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I saw a post that it would be nice to have a list, maybe with links and I'd be willing to update it and all that stuff. I am not really UTD on all things LGBTQ so it's going to be  a joint effort. I'll save the next couple of posts for updating. Maybe we can seperate individual books and then the series books. Someone did this in the paranormal forum.

So lets find those books!

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SERIES

Val McDermid

 Lindsay Gordon, a lesbian journalist and socialist, in Glasgow, Scotland, is featured in:    

Report for Murder (1987)

Common Murder (1989)

Deadline for Murder (1991) APA: Final Edition APA: Open and Shut

Conferences Are Murder (1993) APA: Union Jack

Booked for Murder (1996)

Hostage to Murder (2004)

Michael Craft

 Mark Manning, a gay journalist in Chicago, Illinois, is featured in:    

Flight Dreams (1997)

Eye Contact (1998)

Body Language (1999)

Name Games (2000)

Boy Toy (2001)

Hot Spot (2002)

Bitch Slap (2004)

Nathan Aldyne

 Dan Valentine (gay), and Clarisse Lovelace (straight), owners of a gay bar in Boston, Massachusetts, are featured in:    

Vermilion (1980)

Cobalt (1982)

Slate (1984)

Canary (1986)

Kate Allen

 Alison Kaine, a lesbian police officer in Denver, Colorado, is featured in:    

Tell Me What You Like (1993)

Give My Secrets Back (1995)

Takes One To Know One (1996)

Just a Little Lie (1999)

Stella Duffy

 Saz Martin, a lesbian private investigator in London, England is featured in:    

Calendar Girl (1995)

Wavewalker (1996)

Beneath the Blonde (1997)

Fresh Flesh (1999)

Mouths of Babes (2005)

Katherine V Forrest

 Kate Delafield, a lesbian homicide detective in Los Angeles, California, is featured in:    

Amateur City (1984)

Murder at the Nightwood Bar (1987)

The Beverly Malibu (1989)

Murder by Tradition (1991)

Liberty Square (1996)

Apparition Alley (1997)

Sleeping Bones (1999)

Hancock Park (2004)

Joseph Hansen

 Dave Brandstetter, a gay death-claims investigator in Los Angeles, California, is featured in:    

Fadeout (1972)

Death Claims (1973)

Troublemaker (1975)

The Man Everybody Was Afraid Of (1978)

The Dog and Other Stories (1979) [SS]

Skinflick (1979)

Gravedigger (1982)

Brandstetter and Others1 (1984) [SS]

Nightwork (1984)

The Little Dog Laughed (1986)

Early Graves (1987)

Obedience (1988)

The Boy Who Was Buried This Morning (1990)

A Country of Old Men (1999)

Ellen Hart

 Jane Lawless, lesbian restaurateur in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is featured in:    

Hallowed Murder (1989)

Vital Lies (1991)

Stage Fright (1992)

A Killing Cure (1993)

A Small Sacrifice (1994)

Faint Praise (1995)

Robber’s Wine (1996)

Wicked Games (1998)

Hunting the Witch (1999)

The Merchant of Venus (2001)

Immaculate Midnight (2002)

An Intimate Ghost (2004)

The Iron Girl (2005)

Night Vision (2006)

The Mortal Groove (due December 10, 2007)

Reg Herren

 Chanse MacLeod, a gay private investigator in New Orleans, Louisiana, is featured in:    

Murder in the Rue Dauphine (2002)

Murder in the Rue St. Ann (2004)

   Dick Dansoir, a gay personal trainer and occasional go-go dancer at the boys' bars in New Orleans, Louisiana, is featured in:    

Bourbon Street Blues (2003)

Jackson Square Jazz (2004)

Mardi Gras Mambo (2006)

Laurie R King

 Kate Martinelli, lesbian homicide detective, and her partner Alonzo Hawkin, in San Francisco, California, are featured in:    

A Grave Talent (1993)

