The 5th Gender: A Tinkered Stars Mystery - Tinkered Stars, #1

A species that has no word for murder has a murderer aboard their spaceship!New York Times bestselling romantic comedy author Gail Carriger (writing as G. L. Carriger) brings you a cozy sci-fi mystery featuring an adorable lavender alien with noodly hair and his human crush. ALIENTristol lives in exile. But he's built a life for himself aboard a massive space station. He's even begun to understand the complex nuances of human courting rituals.
Detective Hastion is finally flirting back!MURDERExcept that Tristol's beloved adopted home is unexpectedly contacted by the galoi - a xenophobic species with five genders, purple skin, and serious attitude. They need the help of a detective because there's a murderer aboard their spaceship. Murder is so rare, the galoi don't even have a word for it. Tristol knows this because he is galoi. ROMANCEWhich means that he and Detective Hastion are on the case.
together."This is a fun, funny, sexy book, and I'm so happy it exists. It hits you in the feels, makes you laugh and cry, and makes you think about matters of family, kin, and the heart." ~ Bookriot Delicate Sensibilities? Contains men who love other men in graphic detail, regardless of gender, biology, or skin color... and lots of emotively sexy tentacle hair. May be too fluffy for fragile hearts.
Perfect for fans of Becky Chambers, Travis Baldree, or Lyn Gala. Also by G L Carriger The San Andreas Shifter series (start with The Sumage Solution)As Gail Carriger Tinkered Starsong (same universe, start with Divinity 36)Crudrat (same universe)The Curious Case of the Werewolf that Wasn't The Finishing School series (start with Etiquette & Espionage)The Delightfully Deadly novellasThe Parasol Protectorate series (start with Soulless)The Supernatural Society novellasThe Custard Protocol series (start with Prudence)The Claw & Courtship novellas