Book Releases: Mystery/Thriller (January to June 2023)

New year, new LGBT books! Hopefully the rules of our releases posts are clear, but just to reiterate: we have 8 of those posts, for genres listed below, and we update each one every month with new books coming out (that we know about). Every post covers half a year.

In this one, you can browse the mystery and thriller books from January to June of 2023!

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JANUARY

Repatriate by Jaime Maddox (f/f relationship)
Beloved Enemy by Elizabeth Whitaker (f/f relationship)
The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis (gay mc)
Death in Heels by Kitty Murphy (gay characters)
Twilight Heist by Katherine McIntyre (m/m relationship)
The Lost Memories of Callum Brecker by Marilyn Bordelon (gay mc)
Home by Cailean Steed (lesbian mc)
The Black Queen by Jumata Emill (f/f relationship)
Liar, Dreamer, Thief by Maria Dong (Korean American lesbian mc)
Red Dirt Road by S. R. White (lesbian mc)

FEBRUARY

A Good Day to Pie by Misha Popp (bi mc)
A Terrible Village Poisoning by Hannah Hendy (f/f relationship)
Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy (sapphic mc)
Nothing Can Hurt You Now by Simone Campos, trans. by Rahul Bery (Brazilian cast, bi mcs, sapphic mc)
The Strangest Forms by Gregory Ashe (m/m relationship)
Dark Truths by Sandra Barret (f/f relationship)
Sushi Scandal by T. Thorn Coyle (m/m relationship)
The Blue Pool Murders by Rachel McLean (lesbian mc)
Dark Vows by J. S. Cook (m/m relationship)
Amid Secrets by Stacy Lynn Miller (f/f relationship)
Proximity by Brian Christopher Shea & Stacy Lynn Miller (sapphic mc)
Kiss Shot by Carolyn Elizabeth (f/f relationship)
Paradise Pending by Kris Purdy (f/f relationship)
The House That Whispers by Lin Thompson (trans mc)

MARCH

Made for Her by Carsen Taite (f/f relationship)
Hounded by E. J. Cochrane (f/f relationship)
Confidence by Rafael Frumkin (m/m relationship)
The Loch by Fran Dorricott (lesbian mcs, bi side character)
Tina, Mafia Soldier by Maria Rosa Cutrufelli, trans. by Robin Pickering-Iazzi (gnc mc)
The Lost Americans by Christopher Bollen (Egyptian gay character)
The Fake by Zoe Whittall (sapphic mc)
Impact by Brian Christopher Shea & Stacy Lynn Miller (sapphic mc)
A Case of Madness by Yvonne Knop (gay mc)
HappyHead by Josh Silver (m/m relationship)
The Jump by Brittney M. Morris (trans mc)
I Will Find You Again by Sarah Lyu (f/f relationship)
Into the Light by Mark Oshiro (m/m relationship)
Missing Clarissa by Ripley Jones (lesbian mc)
A Scenic Hills Summer by Shannon Yarbrough (lesbian mc)
The Paper Crane Killer by Morgan Champine (f/f relationship)
Saturday Night Dinner by J. S. Gray (m/m relationship)

APRIL

Death in the Dark by Kitty Murphy (gay characters)
Killing Jericho by William Hussey (gay mc; reprint)
I’ll Stop the World by Lauren Thoman (sapphic mc, f/f)
The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst (bi mc)
Tragic, Vol. 2 by Dana Mele, Valentina Pinti & Chiara Di Francia (bi mc, f/f relationship)
Lethal Lit: Photobomb by Micol Ostow (bi mc, f/f relationship)
Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans (nonbinary lesbian mc, Chinese American pan li, nb/f relationship)
Drew LeClair Crushes the Case by Katryn Bury (bi mc)
Falling for the Mark by Dominique Davis (f/f relationship)
Rain by Barbara Winkes (f/f relationship)

MAY

Grave Expectations by Alice Bell (nonbinary character)
Remain Silent by Robyn Gigl (trans mc)
Rehearsed to Death by Frank Anthony Polito (gay mc & li, m/m relationship)
Lákíríboto by Ayodele Olofintuade (f/f relationship)
Integrity by E. J. Noyes (f/f relationship)
Cursed in Love by Bryony Rosehurst (f/f relationship)
Manner of Death, Vol. 1 by Yukari Umemoto & Sammon (m/m relationship)
Lion’s Legacy by L. C. Rosen (gay mc)
This is the Way the World Ends by Jen Wilde (autistic sapphic mc)
We’ll Never Tell by Wendy Heard (m/m relationship)
Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn (lesbian mc, bi mc, f/f relationship)
The Man Who Lost His Pen by Gayleen Froese (gay mc, gay li with depression, m/m relationship)
The Flourishing by Merlina Garance (lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
Good Girls Die Last by Natali Simmonds (bi mc, f/f relationship)

JUNE

Speak of the Devil by Rose Wilding (lesbian mcs, Black lesbian mc, Brazilian trans mc)
The Gulf by Rachel Cochran (sapphic mc)
A Degree to Die For by Karis Walsh (f/f relationship)
The Last Drop of Hemlock by Katharine Schellman (bi mc, lesbian li)
Hunter’s Revenge by Gerri Hill (f/f relationship)
Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective by Katie Siegel (sapphic mc)
Ritual of Fire by D. V. Bishop (gay mc, Jewish gay li, m/m relationship)
Livingsky by Anthony Bidulka (trans mc)
Bottom Line by G. B. Gordon (m/m relationship)
BeatNikki’s Cafe by Renee James (trans mc)
The Good Ones by Polly Stewart (bi mc)
Don’t Forget the Girl by Rebecca McKanna (sapphic mc)
The Guilty Twin by Holly Riordan (bi mcs)
Manslaughter Park by Tirzah Price (queer mc)
The Wicked Unseen by Gigi Griffis (lesbian mc, f/f relationship, gay side character, pan mother)
This Summer’s Secrets by Emily Barr (f/f relationship)
The Spare Room by Andrea Bartz (bi mc)
Tea and Antipathy by Meredith Spies (m/m relationship)
Exit Stage Death by G. S. Rhodes (gay mc)
Hero in Waiting by Andrew Grey (m/m relationship)
Interceptions by Barbara Winkes (f/f relationship)
Is She Lying? by Frances Lucas (f/f relationship)

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