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
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)
The Killing Time (Ali Dawson, #2)
The Last Secret of Lily Adams
The Murder at World's End (Stockingham & Pike, #1)
When the Wolves Are Silent (Sebastian St. Cyr, #21)
The Sicilian Inheritance
Last Twilight in Paris
A Ghastly Catastrophe (Veronica Speedwell, #10)
Land of Dreams
Homecoming
The Heir of Whitestone
Precipice
The Predicament
Grimm Curiosities
A Novel Disguise (A Lady Librarian Mystery #1)
The Missing Pages
The Star from Calcutta (Perveen Mistry, #5)
PIRATE’S ALLEY by Thomas J LevequeAn Unexpected Peril by Deanna RaybournA Wicked Conceit by Anna Lee HuberWhat the Devil Knows by C.S. HarrisMurder at the Royal Botanic Gardens by Andrea Penrose
Historical Mystery 2021
90 books — 76 voters
What the Wind Knows by Amy HarmonFrom Sand and Ash by Amy HarmonIn Farleigh Field by Rhys BowenBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Kindle Unlimited Historical Fiction
208 books — 227 voters

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersWhen Secrets Bloom by Patricia  FurstenbergBlameless by Gail CarrigerBreathe by Sara FujimuraThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
History, Adventure, Romance
148 books — 147 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Best Historical Mystery
2,238 books — 4,727 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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