To Play the Fool (1995)

With Child (1996)

Night Work (2000)

The Art of Detection (2006)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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Cassidy James Mysteries

 1st Impressions: A Cassidy James Mystery (Cassidy James Mysteries) by Kate Calloway

2nd Fiddle: A Cassiday James Mystery by Kate Calloway

Third Degree: A Cassidy James Mystery by Kate Calloway

4th Down: A Cassidy James Mystery (Cassidy James Mysteries) by Kate Calloway

Fifth Wheel (Cassidy James Mysteries) by Kate Calloway

Sixth Sense: A Cassidy James Mystery (Cassidy James Mysteries) by Kate Calloway

Seventh Heaven: Cassidy James Mystery (Cassidy James Mysteries) by Kate Calloway

8th Day by Kate Calloway

Claire McNab

Carol Ashton, a lesbian detective inspector in Sydney, Australia, is featured in:    

Lessons in Murder (1988)

Fatal Reunion (1989)

Death Down Under (1990)

Cop Out (1991)

Dead Certain (1992) APA: Off Key

Body Guard (1994)

Double Bluff (1995)

Inner Circle (1996)

Chain Letter (1997)

Past Due (1998)

Set Up (1999)

Under Suspicion (2000)

Death Club (2001)

Accidental Murder (2002)

Blood Link (2003)

Fall Guy (2004)

Kylie Kendall, a lesbian manager of a pub in tiny Wollegudgerie, Australia, who inherits 51% of her father's private detective agency in Los Angeles, California, is featured in:    

The Wombat Strategy (2004)

The Kookaburra Gambit (2004)

The Quokka Question (2005)

The Dingo Dilemma (due December 1, 2006)

Mark Richard Zubro

 Tom Mason, a gay teacher, and his lover, Scott Carpenter, a baseball player, in Chicago, Illinois, are featured in:    

A Simple Suburban Murder (1989)

Why Isn't Becky Twitchell Dead? (1990)

The Only Good Priest (1991)

Principal Cause of Death (1992)

An Echo of Death (1994)

Rust on the Razor (1996)

Are You Nuts? (1998)

One Dead Drag Queen (2000)

Here Comes the Corpse (2002)

File Under Dead (2004)

Everyone’s Dead But Us (2006)

        Paul Turner, a gay police detective in Chicago, Illinois, is featured in:    

Sorry Now? (1991)

Political Poison (1993)

Another Dead Teenager (1996)

The Truth Can Get You Killed (1997)

Drop Dead (1999)

Sex and Murder.com (2001)

Dead Egotistical Morons (2003)

Nerds Who Kill (2006)

Hook, Line, and Homicide (2007)

 



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Val McDermid's books

  Lindsay Gordon, a lesbian journalist and socialist, in Glasgow, Scotland, is featured in:  
 

Report for Murder (1987)

Common Murder (1989)

Deadline for Murder (1991)
APA: Final Edition
APA: Open and Shut

Conferences Are Murder (1993)
APA: Union Jack

Booked for Murder (1996)

Hostage to Murder (2004)

 

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Michael Craft:

 

Mark Manning, a gay journalist in Chicago, Illinois, is featured in:  
 

Flight Dreams (1997)

Eye Contact (1998)

Body Language (1999)

Name Games (2000)

Boy Toy (2001)

Hot Spot (2002)

Bitch Slap (2004)

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Nathan Aldyne

Dan Valentine (gay), and Clarisse Lovelace (straight), owners of a gay bar in Boston, Massachusetts, are featured in:  
 

Vermilion (1980)

Cobalt (1982)

Slate (1984)

Canary (1986)

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Kate Allen

 

Alison Kaine, a lesbian police officer in Denver, Colorado, is featured in:  
 

Tell Me What You Like (1993)

Give My Secrets Back (1995)

Takes One To Know One (1996)

Just a Little Lie (1999)

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Stella Duffy

 

