Big Name Fan

When Bex Simon’s parents died, her Broadway career became less important than supporting her younger siblings, and she took a role on a TV police procedural in order to get a regular paycheck. She had no idea that this show would become a beloved queer classic, spawning fan fiction, a real romance with Bex’s costar Sam Farmer, and the mysterious accidental death of their makeup artist. Now, five years after the show suddenly ended, Bex and Sam are brought back together and have a chance at solving the mystery and rekindling their romance. Married couple Mare (Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon) and Knox (Completely) team up again—having coauthored mysteries and queer romances as Mae Marvel, including Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous—for a genre-blending novel that’s full of heart. There’s a multitude of plotlines, but the characters navigate their world in an honest, realistic way, propelling the story forward through the occasionally tangled narrative.