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Need recs pls! My fav authors are Freida McFadden & Jennifer Hillier but their characters are str8 as hell I’m getting bored.

Gregory Ashe writes book series like this. The Hazard and Somerset series in particular is fantastic. I was hooked from book 1.

Dead Tide is an easy to read and enjoyable murder mystery! Not as fast paced as Frieda McFadden books but I loved it!

Maybe check out Max Ellendale's Four Points trilogy/universe.

Pentecost and Parker is a great cozy mystery series, the lead is a troublemaking bisexual, and her boss is a badass old lady despite suffering from MS.

I also really love Joseph Hansen, he wrote a series of murder mysteries from the POV of a gay detective(er, well, insurance investigator). The first book, Fadeout, was published in 1970, so you can imagine the climate at the time. Both of his partners of note were men of color iirc, and the books discuss intersectionality in the gay community, as well as disability and chronic illness, 20 years before the ADA became law.


They Never Learn is a feminist revenge thriller, more Freida McFadden than Agatha Christie or Raymond Chandler(respectively), I remember liking it but not much else, but it's the closest I've read to what you're looking for!

“They Bloom at Night” is more fantasy leaning, but a sort of thriller with a Queer protagonist and cast! I just read it recently and thought it was pretty good :) it’s definitely on the YA side of things, but I wasn’t thrown off by that personally!

Just read “The Paris Apartment” by Lucy Foley and made me think of this request. Definitely as close to “queer Frieda McFadden” as I’ve come.

Archer wrote: "Just read “The Paris Apartment” by Lucy Foley and made me think of this request. Definitely as close to “queer Frieda McFadden” as I’ve come."

I liked the recent A Queer Case it's the first in a series set in England in the 1920s. The plot's not amazing but really interesting insights into queer life in England and includes a diverse range of queer characters including Theo/Theodora who stole the show!

I loved Calla Henkel's thriller Scrap really great, snappy writing. In a similar vein Hannah Deitch's Killer Potential which has been labelled a lesbian Bonnie and Clyde. Although personally didn't think it really worked.

Also really enjoyed Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's Where Sleeping Girls Lie technically YA but well worth considering. A diverse cast of characters that partly plays on Agatha Christie style mysteries with a dash of 'Mean Girls and '13 Reasons Why' although the sapphic plotline is a bit underdone.

Virago recently reissued queer author Nancy Spain's murder mystery Poison for Teacher which was part of their original Lesbian Landmarks series. But personally I'd avoid this one - incredibly racist content that I found impossible to overlook.

I can recommend the following: Cheryl A. Head, Penny Mickelbury, Sandra Scoppettone, Ellen Hart, J.M. Redmann. There's also this list "best mysteries by lesbian authors" https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

Barbara Neely's Blanche White series is not queer but remains one of my favorites.

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Remolacha wrote: "Need recs pls! My fav authors are Freida McFadden & Jennifer Hillier but their characters are str8 as hell I’m getting bored."

Have you tried Cari Hunter or Gerri Hill? They’re both pretty good with plenty of queer characters!

Hi! Can I self rec? I wrote MM suspense, murder mystery novel and I have a hard time getting anyone to read it because it's so niche, lol. The book is called "Sixty meters Under" - with apocalyptic setting, locked door murder mystery since it all happens while the characters hide in an underground bunker.

Have you tired the 'Jericho' books from William Hussey? It's dark murders and funfairs. He's a good writer and the books feel genuine. Also, the main character is a mess, but an honest mess--not just a mess for a plot device.

Another good vintage series is by Dorien Grey, the first book is 'The Buthcher's Son'. It's 1990s murder mystery set in the 1980s. It's not as graphic as modern books. The main character is very real and engaging.

Cara Malone has an 8 set book series called 'Fox County Forensics Series'. Also Nicole Pyland had an excellent series called 'The Fire Universe Series'. I'd recommend them if you are looking for sapphic romance with added murder and suspense.

Jane Pek has a series that begins with a book called The Verifiers. So smartly written! At the center of the story is a queer sleuther you really want to root for as she navigates complex family relationships and a suspenseful workplace mystery about the dark side of an online dating app.

A Netgalley DRC with privilege at the story core:
A Murderous Business by Cathy Pegau, 1912 lesbians subverting male privilege:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...