Boystown Series by Marshall Thornton

4.28 · 80 ratings
  • Little Boy Dead (Boystown #0.5)
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    Little Boy Dead (Boystown #0.5)

    Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2012

    alternate cover edition of ASIN B007Y9ZTYWA former Chicago police officer turned private investigator, Nick Nowak is haunted by a traumatic break-up and his abrupt departure from the department after being gay-bashed. In this Boystown prequel, it’s fall 1979 and Nick has just received his P.I. license but has no clients. Short on funds, he takes a temporary job as a driver for Film Fest Chicago... more

  • Little Boy Afraid (Boystown #0.75)
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    Little Boy Afraid (Boystown #0.75)

    Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 2017

    It’s winter 1980, private investigator Nick Nowak gets one of his first jobs working for an openly-gay senate candidate. Allen Grimley has been receiving death threats, a lot of them, and it’s Nick’s job to keep him alive until the election. As he protects Grimley from increasing dangers, his friendship with bartender, Ross deepens. Prequel to the Lambda Award-Winning Boystown mysteries

  • The Boystown Prequels: Two Nick Nowak Novellas (Boystown #0.5-0.75)
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    The Boystown Prequels: Two Nick Nowak Novellas (Boystown #0.5-0.75)

    Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 2017

    Lambda award-winning Boystown Mystery series follows the cases of former police officer turned private investigator Nick Nowak. Set in Chicago during the early 1980s, Nowak is haunted by his abrupt departure from the CPD and the end of his relationship with librarian Daniel Laverty. The Boystown Prequels Little Boy Dead Former Chicago police officer turned private investigator, Nick Nowak is haunted by a traumatic break-up and his abrupt departure from the department after being gay-bashed... more

  • Three Nick Nowak Mysteries (Boystown #1)
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    Three Nick Nowak Mysteries (Boystown #1)

    Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2009

    Finalist for the Lambda Award in Gay Mystery, Boystown: Three Nick Nowak Mysteries takes place in Chicago during the early 1980s. Haunted by his abrupt departure from the Chicago Police Department and the end of his relationship with librarian Daniel Laverty, Nick Nowak is a beat cop-turned-dogged private investigator... more

  • Three More Nick Nowak Mysteries (Boystown #2)
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    Three More Nick Nowak Mysteries (Boystown #2)

    Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2010

    In the second Boystown collection, Chicago private investigator Nick Nowak finds himself involved with a young man who murdered his stepfather but refuses to assist in his own defense, hired to find the murderer of a dead porno star, and, in a case that traps him between the two men he loves, searching for a serial killer's only living victim... more

  • Two Nick Nowak Novellas (Boystown #3)
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    Two Nick Nowak Novellas (Boystown #3)

    Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2011

    In the two novellas that make up the third book in the popular Boystown Mysteries private Investigator Nick Nowak works two challenging cases and grapples with an even more challenging personal life. In Little Boy Boom, Nick’s car explodes when a thief attempts to steal it. Realizing the bomb was meant for him, Nick sets out to discover who wants him dead only to find that the list of possible suspects is longer than he’d like... more

  • Boystown Bundle: Books 1-3 (Boystown #1-3)
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    Boystown Bundle: Books 1-3 (Boystown #1-3)

    Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2011

    For a limited time only, the first three books of the Lambda Award-winning Boystown Mysteries are available in a discounted bundle. Save more than 40%! The series follows the cases of former-police officer turned private investigator Nick Nowak. Set in Chicago during the early 1980s, Nowak is haunted by his abrupt departure from the CPD and the end of his relationship with librarian Daniel Laverty... more

  • A Time For Secrets (Boystown #4)
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    A Time For Secrets (Boystown #4)

    Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2012

    In the first full-length novel of the Boystown series, it’s late summer 1982 and private detective Nick Nowak is asked to find a retired gentleman’s long lost lover. Instead, he finds himself embroiled in a decades old murder connected to the man who wants tobe Chicago’s next mayor. Meanwhile, an ambitious young reporter develops a friendship with Nick’s lover Bert, making Nick wonder exactly where their relationship may be heading.

  • Murder Book (Boystown #5)
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    Murder Book (Boystown #5)

    Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2013

    In the second of the Boystown mysteries to be a finalist for the Lambda Award, it’s fall 1982 and Chicago is gripped by panic after five people die from poisoned Tylenol capsules. Amid the chaos, the Bughouse Slasher takes his eighth victim, this time striking close to private investigator Nick Nowak. With the Chicago Police Department stretched to its limit, Nick takes matters into his own hands. But what will he do with the Bughouse Slasher once he finds him.

  • From the Ashes (Boystown #6)
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    From the Ashes (Boystown #6)

    Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2013

    It’s winter 1984. Private Investigator Nick Nowak has allowed his life to fall to pieces: He’s stopped taking cases, given up his apartment and taken a job as a bartender at a sleazy joint tucked under the El. All he wants to do is stay hidden and lick his wounds after the death of his lover, Detective Bert Harker. But when the least likely person in the world shows up at the bar and asks him to take a new case, he finds himself investigating the very unsuspicious death of a priest... more

  • Bloodlines (Boystown #7)
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    Bloodlines (Boystown #7)

    Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2015

    In the latest book in the Boystown Mystery series, Private Investigator Nick Nowak finds himself simultaneously working two cases for his new client, law firm Cooke, Babcock and Lackerby. A suburban dentist has just been convicted of murdering her adulterous husband, Nick is asked to interview witnesses for the penalty phase of the trial—and possibly find the dead man’s mistress... more

  • The Lies That Bind (Boystown #8)
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    The Lies That Bind (Boystown #8)

    Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2016

    The eighth book of the best-selling Boystown Mystery Series begins with a phone call in the middle of the night. Private investigator Nick Nowak is pulled into the troubled world of freelance journalist, and all around pain-in-the-ass, Christian Baylor. When Christian can’t stop lying about the corpse in his bathroom things slip slowly out of control... more

  • Fade Out (Boystown #13)
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    Fade Out (Boystown #13)

    Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2020

    The Lambda Award-winning Boystown Mystery series comes to a close with Boystown 13: Fade Out. When a box containing a woman’s corpse shows up at his doorstep, Private Investigator Nick Nowak finds himself accused of murder. The police are convinced it’s Rita Lindquist—a woman who once shot Nick. Their case is thin, but they and the state’s attorney are determined to prosecute him. Recent events have left Nick emotionally gutted and he’s not even sure he wants to fight back... more

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