History & Mystery discussion

Here is a topic for member Authors to tell us about their books they have writen. The books don't have to fit in the genre but hopefully you can make a connection.

My _Habitual Offenders: A True Tale of Nuns, Prostitutes, and Murderers in 17th-century Italy_ came out last year. It's non-fiction (but so is _The Devil and the White City_, which I find on the group's list--and which I would love to have written!). HOs is about 2 reformed-prostitutes-turned-nun who flee the convent in 1644. Fifteen months later their remarkably preserved corpses are discovered across town, buried in a wine-cellar. The resulting investigation eventually reaches from Rome and the papal court to France and the court of Louis XIV.

I'm currently working on another history-mystery (non-fiction): in 1659 a couple dozen widows are caught in Rome, having poisoned their husbands, usually to escape impossible life situations (a 17th-century _Divorce Italian Style_, but in reverse).

I consistently read fictional history-mysteries, partly in search of writing strategies that might work for me. In the last few weeks that includes just about everything by Philip Kerr, on your "currently reading" list.
Craig

Sounds like a good read Craig.

HOs is historical NON-fiction (but at times seems "stranger than fiction"). If anybody has the time and inclination to take a look at it and perhaps concoct a review, send me an email (dinetsosi@hotmail.com) and I could forward a pdf of the uncorrected proofs. (Maybe also include some sort of message in the email so that I know you're not a robot!)
Craig

I have another book on here that is non-fiction The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective Look under the discussions this is non-fiction. It is nonfiction that reads as fiction. It is about an early English detective who is the basis for many of the fictional detectives. Your book does sound like a good read. I haven't started to read the Philip Kerr book yet but plan to eventually.

Came across a new (to me) Australian crime writer last week, Alan Carter.
Ned Kelly award winner, I'm half way through his first book, Prime Cut the first in a three part police series.

I will check out that writer Julian. Back to the topic of true crime that is a fascinating as fiction I just read an article about the new book Killers of the Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by New Yourer writer, David Rann. Came on here to put it in my Want to Read list.

I'm looking for a couple of books on the murder committed by Anne Perry and her friend when they were 15.
I was searching for reviews of her historical crime fiction and came across them.
Sounds like she had some real life experience in killing people.