Historical Mysteries

Author:

(Listed alphabetically by author’s last name)

-A-

Alexander, Tasha:

Death in the Floating City (Reviewed 12/9/2012; 4 stars)
Behind the Shattered Glass (Reviewed 10/22/2013; 3.5 stars)
The Counterfeit Heiress (Reviewed 3/4/2015; 2 stars)
The Adventuress (Reviewed 11/21/2015; 3.5 stars)
A Terrible Beauty (Reviewed 3/21/2017; 2.5 stars)

Arlen, Tessa:

Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman (Reviewed 1/13/2015; 4 stars)

Ashford, Lindsay:

The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen (Reviewed 9/11/2013; 1.5 stars)

Ashley, Jennifer:

Scandal Above Stairs (Reviewed 12/6/2021; 2.5 stars)

-B-

Barron, Stephanie:

Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas (Reviewed 7/24/2016; 3 stars)
Jane and the Waterloo Map (Reviewed 8/1/2016; 3.5 stars)
Jane and the Year Without a Summer (Reviewed 12/10/2021; 3 stars)

Bebris, Carrie:

The Suspicion at Sanditon (Or, the Disappearance of Lady Denham) (Reviewed 10/5/2015; 3.5 stars)

Blake, Robin:

Dark Waters (Reviewed 9/13/2013; 5 stars)
The Hidden Man (Reviewed 12/8/2016; 5 stars)

Bleiweiss, Rick:

Pignon Scorbion & the Barbershop Detectives (Reviewed 3/31/2022; 3 stars)

Bourland, Fabrice:

The Baker Street Phantom (Reviewed 10/25/2015; 2.5 stars)

Bowen, Rhys:

The Twelve Clues of Christmas (Reviewed 1/13/2013; 4 stars)
The Family Way (Reviewed 6/3/2013; 4 stars)
City of Darkness and Light (Reviewed 5/7/2014; 5 stars)
The Edge of Dreams (Reviewed 3/4/2015; 5+ stars)
Malice at the Palace (Reviewed 8/22/2015; 5+ stars)
Away in a Manger (Reviewed 12/8/2015; 4.5 stars)
Time of Fog and Fire (Reviewed 4/8/2016; 5+ stars)
Crowned and Dangerous (Reviewed 8/16/2016; 4.5 stars)
God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen (Reviewed 12/13/2021; 5+ stars)
Wild Irish Rose (Reviewed 1/6/2022; 4 stars)

Bradley, Alan:

Speaking from Among the Bones (Reviewed 1/27/2013; 5+ stars)
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Reviewed 10/17/2016; 3.5 stars)
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d (Reviewed 10/29/2016; 5 stars)

Brady, Conor:

A June of Ordinary Murders (Reviewed 7/19/2015; 4 stars)

Brody, Frances:

A Medal for Murder (Reviewed 2/10/2013; 2.5 stars)
Murder in the Afternoon (Reviewed 1/26/2015; 4.5 stars)
A Woman Unknown (Reviewed 4/20/2015; 4.5 stars)

Broyles, Clare:

Wild Irish Rose (Reviewed 1/6/2022′ 4 stars)

-C-

Calkins, Susanna:

A Murder at Rosamund’s Gate (Reviewed 4/24/2013; 4.5 stars)
From the Charred Remains (Reviewed 5/20/2015; 5+ stars)
The Masque of a Murderer (Reviewed 5/25/2015; 4.5 stars)

Cameron, Kenneth:

Winter at Death’s Hotel (Reviewed 10/7/2013; 3.5 stars)

Carmack, Amanda:

Murder at Hatfield House (Reviewed 10/10/2013; 4 stars)
Murder at Westminster Abbey (Reviewed 4/11/2014; 2 stars)
Murder in the Queen’s Garden (Reviewed 4/10/2015; 3 stars)

Carr, Carol K.:

India Black and the Shadows of Anarchy (Reviewed 2/27/2013; 5 stars)
India Black and the Gentleman Thief (Reviewed 2/28/2014; 5 stars)

Collier, Ellen Mansoor:

Flappers, Flasks and Foul Play (Reviewed 7/4/2013; 4.5 stars)
Bathing Beauties, Booze and Bullets (Reviewed 7/6/2013; 5+ stars)
Gold-Diggers, Gamblers and Guns (Reviewed 6/1/2014; 5+ stars)
Vamps, Villains and Vaudeville (Reviewed 8/3/2015; 5 stars)

