Historical Mystery Books

1925. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes return to their residence and discover a stone with an inscription matching the name they encountered in the Tokyo ...

In a strange room in Morocco, Mary Russell is grappling with a urgent mystery: Who am I? She wakes up with shadows in her mind, blood on her hands, and ...

In the young silent-film industry of England, the egotistical Randolph Fflytte reigns supreme. However, at the behest of Scotland Yard, Mary Russell is ...

Sherlock Holmes is battling a deep sense of despair as he wanders the Sussex Downs, on a quest to find wild bees. Despite the turmoil of the Great War just ...

Beginning with a problem in one of Holmes' beloved beehives, the situation quickly escalated into involvement with a murderous cult, culminating in a daring ...

Laurie R. King's bestselling mystery series featuring Mary Russell and her husband and partner, Sherlock Holmes, is beloved by readers and acclaimed by ...

In a case that will strain their relationship, Mary Russell must assist in rectifying the biggest failure of her legendary husband's past - a personal defeat ...

Hours after Holmes and Russell return from solving the enigmatic puzzle of The Moor, a bloodied stranger who seems oddly familiar desperately pounds on their ...

Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock Holmes are back in Laurie R. King's highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling mystery series. And this time the first ...

Come with Seb Foxley, Rose, and their mysterious companion Kit, a priest with a mysterious past, as they accompany a diverse group of pilgrims on a ...

It’s May 1480 in the City of London. Following the discovery of a nun’s body in a newly-opened tomb by workmen, Seb Foxley, a skilled artist and bookseller, ...

Money worries plague every Londoner, including the talented artist and occasional detective, Seb Foxley. As fellow craftsmen with debts meet grizzly fates, ...

The eighth Sebastian Foxley medieval murder mystery from bestselling author Toni Mount takes us deep into a dark world once again.

The next installment in the Sebastian Foxley Medieval Mystery series by Toni Mount is a short story filled with intrigue. As the people of medieval London ...

The third installment in the Sebastian Foxley Medieval Murder Mystery series is written by Toni Mount. In the winter streets of medieval London, a sinister ...

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.