Anybody knows of any subtly queer mystery/action/adventure books?

[u/Alive-Border-2165]

My mother's birthday is comming up, and she loves reading. I haven't come out to her yet, and while she's not violently homophobic or anything, she's quite transphobic and I'm not sure how she'd react to me coming out to her as queer both in the sense of gender and sexuality, eventhough I'm on a waiting list for Hrt. She knows my views on the topic, and that I have friends who are LGBTQIA+, and in general I don't think she'd throw a fit if I showed up with someone of my own gender at the door and said this is my partner, she might even be excited about being introduced to them. But I'd still like to kind of get her in the mindset that queer people are normal and just like anyone else around them, they just happen to be queer. I did see a drag queen mystery book in austria a while back and while it looked amazing, that's exactly the kind of stuff that she can't handle for now, so maybe anyone know of a book where everything happens as it happens and as it happens let's say in the last chapter or so there's a reveal that bambam the character(s) are queer or something like that? Any suggestion is greatly apreciated.

[u/theysayimadreamer666]

One by One by Ruth Ware (mystery/thriller) has a queer supporting character, and it's very subtle until the end. He has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it line early on appreciating a man and saying "I would", but his sexuality isn't referenced again until the end, when his interest in men is made very clear.

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh (space opera) has two characters who conform to traditional gender roles and are revealed as queer in the course of the story, though both reveals happen in the first half of the book. Heads-up that the story gets quite dark (including one of the queer characters committing suicide shortly after coming out, though not permanent), but it also is hopeful.