What I'm Reading Wednesday: Copper Script (KJ Charles)

So, there are a lot of reasons why I like this book. One of the two main characters is left-handed...or WAS left-handed--to be exact. I'm left-handed as well, and one rarely stumbles across a left-handed character, so that was interesting and refreshing. The other main character is a cop--an honest cop who is conflicted about his job. I've written SO MANY cop characters and they've occasionally struggled with similar issues, so it was nice to see how someone else handles the subject. Also, it's M/M which I generally enjoy. AND it's a murder mystery/romance set in post-WWI, which Charles does very well and which gives serious Agatha Christie vibes. Having read ALL of Christie's work back in my teens and twenties, it feels a little like coming home. 

So, all in all, a very good read.

Copper Script 
KJ Charles

https://kjcharleswriter.com/

Detective Sergeant Aaron Fowler of the Metropolitan Police doesn’t count himself a gullible man. When he encounters a graphologist who deduces people’s lives and personalities from their handwriting with impossible accuracy, he needs to find out how the trick is done. Even if that involves spending more time with the intriguing, flirtatious Joel Wildsmith than feels quite safe.

Joel’s not an admirer of the police, but DS Fowler has the most irresistible handwriting he’s ever seen. If the policeman’s tests let him spend time unnerving the handsome copper, why not play along?

But when Joel looks at a powerful man's handwriting and sees a murderer, the policeman and the graphologist are plunged into deadly danger. Their enemy will protect himself at any cost--unless the sparring pair can come together to prove his guilt and save each other.