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

The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives
Daughter of Egypt
The Dreadfuls
A Ghastly Catastrophe (Veronica Speedwell, #10)
Ruby Falls
The Star from Calcutta (Perveen Mistry, #5)
A Love Most Daring (Bow Street #3)
Heiress of Nowhere
A Day of Judgment (Inspector Ian Rutledge #25)
The Harvey Girl
Who Killed The Earl of Moran? (Casebook of Barnaby Adair #13)
Never Spar with a Viscount (Secret Society of Governess Spies, #3)
The Fourth Princess
The Heir of Whitestone
Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin (Enola Holmes #10)
When the Wolves Are Silent (Sebastian St. Cyr, #21)
The Last Secret of Lily Adams
The Murder at World's End (Stockingham & Pike, #1)
The Sicilian Inheritance
Last Twilight in Paris
A Ghastly Catastrophe (Veronica Speedwell, #10)
Homecoming
The Heir of Whitestone
Woman on Fire
The Lost Heiress: A Novel
The Predicament
The Missing Pages
Precipice
The Lost Masterpiece
The Museum Detective
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristieThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieIn the Lonely Hours by Shannon  MorganThe Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Stately Home mysteries
216 books — 108 voters
My Lady Jane by Cynthia HandWitchfall by Victoria LambMary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn MeyerBeware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn MeyerElizabeth I by Kathryn Lasky
YA & Middle Grade Tudor Fiction
131 books — 51 voters

PIRATE’S ALLEY by Thomas J LevequeStillhouse Lake by Rachel CaineVerity by Colleen HooverThe Roads Chosen by Ben CarlyleKillman Creek by Rachel Caine
Kindle Unlimited Mysteries and Thrillers
110 books — 102 voters
Mary, Queen of Scots by Kathryn LaskyThe Wild Queen by Carolyn MeyerSpy for the Queen of Scots by Theresa BreslinMy Contrary Mary by Cynthia HandThe Prophecy by Lily Blake
Mary, Teen of Scots
23 books — 17 voters

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)
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
The Anatomist's Wife (Lady Darby Mystery, #1)
And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily, #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)
Murder on Astor Place (Gaslight Mystery, #1)
Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #1)
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #1)
Murder on Black Swan Lane (Wrexford & Sloane, #1)
When Gods Die (Sebastian St. Cyr, #2)

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