Historical Mystery Books

1895. When the newly named 'Museum Detectives' are tasked with looking into intentional destruction of a dinosaur skeleton at the Natural History Museum, ...

London, 1896. Madame Tussauds opens to find one of its nightwatchmen decapitated and his colleague nowhere to be found. To the police, the case seems simple: ...

A dark and chilling scene of homicide in the streets of Victorian London. In the year 1897, the bustling city of London is left in disbelief upon hearing ...

London, 1899. The foundation stone is laid by Queen Victoria for The Victoria and Albert Museum. The dead body of curator Andrew Page is discovered, ...

London, 1899. An alarming murder has been uncovered in the very heart of the Tower of London. The lifeless body of a Yeoman Warder has been discovered within ...

Paris, 1899. Abigail Wilson has been invited by Professor Alphonse Flamand, a renowned French Professor of Archaeology, to participate in an excavation in ...

Brave Rosie Montague is the bold and daring heroine of a delightful novella, featuring a refreshing premise. She is the eldest daughter of Romeo and Juliet, ...

Featuring the eldest daughter of Romeo and Juliet, 20-year-old Rosie Montague, this novella boasts a refreshing premise and a daring heroine. Rosie is a ...

Fair Verona celebrates the most joyful Christmas season in all of this flat earth, and for spirited20-year-old Rosie Montague, sleuth and daughter of Romeo ...

Knives Out meets Bridgerton in Fair Verona, as New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd kicks off a frothy, irreverent, witty new series with an ...

The eldest daughter of Romeo and Juliet, known for her irreverent nature, is back to solve mysteries in Verona. This historical series is not only hugely ...

1895. Daniel Wilson, a former detective from Scotland Yard known for his work on the Jack the Ripper case, teams up with his archaeologist partner Abigail ...

1895. In the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, a senior executive was discovered dead in his office with a gunshot wound between his eyes and a pistol nearby. ...

1894. The British Museum is shocked by the death of Professor Lance Pickering in a gentlemen's convenience cubicle, with the stall locked from the inside. ...

Having gained fame for his work in investigating the notorious Jack the Ripper case, retired Detective Inspector Daniel Wilson is now a well-known figure. ...

Rome, 1900. A decade and a half ago, Abigail Wilson embarked on an archaeological excavation at the Colosseum as she began her career. Now, she returns to ...

Description

The historical mystery or historical whodunit is a subgenre of two literary genres: historical fiction and mystery fiction. These works are set in a time period considered historical from the author’s perspective, with the central plot revolving around solving a mystery or crime (typically murder). Although works combining these genres have existed since at least the early 1900s, many credit Ellis Peters’s Cadfael Chronicles (1977–1994) for popularizing what would become known as the historical mystery.