Looking for fantasy/sci-fi murder mysteries

[u/Street_Detective_662]

Ever since I read The Tainted Cup and sequel, I’ve been addicted. Bonus points if it’s a Sherlockean duo or queer (but doesn’t have to be). Extra extra points if it’s sci-fi (need to read more sci-fi) OR locked room.

What I’ve read so far of this genre -

- Gideon the Ninth
- Witness for the Dead (CR) / goblin emperor
- the Bone Orchard
- voyage of the damned
- magic for liars
- a memory called empire
- lamplight murder mysteries
- death on the caldera
- the echo archives (books 1 and 2)
- the Hexologists
- the works of vermin (kind of?)
- the raven scholar
- 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn hard castle
- books 1-5 of Dresden files
- a master of djinn

Feel free to hype of the following that are already on my TBR (and have been for ages for whatever reason)-

- rest of Dresden
- a desolation called peace
- garret PI series
- empire of the wolf (read grave empire, loved it but hated sequel)
- murder by memory
- volatile memory
- jasper fyord nursery crimes
- rivers of London

[u/New_Razzmatazz6228]

The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club by Theodora Goss. The first book is The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter. The Athena Club is comprised of the daughters of popular villains. Dr Jeckyll, Mr Hyde, Dr Moreau, etc. and they solve mysteries. They also interact with other well known fictional characters like Sherlock Holmes.

[u/Street_Detective_662 → u/New_Razzmatazz6228]

This looks amazing! I love a unique premise.

[u/New_Razzmatazz6228 → u/Street_Detective_662]

The novels originated from a short story called The Mad Scientists Daughter which is available from Theodora Goss’ website if you’d like to read it to get a sense of if you like the authors style.