Mysteries With A History
Crime set in another place and time
(2008)

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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