Historical Mystery Books

London is a dangerous place, whether you are a prince or a commoner. In February 1478, a wealthy merchant is murdered by an intruder and a royal duke passes ...

The second Sebastian Foxley Medieval Mystery by Toni Mount. A short story. In medieval London, a wedding should be a joyous event, especially with a royal ...

The first book in the Sebastian Foxley Medieval Mystery Series is written by Toni Mount. The dark and dangerous streets of medieval London are filled with ...

Midsummer in medieval London is usually a time of celebration, but for many, there is little cause for joy. The streets are haunted by death as the plague ...

Introducing the Fitzglens and their theatre of thieves in this captivating gothic mystery! "Superb . . . Lovers of British historical mysteries with a touch ...

Once again, the cunning Fitzglen family is back with another elaborate plan! The second part of the captivating Theatre of Thieves gothic mystery series ...

A perplexing enigma lures the thieving Fitzglen family back to a shocking crime committed during the time of Catherine the Great in the third installment of ...

The macabre murder of a prominent nobleman throws an already unsettled London into chaos in this electrifying new historical mystery by the USA Today ...

Sebastian St. Cyr must confront a savage killer and save his closest friend from the hangman’s noose in this heart-pounding new historical mystery from the ...

Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, has spent years unraveling his family’s tragic history. But the secrets of his past will come to light in this gripping ...

A seemingly idyllic summer picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen years earlier in this rivetingnew historical mystery from ...

The death of a fiendish nobleman strikes close to home as Sebastian St. Cyr is tasked with finding the killer to save his young cousin from persecution in ...

A brutal murder draws nobleman Sebastian St. Cyr into the tangled web of the British royal court in this gripping historical mystery from the national ...

Sebastian St. Cyr thought a notorious killer had been brought to justice until a shocking series of gruesome new murders stuns the city in this thrilling ...

Sebastian St. Cyr investigates the mysterious life and death of a nobleman convicted of murder in this enthralling new historical mystery from the USA ...

Sebastian St. Cyr is drawn into a murder investigation in a deceptively peaceful English village in this gripping historical mystery from the national ...

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.