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Chris Holcombe

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Gay and Lesbian, Crime, Historical Fiction

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Sue Grafton, Joseph Hansen, Walter Mosely, Linda Barnes ...more

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March 2021

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Chris Holcombe is the author of the Hidden Gotham series, which is LGBTQIA+ historical crime fiction set in New York City in the 1920s.

His first novel "The Double Vice" was released to great acclaim in 2021, with Queer Writers of Crime calling it "One of the best books I've read all year!" The followup, "The Blind Tiger" was released in 2022 and "The Devil Card" in 2023.

He lives with his husband in New York, where he is hard at work on the next Hidden Gotham novel. ...more

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Average rating: 4.29 · 284 ratings · 41 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Double Vice (Hidden Gotham, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blind Tiger (Hidden Gotham #2) 4.45 avg rating — 85 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devil Card (Hidden Gotham #3) 4.41 avg rating — 46 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Red Fox: A Hidden Gotham Story 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Naughty List: A Hidden Gotham Story 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Double Vice: The 1st Hidden Gotham Novel 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devil Card: Hidden Gotham, Book 3 by Chris Holcombe (Goodreads Author), Joel Leslie (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blind Tiger: The 2nd Hidden Gotham Novel 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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