Books On Our Radar: Everything Glittered by Robin Talley
Everything Glittered by Robin Talley should be on your “Read Queer All Year” TBR so we are getting this one on your radar during Pride while the moment is enchanting your preorders! Robin Talley writes some of the best queer YA historical fiction and I am thrilled her next novel is set in the “Roaring 20s”! How exciting, that time period always feels romanticized, especially since women really took on a whole lot of daring aesthetic. With Everything Glittered you can expect a thrilling murder mystery set at a boarding school. This one is hitting shelves this September 24th.
Everything Glittered
by Robin Talleyon September 24, 2024
Genres: Historical Fiction, LGBTQIA+, Young Adult
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It’s 1927 and the strict laws of prohibition have done little to temper the roaring 20s nightlife, even in the nation’s capitol. Everyone knows the booze has never stopped flowing, especially amongst the rich and powerful, and seventeen-year-old Gertrude and her best friends Clara and Milly are determined to get a taste of freedom and liquor, propriety be damned.
But after sneaking out of the Washington Female Seminary to visit a speakeasy, they return to discover that their controversial young headmistress, Mrs. Rose, has been murdered.
Reeling from the death of her beloved mentor, Gertrude enlists her friends in her quest to clear Mrs. Rose’s reputation, while trying to keep her own intact. But in Prohibition Washington, it’s difficult to sidestep grifters, bootleggers, and shady federal agents when investigating a murder. And with all the secrets being uncovered, Gertrude is finding it harder and harder to keep her attraction to her best friends hidden.
A proper, upscale life is all Gertrude has ever known, but murder sure makes a gal is all that glitters really gold?
Thank you to The Novl for the advance copy!
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