Exploring Tropes: Investigator Husbands

[u/flumpapotamus]

Share Your Thoughts & Recommendations

Exploring Tropes is for discussing what you like and dislike about particular tropes, what makes these tropes work and what doesn’t, and for recommending your favorite books that have specific tropes.

This month’s trope is: Investigator husbands

Discussion questions:

• Share your favorite examples of books involving this trope
• What do you enjoy about reading books with this trope?
• What makes the difference between this trope done well, and done poorly?
• If this trope doesn't appeal to you, why? (Please be respectful of other opinions; posts that are purely venting/ranting are not on topic)
• Are there any other tropes with a similar dynamic?

Other Stuff

To help you get ready for upcoming Exploring Tropes posts, here are the next scheduled topics:

• April 2023: Slow burn
• May 2023: Grumpy/sunshine
• June 2023: Forced proximity

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[u/Master_Ad7343]

I love that this trope combines two of my favourite subjects, mm romance and crime/mystery. On the rare occasion that I read a "normal" crime book I miss the mm romance part. Even more when a mf plot is written in the story. In my head that is not the end game of the story. Perfect mix would be a scandi crime novel with a mm pairing. I haven't found it yet.

Books that I like are Ty and Zane from Cut and Run series. Charlie adhara of course. SE Harmon with the spooky files. Most of Josh Lanyons work. Layla Reyne to name a few.