Mystery

‘Blackmail, My Love’ by Katie Gilmartin

Victoria Brownworth

Mystery Reviews

January 8, 2015 10 min read

Blackmail, My Love is a book to read for the page-turning mystery, but to savor for the nuance and detail and heart-breaking reality of what it was to be a lesbian or a gay man in 1951 Read More

Lesbian Mysteries for Fall

Victoria Brownworth

Features Mystery

October 25, 2014 10 min read

"Mischief Night. Halloween. Day of the Dead. Howling winds. Footsteps in the leaves. Murder most foul. Mysteries and autumn just go together. There’s nothing better than curling up with a good mystery on a chill autumn night." Read More

‘The Lost Women of Lost Lake’ by Ellen Hart

Mystery Reviews

June 24, 2014 2 min read

The Lost Women of Lost Lake (Bywater Books) by Ellen Hart takes readers to the lovely lake country of northern...

‘The Death of Lucy Kyte’ by Nicola Upson

Mystery Reviews

June 8, 2014 2 min read

Nicola Upson’s series of mysteries featuring Josephine Tey are inherently multilayered: Tey was one pseudonym of real life novelist and...

The Return of Kate Delafield

Victoria Brownworth

Mystery Opinion

March 19, 2014 9 min read

Katherine Forrest is one of our iconic lesbian mystery novelists and Kate Delafield was our first out lesbian detective. Read More

‘Family Issue’ by Nat Burns

Mystery Romance

March 6, 2014 2 min read

Family Issue (Bella Books) is set in southern Louisiana, near the Gulf of Mexico. Denni Hope, who grew up near Fortune...

‘Turning on the Tide’ by Jenna Rae

Mystery Reviews

December 29, 2013 3 min read

Turning on the Tide (Bella) opens by getting right to the point as we get a glimpse into the mind of...

‘Injustice: Book One of the Nemesis Series’ by K. A. Kron and Brenda L. Leffler

Mystery Reviews

December 25, 2013 2 min read

Injustice (Lethe) is set in Denver. It’s heroine, Riley Connors, has some kind of background, (unstated as to what, exactly)...

‘Pale Wings Protecting’ by Lesley Davis

Mystery Speculative Fiction

December 10, 2013 2 min read

Detective Daryl Chandler has a gift even she finds hard to explain. She has the uncanny ability to find missing...

‘Web of Obsessions’ by Diane Wood

Mystery Romance

November 26, 2013 2 min read

Jordan MacKenzie is a social worker who has recently fled a job at a medium security women’s prison to a...

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