Josh Lanyon

Josh Lanyon is an American male/male fiction author that has written over sixty novels featuring unapologetic male on male romance, great adventure, and twisty mystery. Her excellent fiction has once made her be referred to as the gay mystery Agatha Christie. Her novels have been translated into more than ten languages.

The best place to start is the Dangerous Ground series, the earliest of Josh Lanyon's multi-book series: it opens with Old Poison (2007) and runs to 6 books across 2007–2020, ending with Blind Side (2020). Josh Lanyon's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Josh Lanyon has 123 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2006 and 2026. 71 of them belong to 18 named series — the largest being the Petit Morts series with 13 books — and 52 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Josh Lanyon's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Crimes & Cocktails (2006–2008, 2 books), Dangerous Ground (2007–2020, 6 books) and Partners in Crime (2007–2009, 5 books), plus 15 more.

This guide splits Josh Lanyon's 123 books into 18 named series and 52 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Petit Morts (13 books, 2010–2017); Secrets and Scrabble (8 books, 2020–2023); The Adrien English Mysteries (8 books, 2008–2023); Dangerous Ground (6 books, 2007–2020); Partners in Crime (5 books, 2007–2009), plus 13 further series.