Historical Fiction
A gay ex-cop PI in 1950s San Francisco takes a blackmail case that drags him through the Navy’s closet and the city’s queer underground.
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A gay ex-cop PI in 1950s San Francisco takes a blackmail case that drags him through the Navy’s closet and the city’s queer underground.
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The Bell in the Fog , a dazzling historical mystery by Lev AC Rosen, asks—once you have finally found a family, how far would you go to prove yourself to them? San Francisco, 1952. Detective Evander “Andy” Mills has started a new life for himself as a private detective—but his business hasn’t exactly taken off. It turns out that word spreads fast when you have a bad reputation, and no one in the queer community trusts him enough to ask an ex-cop for help. When James, an old flame from the war wh...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Past affair and recurring sexual tension with an old flame; intimate moments
Violence & gore
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Deadly mystery, violent confrontations, and police brutality; limited gore
Profanity
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Substance use
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Recurring drinking in gay bars and social scenes of 1950s San Francisco
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Gay protagonist; queer community, identity, and closeted life are the core focus
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Central themes of 1950s anti-gay persecution, outing, and police power
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Police brutality, hate crime, blackmail, outing trauma, systemic queer suffering
Other
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