-D-

Dallas, Sandra:

Fallen Women (Reviewed 3/5/2014; 4 stars)

-E-

Emerson, Kathy Lynn:

Murder in the Queen’s Wardrobe (Reviewed 4/17/2016; 4.5 stars)

-F-

Faye, Lyndsay:

Seven For a Secret (Reviewed 2/18/2014; 5+ stars)

Finch, Charles:

A Death in the Small Hours (Reviewed 1/3/2013; 4.5 stars)
An Old Betrayal (Reviewed 10/4/2013; 4.5 stars)
The Laws of Murder (Reviewed 2/2/2015; 2.5 stars)

Flint, W. H.:

Hot Time (Reviewed 3/15/2022; 5 stars)

Freydont, Shelley:

A Gilded Grave (Reviewed 8/5/2015; 5+ stars)
A Golden Cage (Reviewed 6/14/2016; 5+ stars)

-G-

Gallagher, Stephen:

The Bedlam Detective (Reviewed 9/22/2012; 4.5 stars)

Gardner, John:

The Return of Moriarty (Reviewed 12/5/2012; 4.5 stars)
The Revenge of Moriarty (Reviewed 12/8/2012; 4.5 stars)

Goldberg, Leonard:

The Blue Diamond (Reviewed 11/8/2022; 3.5 stars)

Gordon-Smith, Dolores:

Frankie’s Letter (Reviewed 4/6/2013; 1.5 stars)

Grant, Teresa:

Imperial Scandal (Reviewed 7/22/2013; 5+ stars)
The Paris Affair (Reviewed 7/28/2013; 4.5 stars)

Grecian, Alex:

The Black Country (Reviewed 8/25/2013; 1.5 stars)

Greenwood, Kerry:

The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions (Reviewed 2/18/2022; 3 stars)

Grossack, Victoria:

The Highbury Murders (Reviewed 5/20/2013; 4.5 stars)

-H-

Hare, Louise:

Miss Aldridge Regrets (Reviewed 1/9/2023; 5 stars)

Harris, Tessa:

The Anatomist’s Apprentice (Reviewed 2/1/2013; 2.5 stars)

Herriman, Nancy:

No Comfort for the Lost (Reviewed 9/28/2015; 3.5 stars)

Hodgson, Antonia:

The Devil in the Marshalsea (Reviewed 9/16/2014; 4 stars)

Huber, Anna Lee:

The Anatomist’s Wife (Reviewed 6/13/2015; 4.5 stars)
Mortal Arts (Reviewed 6/15/2015; 4.5 stars)
A Grave Matter (Reviewed 6/18/2015; 3.5 stars)
A Study in Death (Reviewed 8/14/2015; 4.5 stars)

-J-

Jacques, Jacqueline:

The Illusion of Innocence (Reviewed 12/1/2015; 4 stars)

-K-

Khavari, Kate:

A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poisons (Reviewed 1/6/2022; 4.5 stars)

King, Laurie R.:

Garment of Shadows (Reviewed 9/24/2012; 2 stars)

-L-

Langley-Hawthorne, Clare:

Consequences of Sin (Reviewed 9/8/2014; 3.5 stars)
The Serpent and the Scorpion (Reviewed 9/11/2014; 4.5 stars)
Unlikely Traitors (Reviewed 9/21/2014; 4 stars)

Lloyd, Catherine:

Death Comes to the Village (Reviewed 11/19/2014; 4 stars)
Death Comes to London (Reviewed 11/24/2014; 5 stars)

Loan-Wilsey, Anna:

A Lack of Temperance (Reviewed 9/30/2012; 4 stars)
Anything But Civil (Reviewed 5/1/2015; 3.5 stars)
A Sense of Entitlement (Reviewed 7/22/2015; 5 stars)
A Deceptive Homecoming (Reviewed 8/1/2015; 4 stars)
A March to Remember (Reviewed 10/6/2016; 4 stars)

-M-

MacKeever, Maggie:

Fair Lady, Masked (Reviewed 11/14/2022; 1.5 stars)

MacNeal, Susan Elia:

Princess Elizabeth’s Spy (Reviewed 10/10/2012; 4 stars)
His Majesty’s Hope (Reviewed 6/21/2014; 2.5 stars)

