This is hopefully a complete list of mystery and suspense containing
tv/ts themes or at least tv/ts characters. I pulled this together from
several different lists floating around, adding some of my own. Ones
marked "not verified", I have not been able to verify either its
existence or that it contains tv/ts themes/characters. 
These are "legitimate" literature. There are many small-press
pornographic books published with tv/ts themes.

Any additions or corrections would be greatly appreciated.

Last Update: 8/16/90

[ Thanks to Kristi M, Lori K, Kathy P, and Michelle for numerous additions. ]

                    Denise


                 *** Mystery/Suspense ***

THE BAD PLACE - Dean R. Koontz 1990
   The CD theme is minor, but it contains a perfect hermaphrodite, all
   organs of both male and female. Good horror, thriller read.

THE BLACKDEATH POISONING - Julian Symons 1978

BOND STRIKES CAMP - Cyril Connolly
   In this 1963 parody, James Bond goes drag for Her Majesty. Published
   in London Magazine.

THE BRANDON PAPERS - Quentin Bell
   Might be classified as a historical/mystery novel, the plot of which
   revolves around the life of a wealthy "lady" of standing and the
   circumstances of "her" origins.

BROTHER & SISTER - Michael Nickolay 1979
   Suspense thriller about a TS. 

BURKE SERIES - Andrew Vlachss
   Flood 1985
   Strega 1987
   Blue Belle 1988
   Hard-boiled detective series about Burke, who frequently gets
   information and help from Michelle, the almost-transexual prostitute.

BURNING MOON - Aron Spilken & Ed O'Leary 1978
   Thriller centering around a robbery committed by two women and a gay
   man. The man dons drag for an amusing scene during the robbery as a
   distraction.

BY REASON OF INSANITY - Shane Stevens 1979
   A novel about a serial killer who is a master of disguise. Toward the
   end he finally catches on to the idea of dressing as a woman. If you
   can stand the gore, his masquerade is exciting.

CHAMELEON - William Diehl
   About an assassin called the Chameleon. He usually wears the disguise
   of an Oriental woman and most of the men fall for him right away...
   makes his job so much easier. (LK) Highly recommended for suspense
   lovers. (DN)

THE CLEANUP - John Skipp & Craig Spector 1987
   An erotic horror novel about a psychic young man who starts cleaning
   up the city of bad elements. In one scene, he transforms himself into
   a beautiful jogger, snares a couple of rapists, and changes one of
   them into a replica of the beautiful jogger so he can experience the
   horror of rape.

THE DANCER'S DEATH - Phil Davis 1981
   Another TV as serial killer book, but somewhat exciting because the
   guy is damned good looking! Too bad we get a bad rap in these
   books...

DEADLY NIGHTSHADE - Elizabeth Daly 1940
   Old Mrs. Bartram is going to leave her rare jewels to her first-born
   granddaughter. Shortly after she suffers her first stroke, one of her
   sons, Carroll, has a son and his wife dies in childbirth. His friend,
   Dr. Robert Loring and he decide to say he has a girl and pass the boy
   off as his daughter till Mrs. Bartram dies. Things get complicated
   when Mrs. Bartram hangs on and it eventually ends up in the death of
   a young girl down the street who they kidnap and pass off as the
   daughter to his brother.

DONORS - Leslie Alan Horvitz & H. Harris Gerhard, MD 1982
   Mystery story that starts with the murder of a very sexy actress,
   only the actress wasn't always a woman. Upon investigation, the
   coroner discovers an institute that gives completely new identities
   (even new sex if desired). Very good book. (LK)

DRESSED TO KILL - Brian DePalma and Campbell Black 1980
   The same as the movie.

"EASY" BARNES SERIES - Richard Hillary
   Snake In The Grasses 1987
   Pieces of Cream 1987
   Pillow of the Community 1988
   Behind the Fact 1988
   A series about private detective Ezell "Easy" Barnes. His best
   informant is Angel the Sex Change, a true diamond in the raunch.

