Booked for Murder by Val McDermid
A Lambda-nominated 1996 crime novel featuring iconic lesbian journalist Lindsay Gordon as she investigates a literary murder within London’s publishing world.
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Hallowed Murder by Ellen Hart
The landmark 1989 debut mystery by Ellen Hart introducing lesbian amateur sleuth Jane Lawless as she investigates a sorority sister’s suspicious drowning.
Trouble in Transylvania by Barbara Wilson
A witty, atmospheric international mystery tracking lesbian translator Cassandra Reilly as she investigates a murder at a remote Romanian spa.
Report for Murder by Val McDermid
The groundbreaking 1987 debut mystery by Val McDermid introducing Lindsay Gordon, the UK’s first openly lesbian detective.
No Forwarding Address by Elisabeth Bowers
A gritty, Vancouver-set feminist noir featuring an independent PI and her close-knit queer alliances.
Stage Fright by Ellen Hart
A classic, Lambda Award-nominated mystery featuring lesbian sleuth Jane Lawless investigating a theatrical murder.
Faint Praise by Ellen Hart
An atmospheric Minneapolis mystery following lesbian sleuth Jane Lawless as she uncovers blackmail and murder inside an upscale loft community.
Small Sacrifice by Ellen Hart
A compelling entry in Ellen Hart’s acclaimed mystery series following lesbian detective Jane Lawless as she dissects a lethal college theater reunion
Deliberate Harm by J.R. Wolfe
A lesbian thriller spanning three continents, in which a veteran’s search for her presumed-dead fiancée collides with terrorists, the CIA, and a dirty bomb in London.
When The Dead Speak by Therese Szymanski
The fifth Brett Higgins thriller, in which a former Detroit underworld figure living under a new name in California discovers her reinvention has limits — and a butcher’s knife.