Historical Mystery

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, and the central plot involves the solving of a mystery or crime (usually murder). Though 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. ...more

New Releases Tagged "Historical Mystery"

A Ghastly Catastrophe (Veronica Speedwell, #10)

The Star from Calcutta (Perveen Mistry, #5)

A Day of Judgment (Inspector Ian Rutledge #25)

Who Killed The Earl of Moran? (Casebook of Barnaby Adair #13)

Never Spar with a Viscount (Secret Society of Governess Spies, #3)

Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin (Enola Holmes #10)

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When the Wolves Are Silent (Sebastian St. Cyr, #21)

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The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

Stately Home mysteries

216 books — 108 voters

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Best SA-Free Historical Mysteries (set and/or written prior to 1970).

53 books — 26 voters

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

Sleuths in Silks

252 books — 87 voters

The House of Velvet and Glass by Katherine Howe

Victorian Spiritualism Fiction

114 books — 77 voters

A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn

In This Grave Hour by Jacqueline Winspear

Most Anticipated Historical Mysteries for 2017

116 books — 184 voters

Favorite Georgette Heyer Book!

76 books — 811 voters

Historical Mystery Books

What Angels Fear (Sebastian St. Cyr, #1)

A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell, #1)

Silent in the Grave (Lady Julia Grey, #1)

Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

The Anatomist's Wife (Lady Darby Mystery, #1)

A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock, #1)

Silent in the Sanctuary (Lady Julia Grey, #2)

Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1)

Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #1)

Murder on Astor Place (Gaslight Mystery, #1)

The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #1)

Murder on Black Swan Lane (Wrexford & Sloane, #1)

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Quotes Tagged “Historical Mystery”

“ In the wee small hours, California Highway One north of Half Moon Bay is about as desolate as it gets. The narrow, twisting road was etched from sheer cliff faces that towered above me on the right and dropped away a hundred feet to the Pacific Ocean on my left. A soggy wool blanket of San Francisco's famous fog hung a few feet above the roadway, obscuring the stars and dribbling tiny spots of mist on my windshield. My headlights bored through the gap between road and fog, drilling an endless t ...more ”
― H.P. Oliver, Goodnight, San Francisco

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