Subtle Blood by K.J. CharlesMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Will and Kim are happy and as settled as two gay men from different social classes could be in the 1920s. Then Kim is called to a gentlemen's club (one from which he was asked to resign), his older brother has been accused of murdering a fellow member after a heated row. Kim and Will go along to the club and note a few oddities, not least of which is that the dead man appears to have a large (comparatively) tattoo under his watch strap - reminiscent of the defunct Zodiac gang. Kim's brother refuses to explain what he argued with the deceased about, admits he tried to pull the murder weapon out of the body and is generally doing everything to make himself look guilty. Then Kim's father orders Kim to do everything (pull strings, bribery, etc) to get his brother off the charges because he didn't do it!
I really enjoyed this third foray into the Will Darling adventures. My only gripe would be that it felt a little too similar to the previous one and had shades of the Asimov Foundation series which I recall (actually I think totally erroneously) as ending each book thinking they had found Earth and then starting the next book with a 'whoops no, that wasn't the real Earth' and repeat.
Anyway, loved the book, love the series, hopefully one day KJ Charles will write a fourth book.
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