Category: LGBTQ+ Sleuths

• Chicago’s First Female PI Will Bicycle Right Into Your Heart

  

  An unconventional young PI fights sexism, homophobia, a surly younger brother and a brutal gang lord in turn-of-the-century Chicago in Rob Osler’s second quozy, or queer cozy, mystery series. It’s a winner.

  N.K. Mitchell

  May 17, 2025

  Cozy Mystery, Historical Setting, Latest posts, LGBTQ+ Sleuths, Private Investigators

  book-review, book-reviews, books, Cozy Mystery, crime-fiction, fiction, mystery, reading

• Murder Crossed Her Mind: A Series Keeps Getting Better

  

  I feel no regrets about stopping a series if my interest lags. But this fourth book in the Pentecost & Parker mystery series, featuring a Nero Wolfe-like detective pair in 1940s New York, is every bit as good as the first, second and third.

  N.K. Mitchell

  April 6, 2024

  Historical Setting, LGBTQ+ Sleuths, Private Investigators, Traditional Mystery

  book-review, book-reviews, books, fiction, mystery

• Scorched Grace: A Poet Pens a Lyrical Debut

  

  Lush language, an atmospheric setting and the most original protagonist in many a mystery. There’s so much to love in this intense noir debut featuring a queer punk rock nun in the sweltering heat of New Orleans.

  N.K. Mitchell

  January 6, 2024

  Amateur Sleuths, Contemporary Setting, LGBTQ+ Sleuths, Noir Mystery

  books, margot-douaihy, mystery

• A Welcome Holiday Puzzle: The Christmas Jigsaw Murders

  

  Edie O’Sullivan may be an elderly English amateur sleuth but she’s no Miss Marple. The acid-tongued puzzler loathes most people but she’s going to need help to stop the body count from climbing.

  N.K. Mitchell

  December 3, 2023

  Amateur Sleuths, LGBTQ+ Sleuths, New Release, Senior Sleuths, Traditional Mystery