Historical Mystery Books
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 ...
Laurie R. King brings readers back in time in her popular series with this special ebook short story, where Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes set out on their ...
By the conclusion of 1918, Russell and Holmes were compelled to escape from England. They made their way into British-controlled Palestine with the ...
Reports about a mysterious "devil dog" prompt Sherlock Holmes and his wife, Mary Russell, to revisit one of his most famous cases. The discovery of miner ...
In the exciting continuation of The Beekeeper's Apprentice, Mary Russell has evolved from a capable apprentice to a proficient detective in her own right. ...
August, 1923 The peaceful atmosphere at the Holmes household in Sussex is disrupted when Dorothy Ruskin, a hobbyist archaeologist from the Holy Land, ...
The Meeting of Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes It was in the year 1914 when a chance encounter brought together a young woman named Mary Russell and a ...
Renowned as one of the top figures in the world of mystery writing, Laurie R. King, a best-selling author of the New York Times, is best known for her series ...
Considered as one of the top figures in the world of mystery fiction, Laurie R. King, a New York Times best-selling author, is best known for her stories ...
Spring 1884 On a sudden decision, Kat Holloway's employer has chosen to have the family Easter dinner at a friend's house in Portman Square. Due to the ...
To save an innocent man’s life, amateur sleuth and cook Kat Holloway must expose a financial scam that could ruin the most powerful aristocrats in ...
In Victorian-era London, amateur sleuth and cook Kat Holloway must solve a murder to claim an inheritance she didn’t know she had in a riveting new ...
When Kat Holloway asks Lady Bobby Perry and Judith Townsend for help in uncovering the activities of a young nobleman at a gentlemen's club, Bobby readily ...
Intrepid cook Kat Holloway puts aside her apron to delve into Victorian London’s high society and catch a killer in this thrilling new mystery from the New ...
A new upstairs, downstairs Victorian murder mystery in the Kat Holloway series from the New York Times bestselling author of Death in Kew Gardens.
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.