Historical Mysteries
- Clynes, Michael. series set in England in time of Henry VIII)
- Davies, Lindsey. Silver Pigs. (About a P.I. in
Vespasian's Rome. Should be read in order and this is the first.)
- Eco, Umberto. Name of the Rose. (Set in 1327 in a
Benedictine monastery)
- Hilgartner, Beth. A Murder for Her Majesty. (Elizabeth
I)
- King, Laurie R. The Beekeeper's Apprentice; Monstrous
Regiment of Women. (Sherlock Holmes pastiches)
- Newman, Sharan. Death Comes as Epiphany; The Devil's Door;
The Wandering Arm; Strong as Death. (Crusades)
- Penman, Sharon Kay. Queen's Man. (Medieval England)
- Perry, Anne. (series of mysteries set in Victorian London.)
- Peters, Elizabeth. Amelia Peabody series. (Victorian
archaeologist)
- Peters, Ellis. A Morbid Taste for Bones. (Brother
Cadfael mysteries set in medieval times.)
- Roberts, John Maddox. "SPQR" series. (Roman setting)
- Robinson, Lynda. Lord Meren series. (King Tut's Egypt)
- Sedley, Kate. Roger the Chapman series (1200s England)
- Tey, Josephine. The Daughter of Time. (Richard III)
- Tremain, Peter. Sister Fidelma series (600 A.D.
Ireland)
- And this Internet Site:
Historical
Mystery Fiction (Searchable by author or era.)
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