[ SECRET POST #3842 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3842 ⌋

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Comments

Mystery books with some slashiness?

[(Anonymous)]

The book I'm reading now seemed to start out that way and then turned into...something else (super predictable het romance with a Mary Sue for the one dude, and the other being a total creep towards a barely legal girl, complete with a literal "we're totally not gay!" scene and everyone acting as if the idea is such a hilarious joke) but now I'm really in the mood for something like that. Actual canon M/M romance, subtext or even just "neither guy is in a relationship and it could be interpreted that way although they never come out and say it" are fine, and I would prefer an actual story rather than 'super thin plot and a ton of sex scenes' (totally not knocking that kind of book, I've read a ton of them, it's just not what I'm in the mood for right now).

Anyone got any recs?

Re: Mystery books with some slashiness?

[(Anonymous)]

Can I just be selfish and say that if anyone has any recs for the same but with f/f, they should also post those recommendations. Thank you everyone I hope that's okay.

Re: Mystery books with some slashiness?

[rosehiptea]

For f/f I liked Laurie King's Kate Martinelli mysteries. (They are fairly different from her Mary Russell books and I like them better than the Mary Russell books personally.)

Re: Mystery books with some slashiness?

[(Anonymous)]

I read mostly fantasy, but how about Psych novels? They're good if you like the show. Tbh there's a shit ton of detective novels without romance.

Re: Mystery books with some slashiness?

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, I know that Psych fandom was pretty slashy, but is there something that happens in the books that I don't know about

Re: Mystery books with some slashiness?

[(Anonymous)]

Death Note!

Re: Mystery books with some slashiness?

[rosehiptea]

I recently read a book called Someone Else's Skin by Sarah Hilary, which had a prominent gay male character who is in a relationship. But the main character is a woman with a (boring, if you ask me) het romance so it's probably not what you're looking for. It was a pretty good book though.

(Note: There is at least one other book called this and the one I saw is some kind of erotic thriller I didn't even want to click on...)

Re: Mystery books with some slashiness?

[(Anonymous)]

The Puddledown Mysteries by Kate Aaron. So good! https://www.goodreads.com/series/124733-puddledown-mysteries To me they were the best of tender gay romance and old fashioned british mystery. <3

Re: Mystery books with some slashiness?

[(Anonymous)]

The Vesuvius Club by Mark Gatiss.

NAYRT.

[(Anonymous)]

Tried reading it and couldn't get into it. (shrugs)

Re: Mystery books with some slashiness?

[(Anonymous)]

Actual canon M/M romance: The Administration Series by Manna Francis
It's available for free by the author online here: http://www.mannazone.org/zone/admin/index.html
First book in the series is Mind Fuck.

I discovered this from fandomsecrets, and I always like to pass on the favor. ;)

Re: Mystery books with some slashiness?

[(Anonymous)]

The Administration Series is so good. I own all of them and re-read every couple of years. I don't even like dystopian future in literature, but it's just so good.

Re: Mystery books with some slashiness?

[(Anonymous)]

Three by Adam Fitzroy:

Bridge on the River Wye - chef returning from a disastrous relationship in Australia finds new love, plus a mystery, on the Welsh borders.

In Deep - retired detective visits the Orkney Isles, investigates an old mystery and encounters a new relationship.

Ghost Station - Cold War thriller

Re: Mystery books with some slashiness?

[(Anonymous)]

Forget slashiness and go straight for the gay detective Donald Strachey novels by Richard Stephenson. A few were made into movies that Netflix used to stream, but now they're only available on disk.

Re: Mystery books with some slashiness?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not sure it's exactly what you're looking for (I don't remember if the lead had a romance arc in the second book, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't in the first) but Keith Hartman's "The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse" and "Gumshoe Gorilla" are fun near-future SF mysteries, and the Gumshoe in question is gay.