A Queer Case: The Selby Bigge Mysteries series (The Selby Bigge Mysteries Series)

By: Robert Holtom

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Synopsis: A gripping 1920s-set whodunnit, this debut features a queer sleuth who must solve a murder in a mansion on London&’s Hampstead Heath without revealing his sexuality, lest he be arrested as a criminal. The Selby Bigge mysteries series debut, it will leave readers eager for the next installment. Perfect for fans of Nicola Upson&’s Josephine Tey novels.London, 1929.Selby Bigge is a bank clerk by day and a denizen of the capital&’s queer underworld by night, but he yearns for a life that will take him away from his ledgers, loveless trysts and dreary bedsit in in which his every move is scrutinised by a nosy landlady. So when he meets Patrick, son of knight of the realm and banking millionaire Sir Lionel Duker, he is delighted to find himself catapulted into a world of dinners at The Ritz and birthday parties at his new friend&’s family mansion on Hampstead Heath.But money, it seems, can&’t buy happiness. Sir Lionel is being slandered in the press, his new young wife Lucinda is being harassed by an embittered journalist and Patrick is worried he&’ll lose his inheritance to his gold-digging stepmother. And when someone is found strangled on the billiards room floor after a party it doesn&’t take long for Selby to realise everyone has a motive for murder.Can Selby uncover the truth while keeping his own secrets buried?