Maitland, K. J.:

The Drowned City (Reviewed 3/25/2022; 3.5 stars)

Maxwell, Alyssa:

Murder at the Breakers (Reviewed 5/28/2014; 5+ stars)
Murder at Marble House (Reviewed 7/2/2014; 5+ stars)
Murder at Beechwood (Reviewed 5/11/2015; 5+ stars)
Murder at Rough Point (Reviewed 9/12/2016; 5+ stars)

McCoy, Max:

Of Grave Concern (Reviewed 10/14/2013; 1.5 stars)

McMillan, Rachel:

The Bachelor Girl’s Guide to Murder (Reviewed 5/8/2016; 3.5 stars)

McPherson, Catriona:

In Place of Fear (Reviewed: 11/11/2022; 4 stars)

Montclair, Allison:

A Rogue’s Company (Reviewed 12/3/2021; 5+ stars)

Morrell, David:

Murder as a Fine Art (Reviewed 8/4/2013; 5+ stars)
Inspector of the Dead (Reviewed 11/13/2016; 5+ stars)

Moyer, Jaime Lee:

Delia’s Shadow (Reviewed 12/12/2013; 5+ stars)
A Barricade in Hell (Reviewed 12/13/2014; 3.5 stars)

Muller, Marcia:

The Bughouse Affair (Reviewed 1/22/2013; 4 stars)
The Spook Lights Affair (Reviewed 12/9/2013; 1.5 stars)

Murphy, J.J.:

Murder Your Darlings (Reviewed 6/12/2013; 5+ stars)
You Might as Well Die (Reviewed 6/15/2013; 5+ stars)
A Friendly Game of Murder (Reviewed 6/17/2013; 5+ stars)

-P-

Parker, Kate:

The Vanishing Thief (Reviewed 2/5/2014; 1.5 stars)
Deadly Scandal (Reviewed 3/8/2016; 5+ stars)

Penrose, Andrea:

Recipe for Treason (Reviewed 12/18/2012; 4 stars)

Perry, Anne:

A Sunless Sea (Reviewed 9/28/2012; 5 stars)
Midnight at Marble Arch (Reviewed 8/19/2013; 4 stars)
Blind Justice (Reviewed 10/13/2013; 2 stars)
Death on Blackheath (Reviewed 4/27/2014; 3 stars)
Triple Jeopardy (Reviewed 11/23/2021; 4.5 stars)
A Question of Betrayal (Reviewed 12/21/2021; 2.5 stars)
One Fatal Flaw (Reviewed 1/21/2022; 2.5 stars)
Death with a Double Edge (Reviewed 1/26/2022; 4.5 stars)
Three Debts Paid (Reviewed 7/18/2022; 3.5 stars)

Poole, Sara:

The Borgia Mistress (Reviewed 1/9/2013; 2 stars)

Pronzini, Bill:

The Bughouse Affair (Reviewed 1/22/2013; 4 stars)
The Spook Lights Affair (Reviewed 12/9/2013; 1.5 stars)

Pryor, Mark:

Die Around Sundown (Reviewed 8/30/2022; 4 stars)

-R-

Robertson, Imogen:

Island of Bones (Reviewed 11/13/2012; 1.5 stars)
Circle of Shadows (Reviewed 8/9/2014; 1 star)

Rock, Judith:

A Plague of Lies (Reviewed 11/25/2012; 3.5 stars)
The Whispering of Bones (Reviewed 5/5/2014; 2.5 stars)

Runcie, James:

Sidney Chambers and the Perils of the Night (Reviewed 8/14/2013; 4 stars)

Rutherford, Anne:

The Opening Night Murder (Reviewed 5/11/2014; 1 star)

-S-

Schellman, Katharine:

The Body in the Garden (Reviewed 1/24/2022; 5+ stars)

Shepherd, Lynn:

A Fatal Likeness (Reviewed 9/25/2014; 1 star)

Slan, Joanna Campbell:

Death of a Schoolgirl (Reviewed 11/29/2012; 5 stars)
Death of a Dowager (Reviewed 5/7/2013; 5+ stars)

Slayton, Anthony:

A Most Efficient Murder (Reviewed 3/7/2022; 4 stars)

Smith, Tom Rob:

