Even imperfect Doris Egan is well worth reading.
All tagged mystery
House of Illusion by Nicola Devon
No fantasy, no fun.
Tea with the Black Dragon by RA MacAvoy
“A most odd and engaging fantasy.” This is how Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine described Tea with the Black Dragon.
I feel like I was justified expecting Tea With The Black Dragon to be a fantasy novel.
Those Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly
Barbara Hambly is what started me down my Forgotten Female Fantasy path, so it only seems right that I read a book of hers that I didn’t know existed: a murder-mystery urban-fantasy set in Victorian London. [...]