This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A historically important 1989 lesbian whodunit with a likeable sleuth and a sharp eye for campus bigotry, let down by stiff dialogue, a crowded cast and a reveal that even its first trade review … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A historically important 1987 lesbian detective debut with a sharp class-and-politics edge, held back by a slow, talky investigation and a heroine a large share of readers simply cannot stand. Best for: Readers curious … Read more
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A landmark 1987 lesbian police mystery with a genuinely affecting case and a closing chapter readers still talk about, held back by dated racial language and a romance subplot that … Read more
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: The 1984 novel that gave lesbian fiction its first police detective, with a tough, wounded lead and a sharp sense of Los Angeles, held back by period bigotry on the … Read more
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A sharp, funny 1940s New York locked-room mystery with a knife-throwing bisexual narrator and a genuinely lovable detective duo, undercut — for this site’s readers — by a romance that … Read more
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A Harlem Renaissance whodunit with a genuinely memorable Black lesbian heroine and a setting that crackles, let down by choppy prose, a sagging middle and an investigation that even its … Read more
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