Murder in the closet : essays on queer clues in crime fiction before Stonewall
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Literary studies of queer themes and characters in crime fiction have tended to focus on the more positive and explicit representations since the riots, while pre-Stonewall works are thought to reference queer only negatively or obliquely. This collection of new essays questions that view with an investigation of queer aspects in crime fiction published over eight decades"--,Provided by publisher.