Historical Mystery Books

The third in the Electra McDonnell series from Edgar-nominated author Ashley Weaver, Playing It Safe is a delightful World War II mystery filled with spies, ...

The second in the Electra McDonnell series from Edgar-nominated author Ashley Weaver, The Key to Deceit, is a delightful World War II mystery filled with ...

The first in the Electra McDonnell series from Edgar-nominated author Ashley Weaver, set in England during World War II, A Peculiar Combination is a ...

The Agatha Award-winning mystery inspired by the Wright Brothers’ real-life sister!

Inspector Ian Rutledge of Scotland Yard embarks on a journey to the rugged coastline of England to investigate a murder in a place where the memory of WWI ...

Mary Russell is faced with a test of her allegiances when her long-lost uncle reappears—and brings with him a case that even Sherlock Holmes couldn't ...

The final chapter of the Electra McDonnell series follows safecracker Ellie as she embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue a group of escaped POWs in World ...

The equally brilliant real-life sister of the famous flying Wright Brothers, Katharine Wright, investigates an unsettling death at the 1904 World's Fair in ...

From the author of The Ashes of London, comes a new historical mystery set in the last days of WWII'Ten out of ten' The Times

Private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn are thrust into the dangerous world of Victorian England when powerful forces conspire to seize ...

Living in Greece at the turn of the twentieth century, widow Minnie Harper struggles to find her place in a swiftly changing world. But when a local woman is ...

May, 1941. In the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral, the body of senior chorister Edwin Roberts is discovered, brutally murdered. Detective Chief Inspector Coburg ...

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.