  Saz Martin, a lesbian private investigator in London, England is featured in:  
 

Calendar Girl (1995)

Wavewalker (1996)

Beneath the Blonde (1997)

Fresh Flesh (1999)

Mouths of Babes (2005)

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Katherine V Forrest

 

  Kate Delafield, a lesbian homicide detective in Los Angeles, California, is featured in:  
 

Amateur City (1984)

Murder at the Nightwood Bar (1987)

The Beverly Malibu (1989)

Murder by Tradition (1991)

Liberty Square (1996)

Apparition Alley (1997)

Sleeping Bones (1999)

Hancock Park (2004)

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Joseph Hansen

 

Dave Brandstetter, a gay death-claims investigator in Los Angeles, California, is featured in:  
 

Fadeout (1972)

Death Claims (1973)

Troublemaker (1975)

The Man Everybody Was Afraid Of (1978)

The Dog and Other Stories (1979) [SS]

Skinflick (1979)

Gravedigger (1982)

Brandstetter and Others1 (1984) [SS]

Nightwork (1984)

The Little Dog Laughed (1986)

Early Graves (1987)

Obedience (1988)

The Boy Who Was Buried This Morning (1990)

A Country of Old Men (1991)

 

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Ellen Hart

 

Jane Lawless, lesbian restaurateur in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is featured in:  
 

Hallowed Murder (1989)

Vital Lies (1991)

Stage Fright (1992)

A Killing Cure (1993)

A Small Sacrifice (1994)

Faint Praise (1995)

Robber’s Wine (1996)

Wicked Games (1998)

Hunting the Witch (1999)

The Merchant of Venus (2001)

Immaculate Midnight (2002)

An Intimate Ghost (2004)

The Iron Girl (2005)

Night Vision (2006)

The Mortal Groove (due December 10, 2007)

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Greg Herren

 

Chanse MacLeod, a gay private investigator in New Orleans, Louisiana, is featured in:  
 

Murder in the Rue Dauphine (2002)

Murder in the Rue St. Ann (2004)

 
 
  Dick Dansoir, a gay personal trainer and occasional go-go dancer at the boys' bars in New Orleans, Louisiana, is featured in:  
 

Bourbon Street Blues (2003)

Jackson Square Jazz (2004)

Mardi Gras Mambo (2006

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Laurie R King

 

  Kate Martinelli, lesbian homicide detective, and her partner Alonzo Hawkin, in San Francisco, California, are featured in:  
 

A Grave Talent (1993)

To Play the Fool (1995)

With Child (1996)

Night Work (2000)

The Art of Detection (2006)

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SERIES:

Cassidy James Mysteries

 1st Impressions: A Cassidy James Mystery (Cassidy James Mysteries) by Kate Calloway

2nd Fiddle: A Cassiday James Mystery by Kate Calloway

Third Degree: A Cassidy James Mystery by Kate Calloway

4th Down: A Cassidy James Mystery (Cassidy James Mysteries) by Kate Calloway

Fifth Wheel (Cassidy James Mysteries) by Kate Calloway

Sixth Sense: A Cassidy James Mystery (Cassidy James Mysteries) by Kate Calloway

Seventh Heaven: Cassidy James Mystery (Cassidy James Mysteries) by Kate Calloway

8th Day by Kate Calloway

Jane Lawless Mysteries:

