West Hollywood Library LGBTQ Book Club meets on the last Tuesday of odd-numbered months to discuss books of interest to the LGBTQ community, ranging from fiction and classics to nonfiction and memoir.
March’s selection is Bath Haus by P.J. Vernon.
This is a virtual event and will be hosted on WebEx Meetings via the following link: https://bit.ly/Mar29LGBTQ
Call or visit West Hollywood Library or email David Davis at ddavis@library.lacounty.gov to reserve your copy of Bath Haus. It’s a page-turner!
Summary of Bath Haus (from publisher):
A scintillating thriller with an emotional punch: “The tension builds to unbearably claustrophobic levels. To say more would rob readers of the 'no, he didn’t' suspense that makes Bath Haus an unexpectedly twisted, heart-pounding cat-versus-mouse thriller" (Los Angeles Times).
Oliver Park, a recovering addict from Indiana, finally has everything he ever wanted: sobriety and a loving, wealthy partner in Nathan, a prominent DC trauma surgeon. Despite their difference in age and disparate backgrounds, they've made a perfect life together. With everything to lose, Oliver shouldn't be visiting Haus, a gay bathhouse. But through the entrance he goes, and it's a line crossed. Inside, he follows a man into a private room, and it's the final line. Whatever happens next, Nathan can never know. But then, everything goes wrong, terribly wrong, and Oliver barely escapes with his life.
He races home in full-blown terror as the hand-shaped bruise grows dark on his neck. The truth will destroy Nathan and everything they have together, so Oliver does the thing he used to do so well: he lies.
What follows is a classic runaway-train narrative, full of the exquisite escalations, edge-of-your-seat thrills, and twists. P. J. Vernon's Bath Haus is perfect for readers curious for their next must-read novel.
