| TPPL GLBT Detectives Bibliography |
The Tucson-Pima Public Library has made this list of Gay and Lesbian Detective novels availed in printed form. No inference should be made that the books listed here are written for the young adult/teen audience.
Author |
Detective |
Titles |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
John P. Block, |
Rick Domino |
Best Murder of the Year |
A campy whodunit set in an over-the-top Hollywood. |
Melvin Jules Bucket, |
Nathan Kazakov |
Strange Fire |
After having his left ear obliterated by a bullet meant for the Prime Minister of Israel, Kazakov enters into a web of conspiracies. |
Michael Craft, |
Mark Manning |
Boy Toy Hot Spot |
The small town publisher turned sleuth is up to his 6th adventure in this character driven series. |
Fred Hunter, |
Alex Reynolds |
National Nancys The Chicken Asylum |
Alex Reynolds, his British mother and his boyfriend Peter are CIA "occasional operatives" - good beach reading. |
Michael Nava, |
Henry Rios |
Rag and Bone |
Recovering from a heart attack, Mexican American attorney Rios comes to the aid of his long-lost niece (the illegitimate daughter of his estranged sister) who has confessed to the murder of her abusive husband. |
David Stukas, |
Someone Killed His Boyfriend Going Down For The Count |
Join long-suffering Robert, the voracious Michael, and the towering lesbian Monette. Outlandish plots and 3 improbably heroes make this a breezy entertainment. |
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John Morgan Wilson, |
Benjamin Justice |
Justice at Risk The Limits of Justice |
A lot like Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade, Justice is gutsy, reckless, and he doggedly sees things through to the end. |
Mark Richard Zubro, |
Scott & Tom |
One Dead Drag Queen Here Comes the Corpse |
Major leage pitcher Scott Carpenter and schoolteacher Tom Mason are the amateur detectives. |
Author |
Detective's Name |
Titles |
|---|---|---|
Joseph Hansen |
Dave Brandstetter |
Fadeout Troublemaker The Man Everybody Was Afraid Of Skinflick Nightwork The Little Dog Laughed A Country of Old Men |
Michael Nava |
Henry Rios |
Goldenboy How Town The Hidden Law The Death of Friends; |
Tony Fennelly |
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The Closet Hanging |
Mark Richard Zubro |
Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter |
A Simple Suburban Murder Another Dead Teenager Rust on the Razor The Truth Can Get You Killed |
George Baxt |
Pharoah Love |
A Queer Kind of Love Swing Low Sweet Harriet |
Richard Stevenson |
Donald Strachey |
Shock to the System |
Grant Michaels |
Stan Kraychik |
Love You to Death Dead on Your Feet Mask for a Diva Time to Check Out |
Author |
Detective |
Titles |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Katherine Forrest, |
Kate Delafield |
Apparition Alley Sleeping Bones |
An LAPD detective who wrestles with moral dilemmas as well as clues. |
Alma Fritchley, |
Letty Campbell |
Chicken Out Chicken Shack |
Plucky Yorkshire chicken farmer turns amateur detective. |
Nicola Griffith, |
Aud Torvingen |
The Blue Place Stay |
Spare, cold suspense thrillers with a brutal, enthralling protagonist. |
Ellen Hart, |
Jane Lawless |
Immaculate Midnight Merchant of Venus |
Minneapolis restaurateur and sometime sleuth. |
Laurie King, |
Kate Martinelli |
Night Work |
The San Francisco homicide detective investigates a complex mystery that grows more deadly with each step toward the killer. |
Val McDermid, |
Lindsay Gordon |
Conferences Are Murder Booked For Murder |
Scottish journalism teacher Lindsay and her lover, Dr. Sophie Harley sort out the good guys from the bad. |
Carlene Miller, |
Lexy Hyatt |
Killing at the Cat Reporter on the Run |
Lesbian newspaper reporter solves murders in central Florida. |
Abigail Padgett, |
Blue McCarron |
The Last Blue Plate Special |
Social psychologist McCarron investigates the bizarre deaths of two female politicians. |
Sandra Scoppettone, |
Lauren Laurano |
Gonna Take a Homicidal Journey |
Lauren & Kip vacation in Long Island's North Fork, but the corpses keep on coming. |
Author |
Detective's Name |
Titles |
|---|---|---|
Sarah Dreher |
Stoner McTavish |
Otherworld |
Katherine Forrest |
Kate Delafield |
The Beverly Malibu Liberty Square Apparition Alley |
Ellen Hart |
Jane Lawless |
Hallowed Murder A Killing Cure Faint Praise Robber's Wine |
Jaye Maiman |
Robin Miller |
Someone To Watch |
Mabel Maney |
Nancy Clue, |
The Case of the Good-For- |
Val McDermid |
Lindsay Gordon |
Report For Murder Deadline For Murder |
Claire McNab |
Carol Ashton |
Lessons in Murder Death Down Under Dead Certain Body Guard |
J. M. Redmann |
Mickey Knight |
Intersection of Law and Desire |
Sandra Scoppettone |
Lauren Laurano |
Everything You Have is Mine I'll Be Leaving You Always My Sweet Untraceable You Let's Face the Music and Die |