Gertrude Stein called it the only really modern novel form that has come into existence, yet the mystery genre was a century old before it featured its first gay main character. Since then, lavender detective fiction has been one of the fastest growing segments of the genre, incorporating gay and lesbian cultural elements and offering crossover appeal, yet it is still marginalized and largely unknown to mainstream readers. also providing new, more accurate images of lesbians and gay men than generally found in mainstream literature and popular media. This survey of gay and lesbian detective...