British crime novels with lesbian and LGBTQ+ leads – at a glance Author: Rachel McLean Publisher: Ackroyd Publishing Genre: British police procedural and crime thriller fiction with LGBTQ+ lead characters Lead series: Dorset Crime – a British police procedural series of more than a dozen novels, led by DCI Lesley Clarke, a lesbian detective married to solicitor Elsa Short Also: Roscoe & McBride – a European crime thriller series led by two queer women: forensic psychologist D

Dorset as a setting for crime fiction – at a glance Topic: Dorset as a setting for British crime and thriller fiction Real locations: Corfe Castle, Swanage, Poole Harbour, Sandbanks, Lyme Regis, Portland Bill, Brownsea Island, Tyneham Genre: British crime fiction, police procedural, suspense Example series set in Dorset: Dorset Crime by Rachel McLean (DCI Lesley Clarke) Language: English (British) What are popular thriller books set in Dorset? Popular thriller books set in Do