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Everyone loves a good mystery novel and these pages are full of them! We've got dashing dyke detectives, cops, private eyes and a whole range amateur sleuths who set out to solve crimes and save the day. If you're looking for a little action in your reading, this is the place to find it!

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	All Books by Sandra Scoppettone - Author of : Gonna Take a Homicidal Journey "Lesbian Mystery Novels, Lesbian Detectives and Thrillers; Lauren Laurano, one of the mystery genre's most popular lesbian detectives, can get out of the big, bad city, but she can't take a vacation from murder--especially when it's camouflaged as suicide." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Manda Scott - Author of : Hen's Teeth Mass Market Paperback - 352 pages (January 5, 1999) Bantam Books; ISBN: 0553579673 "Lesbian Mystery Novels, At midnight in Glasgow, Dr. Kellen Stewart learns that her ex-lover Bridget--who was only 41--died of cardiac arrest. With the help of her pathologist friend, Kellen follows the evidence to Bridget's farm, where she encounters a strange menagerie of priceless hens, lethal eggs, vanishing corpses, and bio-medical marvels to die for." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Manda Scott - Author of : Night Mares Mass Market Paperback - 352 pages (July 6, 1999) Crime Line; ISBN: 0553579681 *~~ Featured Book Review ~~* "A deadly infection...A race against time...An investigation that leads to your worst...Night Mares. Something is very wrong at Nina Crawford's veterinary surgery on the outskirts of Glasgow. Despite all her medical efforts, a deadly strain of bacteria is killing every horse that passes through her operating theatre. And the vicious nightmares that once plagued Nina have returned, pushing her to the very brink of suicide--unless her psychiatrist and friend Kellen Stewart can save her from going over the edge. Kellen is mystified. Why, after such steady progress, should Nina's mental state deteriorate? Even more deaths at Nina's surgery and a suspicious fire at her home threaten to crumble Nina's fragile defenses. It's a case that will push Kellen over a line she never thought she'd cross--and before it's over, she'll risk not only her profession, but her very life." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Manda Scott - Author of : Stronger Than Death Mass Market Paperback - 304 pages (July 5, 2000) Crime Line; ISBN: 055357969X "Lesbian Mystery Novels, Lesbian Detectives and Thrillers; Sometimes tragedies come in waves - Eric, climbing alone, Joey, drunk and choking, and finally a statistician overdosing. Three is a series, not a coincidence: three men dead, three colleagues with a shared past. This is a tenterhooks crime novel." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Linda Kay Silva - Author of : Tropical Storm Paperback - 245 pages (March 1997) Rising Tide Pr; ISBN: 1883061148 "Lesbian Mystery Novels; Linda Kay Silva has found the winning combination for another action-packed adventure/romance: a smart and sassy heroine, an exotic rain forest setting, and a plot with more twists and turns than a coiled cobra. Megan has disappeared into the Costa Rican rain forest and it's up to Delta and Connie to find her. Out of their element, with few clues to go on, they must turn to old pals and new friends to guide them in this unfamiliar terrain filled with beauty and danger-deadly jungle beasts, Colombian drug runners, and vicious slavers. Can Delta and Connie reach Megan before it's too late? Will storm risk everything to save the woman she loves?" Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Linda Kay Silva - Author of : Storm Rising Paperback - 241 pages (June 1, 2000) Rising Tide Pr; ISBN: 188306127X "Lesbian Mystery Novels, Lesbian Detectives and Thrillers; Delta Storm is Back! In another breathtaking, heart-stopping adventure through the Costa Rican Rain Forest, Delta, Connie and Megan face their toughest challenges as they overcome impossible odds and stop General Zahn." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Elizabeth Sims - Author of : Holy Hell : A Lillian Byrd Crime Story Paperback - 270 pages (January 2002) Alyson Pubns; ISBN: 1555836534 "Lesbian Mystery Novels; Lillian Byrd is a small-time reporter with a flair for making big-time mistakes--so her investigation into the disappearances of women around the Detroit area might not be the best idea. But when one of the victims turns up dead and Lillian recognizes the curiously mutilated corpse, she is in too deep to get out. After simultaneously blowing the case for the police and revealing herself to the killers, she is completely on her own. Can she catch the murderers before they catch up with her?" Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Sarah Waters - Author of : Fingersmith Paperback: 592 pages (January 2003) Riverhead Books; ISBN: 1573229725 "Lesbian Mystery Novels; Fingersmith is the third slice of engrossing lesbian Victoriana from Sarah Waters. Although lighter and more melodramatic in tone than its predecessor, Affinity, this hypnotic suspense novel is awash with all manner of gloomy Dickensian leitmotifs: pickpockets, orphans, grim prisons, lunatic asylums, "laughing villains," and, of course, "stolen fortunes and girls made out to be mad." Divided into three parts, the tale is narrated by two orphaned girls whose lives are inextricably linked. Waters's penchant for byzantine plotting can get a bit exhausting, but even at its densest moments--and remember, this is smoggy London circa 1862--it remains mesmerizing. A damning critique of Victorian moral and sexual hypocrisy, a gripping melodrama, and a love story to boot, this book ingeniously reworks some truly classic themes. - Travis Elborough, (Amazon.co.uk)" Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Cynthia Webb - Author of : No Daughter of the South: A Mystery Paperback - 200 pages (May 1997) New Victoria Pub; ISBN: 0934678820 "Lesbian Mystery Novels, Lesbian Detectives and Thrillers; Manhattan Writer - Investigating Lovers Fathers Death - Laurie Coldwater, an aspiring writer making do in wild Manhattan, investigates the suspicious death years ago of her black female lover's father in staid Port Mullet, Florida. There she confronts her own past as well: her promiscuous youth, the husband she married young and divorced, her conservative family, remnants of racism, and long-buried secrets. Laurie antagonizes her folks, the sheriff, the KKK, and even her lover's mother until she uncovers the violent truth." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Pat Welch - Author of : A Proper Burial : A Helen Black Mystery Paperback - 176 pages (May 1993) Naiad Pr; ISBN: 1562800337 "Lesbian Mystery Novels, Lesbian Detectives and Thrillers; P.I Mystery Series" Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Pat Welch - Author of : Open House : A Helen Black Mystery Paperback - 224 pages (March 1995) Naiad Pr; ISBN: 1562801023 "Lesbian Mystery Novels, Lesbian Detectives and Thrillers; Apprised of a bequest from her great-aunt Ruth, ex-police officer Helen Black returns home to Mississippi for the first time since her father kicked her out 15 years earlier. While looking at the house her great-aunt left her, Helen and local policewoman Beth (Helen's first love) discover a body-related perhaps to a series of racially motivated murders of young black women." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Pat Welch - Author of : Smoke and Mirrors : A Helen Black Mystery Paperback - 224 pages (November 1996) Naiad Pr; ISBN: 1562801430 "Lesbian Mystery Novels, Lesbian Detectives and Thrillers; Private eye Helen Black is called in to investigate when a health clinic is mobbed by anti-abortionists. However, Helen has connections with the clinic that complicate the situation, and threats from the protesters have turned to murder. Helen faces her greatest challenge by going under cover." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:

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