narrowing down the list of suspects will be difficult. Difficult, but routine.The arrival of a special prosecutor, however, throws the case into turmoil, and Hazard and Somers find themselves sidelined. With an agenda of his own, the prosecutor forces the case toward his favorite suspect, while Hazard and Somers scramble to find the real killer. As the people they care about are drawn into the chaos, Hazard and Somers have to fight to keep what they love—and to...]]> Thu, 15 Nov 2018 12:00:30 +0200 https://sequential-art.library.land/gregory-ashe/556097-ember_boys_flint_and_tinder_book_1.html https://sequential-art.library.land/gregory-ashe/556097-ember_boys_flint_and_tinder_book_1.html
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They say bad things come in threes. Usually, they don't mean murder.

After several months (and a few murders), Dash is finally starting to feel at home in Hastings Rock. He's enjoying the quiet after the end of tourist season, he's comfortable at Hemlock House (the jury is still out on whether it's haunted), and most importantly, he has friends.

Friends, unfortunately, who have a tendency not to take no for an answer. Which is how Dash finds himself at a cold-water surfing competition only a few days before Halloween—and, even worse, attending a costume party at the surf camp later that evening.

When Dash stumbles across the body of a predatory local real estate developer, he's the only one who believes it's murder. Worse, Dash's friend Deputy Bobby (they're just friends, thank you very much) is on leave from the sheriff's office while he and his fiancé prepare for their move to Portland. But Dash is determined not to let a...]]> Sat, 17 Aug 2024 08:41:20 +0300 https://sequential-art.library.land/gregory-ashe/615852-final_orders.html https://sequential-art.library.land/gregory-ashe/615852-final_orders.html

An embattled author. Fanatical parents. A son who can't stay out of trouble. It's the last one that'll probably kill him.

When Emery Hazard gets drawn into a brawl at a monthly school board meeting, he knows he's in trouble; his husband, John-Henry Somerset, is chief of police, and they're already under enough scrutiny as they try to finalize their foster son's permanency plan.

Hazard's actions, however, have an unexpected consequence: a woman shows up at his office the next day, and she wants to hire him to protect her mother. Loretta Ames is a famous—and famously troublesome—author, and a string of recent attempts on her life suggests that someone is determined to get rid of her. Under pressure from his assistant, Hazard takes the job, assuming that it will be two days of babysitting before Loretta returns to New York.

Her murder changes everything. To find the killer, Hazard and Somers will enter a murky world of concerned...]]> Sat, 06 Aug 2022 16:40:36 +0300 https://sequential-art.library.land/gregory-ashe/645949-triangulation.html https://sequential-art.library.land/gregory-ashe/645949-triangulation.html

After a recent case with a treacherous client, North and Shaw are ready to go back to work building Borealis Investigations. They're also ready to go back to dodging their feelings for each other, with neither man ready to deal with the powerful emotions the Matty Fennmore case stirred up. Everything is getting back to normal when their secretary asks for help: her girlfriend's boss has gone missing.

Shep Collins runs a halfway house for LGBTQ kids and is a prominent figure in St. Louis's gay community. When he disappears, however, dark truths begin to emerge about Shep's past: his string of failed relationships, a problem with disappearing money, and his work, years before, as one of the foremost proponents of conversion therapy.

When Shep's body turns up at the halfway house, the search for a missing person becomes the search for a murderer.

As North and Shaw probe for answers, they find that they are not the only ones who have come looking for the truth...]]> Fri, 04 May 2001 21:46:30 +0300 https://sequential-art.library.land/gregory-ashe/715351-evil_all_along.html https://sequential-art.library.land/gregory-ashe/715351-evil_all_along.html

They say love makes fools of us all. It certainly makes idiots out of some of us.

It's Dash's second Halloween in Hastings Rock, and this year, he's determined to have a normal spooky season—he's going to hang out with his friends, hand out lots of candy, and seize every available opportunity for snuggles with a certain deputy.

Fate, though, has other things in store.

When Dash's friend Keme is arrested for murder, Dash assumes it's a misunderstanding—after all, this is Keme we're talking about. But it turns out, not everyone in Hastings Rock trusts Keme. Or likes him. In fact, plenty of people are downright afraid of him, and for them, the arrest confirms what they've always suspected: that Keme is a seriously bad apple. And when Keme's clothes turn up not far from the scene of the crime, covered in the victim's blood, it's the final piece of proof for the court of public opinion.

It'll be up to Dash to prove Keme's...]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:14:13 +0200 https://sequential-art.library.land/gregory-ashe/551857-wayward.html https://sequential-art.library.land/gregory-ashe/551857-wayward.html

Emery Hazard is trying to plan his wedding, even though his fiancé, John-Henry Somerset, isn't exactly making things easy for him. To be fair, Somers has been distracted lately; his father is running for mayor in a hotly contested election, and their hometown is splintering under the weight of divisive politics.

In a matter of hours, those poisonous politics invade Hazard's life in a way he couldn't have imagined. Glenn Somerset, Somers's father, shows up on their doorstep, and he wants two things: first, for Hazard to neutralize a blackmail threat; and second, for Somers temporarily to move out of the house he shares with Hazard, part of public relations stunt to win the election. To Hazard's shock, Somers agrees.

Determined to lose himself in his work, Hazard takes on a missing person's case, but his investigation only leads him deeper into the tangled web of small-town politics. To find the truth, he must face off with the viciously rich who rule...]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2020 14:26:53 +0300 https://sequential-art.library.land/gregory-ashe/531861-declination.html https://sequential-art.library.land/gregory-ashe/531861-declination.html
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When it comes to your ex, nothing is ever easy.
The Borealis boys are settling into their new normal, or at least into their new digs. But when North's soon-to-be (please-let-it-be-soon) ex-husband, Tucker, is arrested and charged with murder, everything goes sideways.
Hired by Tucker's parents, North and Shaw begin looking for proof that Tucker is innocent, in spite of the evidence against him. When they find seemingly incriminating photos hidden in Tucker's BMW, North is convinced that someone is trying to frame Tucker—and might get away with it.
But the cast of alternate suspects presents its own challenges: an estranged son, a betrayed wife, and North and Shaw's close-knit circle of friends from college—men who had their own connections to the victim, and who had their own reasons for wanting him dead. A threatening email suggests that the motive, whatever it might be, lies buried in the past, in a relationship gone wrong. The question is, which...]]> Tue, 27 Jul 2021 19:50:33 +0300 https://sequential-art.library.land/gregory-ashe/659893-the_face_in_the_water.html https://sequential-art.library.land/gregory-ashe/659893-the_face_in_the_water.html

Come to Missouri! See the sights! Solve a murder!

When Teancum Leon, a wildlife veterinarian, and his husband, semi-reformed conman Jeremiah Berger, go to a conference in central Missouri, they're expecting a short and uneventful trip. Tean will present a paper, attend a few panels, and network (under duress). Jem is looking forward to unlimited poolside drinks, some well-deserved couple time, and peace and quiet.

Instead, they find themselves drawn into a frantic search after the head of the association goes missing. Worse, Tean's friend from grad school is arrested—and charged with murder.

Their investigation takes them face-to-face with a fervent conspiracist, a band of wildlife traffickers, the owner of a big cat sanctuary, and more. But the real killer doesn't want to be found, and they'll do anything to stop Tean and Jem from learning the truth. Lucky for them, they've got a reluctant group of allies. Not so lucky for them?...]]> Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:40:24 +0300