Hallowed Murder (Jane Lawless Mysteries) by Ellen Hart

Vital Lies (Jane Lawless Mysteries) by Ellen Hart

Stage Fright (A Jane Lawless Mystery) (Jane Lawless Mysteries) by Ellen Hart

A Killing Cure (Jane Lawless Mysteries) by Ellen Hart

A Small Sacrifice: A Jane Lawless Mystery (Jane Lawless Mysteries) by Ellen Hart

Faint Praise (Jane Lawless Mysteries) by Ellen Hart

Robber's Wine (Jane Lawless Mysteries (Paperback)) by Ellen Hart

Wicked Games: A Jane Lawless Mystery by Ellen Hart

Hunting the Witch (Jane Lawless Mysteries) by Ellen Hart

Merchant of Venus (Jane Lawless Mysteries) by Ellen Hart

Immaculate Midnight: A Jane Lawless Mystery by Ellen Hart

An Intimate Ghost (Jane Lawless Mysteries) by Ellen Hart

The Iron Girl: A Jane Lawless Mystery (Jane Lawless Mysteries) by Ellen Hart

Night Vision: A Jane Lawless Mystery (Jane Lawless Mysteries) by Ellen Hart

The Mortal Groove (Jane Lawless Mysteries) by Ellen Hart

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Claire McNab

Carol Ashton, a lesbian detective inspector in Sydney, Australia, is featured in:  
 

Lessons in Murder (1988)

Fatal Reunion (1989)

Death Down Under (1990)

Cop Out (1991)

Dead Certain (1992)
APA: Off Key

Body Guard (1994)

Double Bluff (1995)

Inner Circle (1996)

Chain Letter (1997)

Past Due (1998)

Set Up (1999)

Under Suspicion (2000)

Death Club (2001)

Accidental Murder (2002)

Blood Link (2003)

Fall Guy (2004)

 

 

 

Kylie Kendall, a lesbian manager of a pub in tiny Wollegudgerie, Australia, who inherits 51% of her father's private detective agency in Los Angeles, California, is featured in:  
 

The Wombat Strategy (2004)

The Kookaburra Gambit (2004)

The Quokka Question (2005)

The Dingo Dilemma (due December 1, 2006)

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Mark Richard Zubro

 

Tom Mason, a gay teacher, and his lover, Scott Carpenter, a baseball player, in Chicago, Illinois, are featured in:  
 

A Simple Suburban Murder (1989)

Why Isn't Becky Twitchell Dead? (1990)

The Only Good Priest (1991)

Principal Cause of Death (1992)

An Echo of Death (1994)

Rust on the Razor (1996)

Are You Nuts? (1998)

One Dead Drag Queen (2000)

Here Comes the Corpse (2002)

File Under Dead (2004)

Everyone’s Dead But Us (2006)

 
   
  Paul Turner, a gay police detective in Chicago, Illinois, is featured in:  
 

Sorry Now? (1991)

Political Poison (1993)

Another Dead Teenager (1996)

The Truth Can Get You Killed (1997)

Drop Dead (1999)

Sex and Murder.com (2001)

Dead Egotistical Morons (2003)

Nerds Who Kill (2006)

Hook, Line, and Homicide (2007)

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Wow Charlie! How the heck did you do that so fast? LOL  I think I'm gonna be a busy girl.

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Emma Donoghue

http://www.emmadonoghue.com/index.htm

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OK. Would you consider John Varley's "Wizard, Titan & Demon" in this genre?

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Website Queerwriters.com has interviews and author lists :

 

http://www.queerwriters.com/

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Oh, and where I first fell in love with my first gay man "Magics Pawn, Magics Price,and Magics Promise" by Mercedes Lackey. Does that fit? I love that series but especially the first ones.

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Thats a great site! I have to go back and really check it out! Just what I need, more must read books! LOL

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Andrew Holleran :http://books.google.com/books?as_auth=Andrew+Holleran&ots=AqcST5Sq6j&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title

Christopher Bram: http://books.google.com/books?as_auth=Christopher+Bram&ots=jWCjnfZc6a&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title

Gerri Hill: http://www.gerrihill.com/

 

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Not familiar with Mercedes Lackey but, i would assume if books have gay characters or plots they would be listed.

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Edmund White: http://www.edmundwhite.com/

Sarah Waters: http://www.sarahwaters.com/index.htm

Alex Sanchez: http://www.alexsanchez.com/

John Morgan Wilson: http://www.johnmorganwilson.com/

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