[Note from Frolic: We’re so excited to welcome author Isobel Starling to the site today. She’s talking all things queer thrillers!]
Some of the best novels I have read in the past few years are LGBT romantic suspense thrillers. In a world where current affairs are brimming with tales of real-life espionage, love triangles, double-dealing and the powerful getting away with just about anything, the lines between fiction and reality blur, and finding an original thriller with a plot that hasn’t already happened in real life has become harder to pin down.
If you want to read a sharp, brilliantly written thriller, then look no further than to the breadth of unsung talent in the LGBT mystery, romantic suspense, and thrillers genres. I write an M/M Thriller series, Shatterproof Bond and so I want to celebrate the often overlooked authors who craft LGBTQI Romantic suspense and who have inspired me to aim higher. I’m not one for formulaic mass-market thrillers where the writers shoo-in a queer character to tick a diversity box. I look for real, and complex queer characters whose orientation is intrinsic to their outlook on the world and how they cope with whatever they face within the story arc. So, feast your eyes on these tantalizing reads!