Child 44 (Reviewed 12/30/2012; 5+ stars)

Starr, Mel:

The Tainted Coin (Reviewed 12/21/2014; 3 stars)
Rest Not in Peace (Reviewed 12/23/2014; 3.5 stars)
The Abbot’s Agreement (Reviewed 12/25/2014; 4 stars)

St. James, Simone:

An Inquiry into Love and Death (Reviewed 6/9/2013; 4 stars)
The Other Side of Midnight (Reviewed 6/25/2015; 2 stars)

-T-

Thomas, Sam:

The Midwife’s Tale (Reviewed 1/6/2013; 3.5 stars)
The Harlot’s Tale (Reviewed 3/11/2014; 5 stars)
The Witch Hunter’s Tale (Reviewed 3/17/2015; 3 stars)

Thomas, Sherry:

A Study in Scarlet Women (Reviewed 11/28/2016; 4.5 stars)

Thompson, Victoria:

Murder in Chelsea (Reviewed 6/6/2013; 5 stars)
Murder in Murray Hill (Reviewed 5/11/2014; 5 stars)
Murder on Amsterdam Avenue (Reviewed 5/7/2015; 5+ stars)
Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue (Reviewed 11/27/2015; 5+ stars)
Murder on Wall Street (Reviewed 11/10/2021; 4.5 stars)
Murder on Madison Square (Reviewed 8/4/2022; 5 stars)

Tobin, Sophia:

The Silversmith’s Wife (Reviewed 5/25/2014; 1.5 stars)

Todd, Charles:

A Duty to the Dead (Reviewed 9/18/2013; 4.5 stars)
An Impartial Witness (Reviewed 9/21/2013; 4 stars)
A Bitter Truth (Reviewed 9/25/2013; 4 stars)
An Unmarked Grave (Reviewed 9/29/2013; 2.5 stars)
A Question of Honor (Reviewed 10/27/2013; 5 stars)

Trent, Christine:

Lady of Ashes (Reviewed 4/28/2013; 4.5 stars)
Stolen Remains (Reviewed 2/12/2015; 3 stars)
A Virtuous Death (Reviewed 2/18/2015; 2 stars)
The Mourning Bells (Reviewed 6/2/2015; 1.5 stars)
Death at the Abbey (Reviewed 1/3/2016; 2.5 stars)

-U-

Upson, Nicola:

Fear in the Sunlight (reviewed 11/18/2013; 1 star)

-W-

Weaver, Ashley:

Murder at the Brightwell (Reviewed 11/9/2015; 4 stars)
Death Wears a Mask (Reviewed 11/16/2015; 4 stars)
The Key to Deceit (Reviewed 6/20/2022; 4.5 stars)

Winspear, Jacqueline:

Leaving Everything Most Loved (Reviewed 6/22/2013; 4 stars)

-Y-

Young, Felicity:

The Anatomy of Death (Reviewed 7/31/2013; 2.5 stars)
Antidote to Murder (Reviewed 8/2/2013; 4 stars)

Time Period:

(By Century)

