Gay mystery series

A personal celebration led to this column. As I leafed through the pages, some kind of ritual seemed called for. I started mentally making lists. My ten-best gay film mysteries will appear in a forthcoming column.

In the past few years, books written by and about queer characters have become more visible to the general reading public. Gradually, straight, cisgender readers are discovering the pleasure of reading books by authors whose identities are different from their own. This is true in the mystery and thriller reading world as well. In my new novel, Hall of Mirrors , a mystery set in Washington, D.

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Queer voices in mystery fiction that stand out and stand proud. The world we live in has not always made room for queer writers, characters, and their stories in a genre of noir fiction, classic whodunits, amateur sleuths, and more. But, in a genre of crime-solvers, there is no one as well-versed in the clandestine world of intrigue, dangerous secrets, and gritty protagonists as the queer community, whose very existence was considered a crime for far too long. Here are nine queer mystery books you won't want to miss.