Aslan has been cleared to return to work, but the minute he was faced with having to pick up his service weapon, he just couldn’t do it, the scenes he’s fought so hard to forget overwhelming him and causing him to bolt. Rationally, he knows he had no choice but to do what he did, but emotionally? He questions his decision every day. It’s been two months since Aslan was forced to shoot and kill Columbus Nottingham, the twelve-year-old boy who murdered his own sister and then threatened the life of Aslan’s partner Torin.

Note: While the mysteries in this series are self-contained, the central relationship is ongoing and there are references to previous events in this story as a result, there are spoilers in this review. In addition, Defying Logic boasts possibly the most complex, convoluted mystery of the series so far, and Quaid has to deal with an unwanted upheaval in his working life while Aslan is struggling in the wake of the traumatic events that took place at the end of Inevitable Disclosure.

Five books in, and the two leads are as captivating as ever, they’re still growing as characters and their relationship continues to evolve in a most satisfactory way. But how can you love someone who isn't always themself? It may not be easy, but Vaughn is determined to try.Detectives Valor and Doyle are back in Defying Logic, the fifth book in Nicky James’ series of clever, suspenseful and consistently engrossing romantic mysteries set in Toronto. Little does he know, the man he meets during an impromptu decision to return to college is anything but ordinary.Vaughn's heart defies logic, and he finds himself falling in love with this strange new man. When his job doesn't offer the same thrill it once did, he decides it's time to mix-up his stagnant, boring routine. And Rain, a five-year-old child whose only concern is Batman.Vaughn Sinclair is stuck in a rut. Theo, an asexual man of little emotion, whose focus is on maintaining order. Cove, a self-destructive terror, whose past haunts him. Cohen, a flamboyantly gay nineteen-year-old who is a social butterfly. Oryn shares his life and headspace with five distinctively different alters. He may look like a normal man on the outside, but spend five minutes with him, and his daily struggles begin to show. Being an extremely shy, social introvert is only part of the problem. Twenty-eight-year-old Oryn Patterson isn't like other people.

Defying Logic by Nicky James