LGBTQ+ Mysteries for Pride Month

Gritty noir featuring lesbian leads? Yes, please!

Oh, and here come the men! Noir with gay lead characters.

Set in Alaska on a movie set in the 1920s, the third book in the Charlotte Brody series finds fearless reporter Brody investigating when the film’s director dies mysteriously.

This cozy mystery features death by fig pastry, a charming British village, and a character named Prunella. Honestly, what more could you want?

Scandinavian crime authors (Anne Holt is Norwegian) have a special knack for police procedurals. Is it the long winters? The many fish recipes? We don’t know, but it’s true. For proof, try this, the first book in the Hanne Wilhelmsen series.

Classic hard-boiled detective Micky Knight — who drinks too much, sleeps around, and talks a tough game — finds herself in trouble with New Orleans’ underworld in the first book of the series.