Books with: Thriller/mystery/suspense/etc with queer main characters

[Aleksander]

I don't know if there are many out there, but I would love any sort of crime-adjacent books with queer (preferably M/M but I'm open for anything) main characters! Obviously I would prefer one's where the MC don't die, but that's not a deal breaker

[SamSpayedPI]

Check out this list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...

Josh Lanyon is a favorite author of mine. She writes M/M mysteries/thrillers.

The Adrien English Mysteries Series and the Holmes & Moriarity Series are two of her most famous series of the "meddling amateur sleuth" variety; her Secrets and Scrabble Series are cozies in the same vein.

Her All's Fair Series and The Art of Murder Series have LEO (present or former) MCs. She has a lot of other great series and standalones (Winter Kill, a police procedural, being a favorite).

I liked the Seven of Spades series by Cordelia Kingsbridge, and Bitter Legacy (though I never read the next in Dal Maclean's series).

Mary Calmes's Marshal's series.

I also liked the Cut & Run series to begin with, but it went downhill after author Madeleine Urban left the series.

Mahu by Neil S. Plakcy is a decent mystery.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

https://www.goodreads.com/series/5236...

Dave Brandstetter series.

[SamSpayedPI]

Lobstergirl wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/series/5236...

Dave Brandstetter series."

That's the classic series, but Dave Brandstetter is an insurance investigator; I wasn't sure whether it was "crime adjacent" enough.

[Denis]

You might enjoy some of the Pharaoh Love series by George Baxt; also the celebrity murder series (same author) are camp enough to be fun.

[Lynda]

Firewatching by Russ Thomas

[M_]

The Page & Sommers series by Cat Sebastian.
(Hither, Page & The Missing Page)

This is a good cozy crime mystery: In the Winter Woods

The Henry Rios series by Michael Nava

I've never read this series so I'm not sure how prominent the queer elements are but: the Hap and Leonard series by Joe Lansdale

Instinct

[Aleksander]

SamSpayedPI wrote: "Lobstergirl wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/series/5236...

Dave Brandstetter series."

That's the classic series, but Dave Brandstetter is an insurance investigator; I wasn't sur..."

SamSpayedPI wrote: "Lobstergirl wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/series/5236...

Dave Brandstetter series."

That's the classic series, but Dave Brandstetter is an insurance investigator; I wasn't sur..."

Just checked out the description and this definitely fits!

[Robert]

The Blue Place is the first book of a series with a lesbian detective.

[...cats?]

A Beautiful Crime
The Long Firm
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Yes, Daddy
Bath Haus
We Go Around in the Night and Are Consumed by Fire
A Kind of Justice: A Novel

[Lynda]

Timothy Jay Smith

Here's an article I came across:

https://crimereads.com/how-i-helped-b...

[Shanna]

Thriller with paranormal twist: The Quick

[Zev]

The killer wore leather, by Laura Antoniou, has a lesbian detective.

[Aleksander]

M_ wrote: "The Page & Sommers series by Cat Sebastian.
(Hither, Page & The Missing Page)

This is a good cozy crime mystery: [book:In the Winter Woods|559657..."

James Patterson wrote a book with a queer character??

[Lynda]

Here's another article:

https://crimereads.com/one-authors-to...

[theStorykeeper]

The Last Place You Look although the MC is a (queer) woman

[Eric]

Have you tried James Ellroy ? Maybe White Jazz as a taster .

[SamSpayedPI]

Does White Jazz have a queer MC? There's no mention of it on the GMP or reviews that I've seen.

[Rain]

The Protectors series by Sloane Kennedy is an underground vigilante justice group. It's all MM. It's less dark than most underground/crime/mafia books, if that's what you're into. However, one of the MCs (the vigilante one) will probably have to kill to save the other MC, a "doing the wrong thing for the right reason". But you're never conflicted as to whether or not it was deserved. Note: the series has many tie-in/related series as it is part of a huge universe.

[Aleksander]

Rain wrote: "The Protectors series by Sloane Kennedy is an underground vigilante justice group. It's all MM. It's less dark than most underground/crime/mafia books, if that's what you're into. However, one of t..."

Oh that sounds super interesting! I always love a good vigilante story