OMG this is the funniest Greg Ashe book I have ever read. Indirection is the first book in a follow-up series read North and Shaw’s first adventures in The Borealis Investigations, beginning with Orientation It doesn’t help that, on top of everything else, Shaw just wants to find his next favorite book-and, if it isn’t asking too much, have sex with North at least one more time in his current incarnation. Shaw and North will have to unravel a skein of lies and half-truths to uncover the killer. But romance authors are more complicated than either North or Shaw expects, and a treacherous web knits the suspects together. Then Shaw and North must race against the clock to find the killer before he (or she) escapes-and before the convention ends. Until, that is, a bestselling author is poisoned in the middle of a panel. Between the rabid fans and the backbiting authors, the death threats-which seem totally baseless-are the least of North and Shaw’s worries. But the convention isn’t what he expects. When an author asks for their help investigating threats against a gay romance convention, Shaw sees an opportunity to shake up their routine and maybe have some fun. Sure, work might be taking up every spare minute, and their time together as a couple might have evaporated-but that’s normal, right? And after years of missed opportunities, they’re finally together. Their private investigation agency is thriving. The aftermath of their search for the Slasher has finally settled down.

Shaw Aldrich and his best friend, boyfriend, and partner, North McKinney, are doing great, thanks.

Declination by Gregory Ashe