-20th Century-

The Bedlam Detective (Reviewed 9/22/2012; 4.5 stars)
Garment of Shadows (Reviewed 9/24/2012; 2 stars)
Princess Elizabeth’s Spy (Reviewed 10/10/2012; 4 stars)
Child 44 (Reviewed 12/30/2012; 5+ stars)
The Twelve Clues of Christmas (Reviewed 1/13/2013; 4 stars)
Speaking from Among the Bones (Reviewed 1/27/2013; 5+ stars)
A Medal for Murder (Reviewed 2/10/2013; 2.5 stars)
Frankie’s Letter (Reviewed 4/6/2013; 1.5 stars)
The Family Way (Reviewed 6/3/2013; 4 stars)
An Inquiry into Love and Death (Reviewed 6/9/2013; 4 stars)
Murder Your Darlings (Reviewed 6/12/2013; 5+ stars)
You Might as Well Die (Reviewed 6/15/2013; 5+ stars)
A Friendly Game of Murder (Reviewed 6/17/2013; 5+ stars)
Leaving Everything Most Loved (Reviewed 6/22/2013; 4 stars)
Flappers, Flasks and Foul Play (Reviewed 7/4/2013; 4.5 stars)
Bathing Beauties, Booze and Bullets (Reviewed 7/6/2013; 5+ stars)
The Anatomy of Death (Reviewed 7/31/2013; 2.5 stars)
Antidote to Murder (Reviewed 8/2/2013; 4 stars)
Sidney Chambers and the Perils of the Night (Reviewed 8/14/2013; 4 stars)
A Duty to the Dead (Reviewed 9/18/2013; 4.5 stars)
An Impartial Witness (Reviewed 9/21/2013; 4 stars)
A Bitter Truth (Reviewed 9/25/2013; 4 stars)
An Unmarked Grave (Reviewed 9/29/2013; 2.5 stars)
A Question of Honor (Reviewed 10/27/2013; 5 stars)
Fear in the Sunlight (Reviewed 11/18/2013; 1 star)
Delia’s Shadow (Reviewed 12/12/2013; 5+ stars)
City of Darkness and Light (Reviewed 5/7/2014; 5 stars)
Gold-Diggers, Gamblers and Guns (Reviewed 6/1/2014; 5+ stars)
His Majesty’s Hope (Reviewed 6/21/2014; 2.5 stars)
Consequences of Sin (Reviewed 9/8/2014; 3.5 stars)
The Serpent and the Scorpion (Reviewed 9/11/2014; 4.5 stars)
A Barricade in Hell (Reviewed 12/13/2014; 3.5 stars)
Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman (Reviewed 1/13/2015; 4 stars)
Murder in the Afternoon (Reviewed 1/26/2015; 4.5 stars)
The Edge of Dreams (Reviewed 3/4/2015; 5+ stars)
A Woman Unknown (Reviewed 4/20/2015; 4.5 stars)
The Other Side of Midnight (Reviewed 6/25/2015; 2 stars)
Vamps, Villains and Vaudeville (Reviewed 8/3/2015; 5 stars)
Malice at the Palace (Reviewed 8/22/2015; 5+ stars)
The Baker Street Phantom (Reviewed 10/25/2015; 2.5 stars)
Murder at the Brightwell (Reviewed 11/9/2015; 4 stars)
Death Wears a Mask (Reviewed 11/16/2015; 4 stars)
Away in a Manger (Reviewed 12/8/2015; 4.5 stars)
Deadly Scandal (Reviewed 3/8/2016; 5+ stars)
Time of Fog and Fire (Reviewed 4/8/2016; 5+ stars)
The Bachelor Girl’s Guide to Murder (Reviewed 5/8/2016; 3.5 stars)
Crowned and Dangerous (Reviewed 8/16/2016; 4.5 stars)
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Reviewed 10/17/2016; 3.5 stars)
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d (Reviewed 10/29/2016; 5 stars)
Murder on Wall Street (Reviewed 11/10/2021; 4.5 stars)
Triple Jeopardy (Reviewed 11/23/2021; 4.5 stars)
A Rogue’s Company (Reviewed 12/3/2021; 5+ stars)
God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen (Reviewed 12/13/2021; 5+ stars)
A Question of Betrayal (Reviewed 12/21/2021; 2.5 stars)
Wild Irish Rose (Reviewed 1/6/2022; 4 stars)
A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poison (Reviewed 1/6/2022; 4.5 stars)
One Fatal Flaw (Reviewed 1/21/2022; 2.5 stars)
Death with a Double Edge (Reviewed 1/26/2022; 4.5 stars)
The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions (Reviewed 2/18/2022; 3 stars)
A Most Efficient Murder (Reviewed 3/7/2022; 4 stars)
Pignon Scorbion & the Barbershop Detectives (Reviewed: 3/31/2022; 3 stars)
The Key to Deceit (Reviewed 6/20/2022; 4.5 stars)
Three Debts Paid (Reviewed 7/18/2022; 3.5 stars)
Murder on Madison Square (Reviewed 8/4/2022; 5 stars)
Die Around Sundown (Reviewed 8/30/2022; 4 stars)
The Blue Diamond (Reviewed 11/8/2022; 3.5 stars)
In Place of Fear (Reviewed 11/11/2022; 4 stars)
Miss Aldridge Regrets (Reviewed 1/9/2023; 5 stars)

