The Ancient World:
 Saturnalia,* Lindsey Davis
The Poisoner of Ptah: A Story of Intrigue and Murder Set in Ancient Egypt,*
P.C. Doherty
Seven for a Secret,* Mary Reed
Oracle of the Dead,* John Maddox Roberts
The Triumph of Caesar: A Novel of Ancient Rome,* Steven Saylor
Dancing with Demons: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland,* Peter Tremayne
Middle Ages:
 Death of a Squire: A Templar Knight Mystery,* Maureen Ash
The Apostate’s Tale,* Margaret Frazer
The Moneylender of Toulouse: A Fools' Guild Mystery,* Alan Gordon
The Tarnished Chalice,* Susanna Gregory
A Secret and Unlawful Killing: A Mystery of Medieval Ireland, Cora Harrison
The Aviary Gate, Katie Hickman
The Templar, the Queen, and Her Lover,* Michael Jecks
The Witch in the Well, Sharan Newman
Island of Exiles: A Mystery of Early Japan,* I.J. Parker
Prince of Darkness: A Medieval Mystery,* Sharon Kay Penman
The Rose Rent: The Thirteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael,* Ellis Peters
Consolation for an Exile,* Caroline Roe
Forsaken Soul,* Priscilla Royal
16th Century & Elizabethan England:
 The Siren Queen:
An Ursula Blanchard Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I’s Court,* Fiona Buckley
Face Down O’er the Border: A Mystery Featuring Susanna, Lady Appleton, Gentlewoman, Herbalist, Sleuth,* Kathy Lynn Emerson
An Honorable Murderer,* Philip Gooden
The Hooded Hawke: An Elizabeth I Mystery,* Karen Harper
The Princess of Denmark,* Edward Marston
The Queen’s Gambit: A Leonard da Vinci Mystery, Diane A.S. Stuckart
17th Century:
 The Butcher of Smithfield,* Susanna Gregory
Dark Matter: The Private Life of Sir Isaac Newton, Philip Kerr
The Fire Kimono,* Laura Joh Rowland
18th Century:
 Rules of Engagement,* Bruce Alexander
A Treasury of Regrets,* Susanne Alleyn
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade,* Diana Gabaldon
The Thief Taker, Janet Gleeson
A Spectacle of Corruption,* David Liss
The Iron Tongue of Midnight: The Fourth Baroque Mystery,* Beverle Graves Myers
Bone Rattler, Eliot Pattison
19th Century, Including Victorian England:
 Special Assignments: The Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin,* B. Akunin
A Fatal Waltz,* Tasha Alexander
Jane and His Lordship’s Legacy,* Stephanie Barron
The Black Tower, Louis Bayard
The Matters at Mansfield, or, The Crawford Affair: A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery,* Carrie Bebris
Mrs. Jeffries and the Feast of St. Stephen,* Emily Brightwell
Deadly Shoals,* Joan Druett
The Kingdom of Bones, Stephen Gallagher
The Snake Stone,* Jason Goodwin
A Mortal Curiosity,* Ann Granger
Dead Water,* Barbara Hambly
The Black Dove,* Steve Hockensmith
Antietam Assassins,* Michael Kilian
Hangman’s Corner, Peter King
Steeplechase,* Jane Langton
Dead Loss,* Joan Lock
Murder on the Brighton Express,* Edward Marston
A Vengeful Longing: A St. Petersburg Mystery,* R.N. Morris
Buckingham Palace Gardens,* Anne Perry
Dark Assassin,* Anne Perry
The Dark Water: The Strange Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes,* David Pirie
Silent in the Sanctuary: A Lady Julia Grey Mystery,* Deanna Raybourn
The Blackest Bird: A Novel of Murder in Nineteenth-Century New York, Joel Rose
The Tell-Tale Corpse: An Edgar Allen Poe Mystery,* Harold Schechter
City of the Absent,* Robert W. Walker
The Abyssinian Proof,* Jenny B. White
20th Century:
 The Serpent’s Daughter: A Jade del Cameron Mystery,* Suzanne Middendorf Arruda
Tell Me, Pretty Maiden,* Rhys Bowen
A Royal Pain,* Rhys Bowen
Crippen: A Novel of Murder, John Boyne
The Alienist, Caleb Carr
The Drop Edge of Yonder: An Alafair Tucker Mystery,* Donis Casey
Who’s Sorry Now? A Grace & Favor Mystery,* Jill Churchill
Black Hats: A Novel of Wyatt Earp and Al Capone, Patrick Culhane
Indigo Christmas: A Hilda Johansson Mystery,* Jeanne Dams
Swing: A Mystery, Rupert Holmes
In the City of Dark Waters,* Jane Jakeman
Locked Rooms,* Laurie R. King
Shrouds of Holly,* Kate Kingsbury
Sunset and Sawdust, Joe R. Lansdale
The Lost Luggage Porter,* Andrew Martin
The Big Both Ways, John Straley
Murder in Chinatown: A Gaslight Mystery,* Victoria Thompson
Relating to World War I:
 The Blood-Dimmed Tide,* Rennie Airth
Angels in the Gloom,* Anne Perry
A Pale Horse,* Charles Todd
Messenger of Truth: A Maisie Dobbs Novel,* Jacqueline Winspear
Relating to World War II:
 Blood Alone: A Billy Boyle World War II Mystery,* James R. Benn
The 6th Lamentation, William Brodrick
A Deadly Paradise,* Grace Brophy
All the Conspirators, Carlos Bulosan
Sayonaraville,* Curt Colbert
Tallgrass, Sandra Dallas
Without Conscience: A Johnny Hawke Novel,* David Stuart Davies
Two O’Clock, Eastern Wartime, John Dunning
Jitterbug: A Novel of Detroit, Loren D. Estleman
The Last Full Measure: A Katy Green Mystery,* Hal Glatzer
The Winter of Her Discontent,* Kathryn Miller Haines
The Dollmaker,* J. Robert Janes
Too Darn Hot,* Sandra Scoppettone
Wolf Pass,* Steve Thayer
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