ENQUIRY - Dick Francis
   Contains minor crossdressing scenes. About a horseman going to Moscow
   to investigate the Prince's brother-in-law. Seems he went to a TV
   nightclub in London and might have been compromised. Unfortunately, 
   a paragraph description of the nightclub is all we get.

THE ENTERTAINING EPISODE OF THE ARTICLE IN QUESTION - Dorothy Sayers
   A Lord Peter Wimsey short story.

THE FETISH MURDER - Avon Curry
   Existence not verified. A search on OCLC found no match for this
   book.

FLETCH AND THE WIDOW BRADLEY - Gregory MacDonald 1981
   A first-rate mystery with Fletch, a wily investigative reporter, on
   the trail of a deceased executive come back miss-teriously from the
   grave.

GLORY - Jack Curtis 1988
   Another tv-psycho-murderer story. This one has a schizo hypnotherapist
   who plants post-hypnotic suggestions in his victims so they are unaware 
   he is in the room with them. He fantasizes a sister, Elaine, which is
   actually himself and Elaine takes over more and more as the story 
   progresses. All in all, quite good as far as a suspense novel.

THE GLORY HOLE MURDERS - Tony Fennely 1985
   A New Orleans private detective novel. Contains drag queens as
   characters.

GO TO THY DEATHBED - Stanton Forbes
   This novel is about a boy, kidnapped when young, and raised as a
   girl.

THE GOURMET - Jim Nisbet 1981
   Rather seedy detective thriller in which the victim/villian (not sure
   which) CDs.

THE GREAT PYRAMID ROBBERY - John Minahan
   Long fabulous scene in which the hero is dressed as a woman by a
   woman detective for a stakeout. Good gender discussion and
   interesting thoughts by the hero.

THE HAUNTED MONASTERY - Robert van Gulik 

HOTEL WITH EMPTY ROOMS - Harriet Gilbert 
   A man is spending the summer at a nearly empty hotel and a pretty
   young "girl" arrives one night.

KILLER IN DRAG - Ed Wood, Jr.
   A tv novel from the infamous director (a tv himself) of Glen or
   Glenda.

THE KING OF THE NIGHTCAP - William Murray 1989
   The third in Murray's series about a detective who frequents the Del Mar
   race track. The one has several characters pivotal to the plot who are
   gorgeous she-males. One is a beautiful Mexican singer who seduces the 
detective.

THE KREMLIN LETTER - Noel Behn 1966
   A spy novel which includes an aging drag queen.

THE LAST WOMAN IN HIS LIFE - Ellery Queen 1969
   Another mystery where the butler didn't do it, but the chambermaid
   might have.

MAN FROM PANSY - Don Rice
   Story about the search for a murderer. It is very funny as this
   basically straight guy has to search through the world of female
   impersonators and act gay while doing it. This was written in the
   late sixties or early seventies. (LK)

THE MAN IN THE BROWN SUIT - Agatha Christie 1924

MIRROR IMAGE - Lucille Fletcher 1988
   A very different suspense novel in which an aging actress and her
   daughter are conned by some clever actors, some of whom cross-dress
   for their roles.
 
MAMA'S BOY - Linda Crockett Gray
   A new mainstream book with strong TV themes. It is a horror book, 
   with the villain having a fixation on his female lawyer. He steals
   her stuff and erotically uses it. Not totally TV, but his fetish for
   her things is very like our feelings. Also at the end is a VERY 
   unusual TV scene!

MURDER BY LATITUDE - Rufus King 1930
   A "murder on a cruise ship" mystery that revolves around a young boy
   who is passed off as a girl to a woman who badly wants to have a
   child and can't have any of her own.

NERVE - Dick Francis
   About a famous TV reporter (pun intended!) who has a psycopathic dislike
   of jockeys. He goes around sabotaging them. Because he is famous, at
   least one time he made up his face and put a scarf around it. He then 
   wore his riding clothes which are unisex. Apparently he was quite pretty. 
   There is little space devoted to this however.

