by Jackson MarshPublish: Nov 22, 2022Historical MysteryMysteryHistorical FictionLGBT
Book Overview
March 1891. A parliamentary committee arrives at Larkspur Hall to assess Lord Clearwater’s suitability to become an earl. Prince Albert Victor will announce their decision at a society dinner on Archer’s thirty-second birthday.
However, the MP with the authority to advance Archer to the title is the same man who cause... d Edward Hyde never to speak again. When the parliamentarians arrive to inspect the Larkspur Academy, Edward comes face to face with the man he had arrested for making unnatural advances. A man who was never tried for his crime.
Silas Hawkins and the academy men band together to ensure Edward sees justice done while protecting Lord Clearwater’s reputation and each other. Using their skills in chemistry, physics and deception, they embark on a game of secrets and subterfuge where the unspoken causes the loudest outcry.
Speaking in Silence is the fifth book in the Larkspur Mysteries series, and touches on themes of victimisation and suicide. Like all books in the series, it is inspired by actual events from the late 1800s. With themes of friendship, bromance, male love and revenge, the story is more of a ‘how dunnit?’ than a ‘who dunnit?’ and like all of Jackson’s mysteries, contains humour, while mixing fact with fiction.read more
BIOGRAPHY Jackson Marsh writes unconventional MM Romance, mysteries and mashup novels.
Jackson says, "I like to mix gay relationship and romance themes with mainstream genres such as mysteries, as in 'The Blake Inheritance' and 'The Stoker Connection.'
The Clearwater Mysteries is my ongoing series of romant... ic mysteries set in the 1880s. They are a mix of romance and bromance that starts in the days of the Ripper with 'Deviant Desire.'
My other stories mix romance and action plots in equal parts with some erotica content where appropriate. I like to explore older/younger relationships, as in the 'Mentor' collection of individual May-September romances, developing the idea that mentoring works both ways."
In 2007, he won an EGPA for his gay erotica and has won other awards for screenplays and theatre.
He also writes thrillers and satire under the name James Collins, and all but one of his novels feature gay main characters.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Jackson worked in theatre, music and cabaret. He now lives in Greece with his husband.read more