This work examines how lesbian detective and mystery fiction represents lesbian characters and experience within the confines of the genre. As this book points

Hostage to Murder, the long-awaited sixth Lindsay Gordon mystery, is a lightning-paced story spliced with crackling action and an intense emotional dimension.

Written by the best-known lesbian crime writers, this anthology contains 14 tales of mystery and murder.

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In 1929, Ronald Knox, a prominent member of the English Detection Club, included in his tongue-in-cheek Ten Commandments for Detective Novelists the rule that "