ON ICE - T.J. MacGregor 1988
   The third book in the MacCleary & St. James detective series. Haven't
   read it, but based on the cover blurb there is at least one scene
   where a woman (the villain?) is disguised as a man.

PHAROAH LOVE TRILOGY - Joseph Baxt
   A Queer Kind Of Death 1966
   Swing Low, Sweet Harriet 1967
   Topsy And Evil 1968
   A series about a strange detective "Pharoah Love".

THE PLEASURING OF RORY MALONE - Charles Panati 1982
   Psychic terror novel about a boy who can rape women psychically. He
   keeps searching for a girl to love him in a normal way. He thinks hes
   found one, but she is not a girl! This is a minor scene toward the
   end.

PONTIFEX, REX, AND SON - R. Austin Freeman
   Tv/ts theme not verified.

THE QUEEN IS DEAD - Glenn Kezer 1979
   A murder mystery that opens up with the discovery of a beautiful
   young woman's body in a snowman, but "she" turns out to be a "he".
   Takes place in a New England town that seems to be rather heavily
   populated by transvestites and transexuals and someone is murdering
   them. Also features an interesting twist of a real female posing as a
   transvestite hooker.

THE SEDUCTION - Art Bourgeau 1988
   Primarily centered around a female TV, there is one somewhat shocking
   instance of male TV, though suspected by someone of our backgrounds.

SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Haris
   I highly recommend it for its own sake. The villain, a serial killer, has TS
   motives for his crimes. However, his fantasies and realities are so
   grotesque, there is little or no excitement in reading about them. (MP)

SKINFLICK - Joseph Hansen 1979
   One of a very well written series about gay private detective Dave
   Brandstetter. 

SPENCE AT THE BLUE BAZZAR - Michael Allen

THE STYX COMPLEX - Russell Rhodes 1977
   About a genius of the cosmetics world, Ava Bardoff, who is over 60
   but looks 28-35. It turns out that she was a former Nazi surgeon who
   perfected a formula that when injected allowed her to reshape the
   body and the organs of the subject in any way she pleased, even to
   create the most beautiful of women. Highly recommended. (LK)

SUNDAY BEST - Bernice Rubens 1984
   A mystery that involves cross-dressing and a need to "pass" for an
   extended period of time. This is the description from Chevalier
   Publications: "George Verrey Smith - schoolteacher, neighbor, and
   husband of Joy, a woman of infinite and crushing understanding.
   George lives for his happy, Joy-less Sundays, dedicated to the
   celebration of his own private fantasies. Until the day when,
   betrayed by coincidence and an ill-timed murder, George leaves
   himself behind in search of a world where everyday is Sunday."

VENGEANCE IS MINE - Mickey Spillane 1950
   A hard-boiled detective story with Mike Hammer delving into the
   background of the Mysterious Queen Juneau.

A VERY CAGEY LADY - Joyce Elbert 1980
   Yes, another TV killer. Well, actually a TS. Ok, I revealed the
   ending, but just the fact that the book is on this list should make
   you suspicious!        

WHISTLER SERIES - Robert Campbell
   In La-La Land We Trust 86
   Alice In La-La Land 87
   The adventures of PI Whistler whose home turf is L.A.'s tenderloin
   hich is populated by transexuals among others. 

WHO CENSORED ROGER RABBIT - Gary Wolf 1981
   This book bears only a superficial resemblance to the famous movie.
   One of the scenes shows a character discovered in the act of
   dressing.

WHO IS SIMON WARWICK - Patricia Moyes
   A man dies leaving an heir who can't be found. It turns out he is now
   a she.

THE WILLIAMSBURG FORGERIES - John Ballinger 1989
   A pretty good mystery in which one of the villians who takes part in
   a robbery plans on hiding by having a change of sex operation.
   Unfortunately, the villian never gets to do this (or even
   cross-dress) but the book is worth reading in its own right.
 
                 *** Short Stories ***

THE NEW GIRL FRIEND - Ruth Rendell 1983
   Winner of the 1983 Edgar Award for best mystery sho