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LGBTQ2S+ Mystery

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  • Real-life domestic partners and stars and producers of the new hit reality home renovation show Domestic Partners, bestselling mystery author Peter "PJ" Penwell and actor JP Broadway are enjoying work and life in their sleepy Detroit suburb of…
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., [2022] — MYSTERY FIC Polit
  • Police captain Delia Mariola is still struggling to drive the predatory drug dealers from the rustbelt town of Baxter, before the new Nissan plant owners lose faith in this forgotten corner of America. It doesn't help that a boomtown has grown up…
    Book, 2023New York : The Mysterious Press, [2023] — MYSTERY FIC Carte
  • Crescent Cove, a small hamlet on Vancouver Island, is the last place out-of-work investigative journalist Luke Tremblay ever wanted to see again. He used to spend summers here, until his family learned that he was gay and rejected him. Now,…
    Book, 2023New York : Crooked Lane, 2023. — MYSTERY FIC Wadde
  • Alison Rumfitt's Tell Me I'm Worthless is a dark, unflinching haunted house story that confronts both supernatural and real-world horrors through the lens of the modern-day trans experience.
    Book, 2023Cambridge : Cipher Press, [2023] — MYSTERY FIC Rumfi
  • Crashing with a friend and her husband is more intimate-and dangerous-than anyone could imagine in this provocative new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese's Book Club pick We Were Never Here. When the pandemic first…
    Book, 2023New York : Ballantine Books, [2023] — MYSTERY FIC Bartz
  • Set in The Garden State, this third legal thriller in the 'Erin McCabe' series follows transgender defense attorney Erin McCabe as she finds herself drawn into a murder investigation that could land her behind bars.
    Book, 2023New York : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2023. — MYSTERY FIC Gigl
  • When Saint Sebastian's School becomes the target of a shocking arson spree, the Sisters of the Sublime Blood and their surrounding New Orleans community are thrust into chaos. Patience is a virtue, but punk rocker turned nun Sister Holiday isn't…
    Book, 2023New York : Gillian Flynn Books, a Zando imprint, 2023. — MYSTERY FIC Douai
  • The first time Daisy Ellery killed a man with a pie, it was an accident. Now, it's her calling. Daisy bakes sweet vengeance into her pastries, which she and her dog Zoe deliver to the men who've done dirty deeds to the town's women. But if she can't…
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Crooked Lane Books, 2022. — MYSTERY FIC Popp
  • Margery and Clementine are enjoying a peaceful life together in the small, idyllic town of Dewstow, and eagerly awaiting retirement (and the next episode of Antiques Roadshow). But their calm life is shattered when their kitchen manager is found…
    Book, 2022San Diego : Canelo US, [2022] — MYSTERY FIC Hendy
  • It's a steamy August 1947, in post-war Philadelphia. Clifford Waterman, dishonorably discharged from the Army for "an indecent act with a native" in Cairo, can't go back to his job as a police detective, and is struggling to make a go of it as a…
    Book, 2022Ann Arbor, MI : Amble Press, 2022. — MYSTERY FIC Steve
  • Beth and Fran spend their days traveling the ravaged New England coast, hunting feral men and harvesting their organs in a gruesome effort to ensure they'll never face the same fate. Robbie lives by his gun and one hard-learned motto: other people…
    Book, 2022New York : Nightfire, 2022. — MYSTERY FIC Felke
  • Claudia Lin is looking at a cliched post-college future as a chronically underemployed English major--much to the consternation of her mother, who wants her to settle down and start dating a nice Chinese boy already; her brother, who pushes her to…
    Book, 2022New York : Vintage Books, 2022. — MYSTERY FIC Pek
  • Lavender House, 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of the famous Lamontaine soap empire. Irene's recipes for her signature scents are a well guarded secret--but it's not the only one behind these gates. This…
    Book, 2022New York : Forge, 2022. — MYSTERY FIC Rosen
  • Jay Allan and Cindy Cooper were soap opera stars in the late '90s, a wholesome young husband-and-wife duo who combined musical talent with humor and charisma. When the truth about their sexual orientations came to light, their marriage and TV…
    Book, 2022New York : Crooked Lane, 2022. — MYSTERY FIC Bisso
  • Four years ago, a young heiress survived an attack that claimed the lives of both her parents. The crime made headlines all over Los Angeles, both for the vicious nature of the killings and the seemingly random nature of the attack: nothing was…
    Book, 2022New York : Pegasus Crime, 2022. — MYSTERY FIC Barry
  • When twelve-year-old Esther disappears on the way home from school in a small town in rural Australia, the community is thrown into a maelstrom of suspicion and grief. As Detective Sergeant Sarah Michaels arrives in town during the hottest spring in…
    Book, 2022New York : Flatiron Books, 2022. — MYSTERY FIC Scriv
  • Rilke, an auctioneer, comes upon a hidden collection of violent erotic photographs. He feels compelled to unearth more about the deceased owner who coveted them. What follows is a journey of discovery, decadence and deviousness, steered in part by…
    Book, 2022Edinburgh : Canongate, 2022. — MYSTERY FIC Welsh
  • Seattle teacher and part-time blogger Hayden McCall wakes sporting one hell of a shiner, with the police knocking at his door. It seems that his new crush, dancer Camilo Rodriguez, has gone missing and they suspect foul play. Determined to find…
    Book, 2022New York : Crooked Lane, 2022. — MYSTERY FIC Osler
  • Harlem, 1926. Young black women like Louise Lloyd are ending up dead. Following a harrowing kidnapping ordeal when she was in her teens, Louise is doing everything she can to maintain a normal life. She's succeeding, too. She spends her days working…
    eBook, 2021New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2021.
  • Erin McCabe is a New Jersey criminal defense attorney doing her best to live a quiet life in the wake of profound personal change, until a newsworthy case--the murder of a state senator's son--puts both her career and safety in jeopardy.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2021. — MYSTERY FIC Gigl