-19th Century-

A Lack of Temperance (Reviewed 9/30/2012; 4 stars)
A Sunless Sea (Reviewed 9/28/2012; 5 stars)
Death of a Schoolgirl (Reviewed 11/29/2012; 5 stars)
The Return of Moriarty (Reviewed 12/5/2012; 4.5 stars)
The Revenge of Moriarty (Reviewed 12/8/2012; 4.5 stars)
Death in the Floating City (Reviewed 12/9/2012; 4 stars)
Recipe for Treason (Reviewed 12/18/2012; 4 stars)
A Death in the Small Hours (Reviewed 1/3/2013; 4.5 stars)
The Bughouse Affair (Reviewed 1/22/2013; 4 stars)
India Black and the Shadows of Anarchy (Reviewed 2/27/2013; 5 stars)
Lady of Ashes (Reviewed 4/28/2013; 4.5 stars)
Death of a Dowager (Reviewed 5/7/2013; 5+ stars)
The Highbury Murders (Reviewed 5/20/2013; 4.5 stars)
Murder in Chelsea (Reviewed 6/6/2013; 5 stars)
Imperial Scandal (Reviewed 7/22/2013; 5+ stars)
The Paris Affair (Reviewed 7/28/2013; 4.5 stars)
Murder as a Fine Art (Reviewed 8/4/2013; 5+ stars)
Midnight at Marble Arch (Reviewed 8/19/2013; 4 stars)
The Black Country (Reviewed 8/25/2013; 1.5 stars)
The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen (Reviewed 9/11/2013; 1.5 stars)
An Old Betrayal (Reviewed 10/4/2013; 4.5 stars)
Winter at Death’s Hotel (Reviewed 10/7/2013; 3.5 stars)
Blind Justice (Reviewed 10/13/2013; 2 stars)
Of Grave Concern (Reviewed 10/14/2013; 1.5 stars)
Behind the Shattered Glass (Reviewed 10/22/2013; 3.5 stars)
The Spook Lights Affair (Reviewed 12/9/2013; 1.5 stars)
The Vanishing Thief (Reviewed 2/5/2014; 1.5 stars)
Seven for a Secret (Reviewed 2/18/2014; 5+ stars)
India Black and the Gentleman Thief (Reviewed 2/28/2014; 5 stars)
Fallen Women (Reviewed 3/5/2014; 4 stars)
Death on Blackheath (Reviewed 4/27/2014; 3 stars)
Murder in Murray Hill (Reviewed 5/11/2014; 5 stars)
Murder at the Breakers (Reviewed 5/28/2014; 5+ stars)
Murder at Marble House (Reviewed 7/2/2014; 5+ stars)
A Fatal Likeness (Reviewed 9/25/2014; 1 star)
Death Comes to the Village (Reviewed 11/19/2014; 4 stars)
Death Comes to London (Reviewed 11/24/2014; 5 stars)
The Laws of Murder (Reviewed 2/2/2015; 2.5 stars)
Stolen Remains (Reviewed 2/12/2015; 3 stars)
A Virtuous Death (Reviewed 2/18/2015; 2 stars)
The Counterfeit Heiress (Reviewed 3/4/2015; 2 stars)
Anything But Civil (Reviewed 5/1/2015; 3.5 stars)
Murder on Amsterdam Avenue (Reviewed 5/7/2015; 5+ stars)
Murder at Beechwood (Reviewed 5/11/2015; 5+ stars)
The Mourning Bells (Reviewed 6/2/2015; 1.5 stars)
The Anatomist’s Wife (Reviewed 6/13/2015; 4.5 stars)
Mortal Arts (Reviewed 6/15/2015; 4.5 stars)
A Grave Matter (Reviewed 6/18/2015; 3.5 stars)
A June of Ordinary Murders (Reviewed 7/19/2015; 4 stars)
A Sense of Entitlement (Reviewed 7/22/2015; 5 stars)
A Deceptive Homecoming (Reviewed 8/1/2015; 4 stars)
A Gilded Grave (Reviewed 8/5/2015; 5+ stars)
A Study in Death (Reviewed 8/14/2015; 4.5 stars)
No Comfort for the Lost (Reviewed 9/28/2015; 3.5 stars)
The Suspicion at Sanditon (Or, the Disappearance of Lady Denham) (Reviewed 10/5/2015; 3.5 stars)
The Adventuress (Reviewed 11/21/2015; 3.5 stars)
Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue (Reviewed 11/27/2015; 5+ stars)
The Illusion of Innocence (Reviewed 12/1/2015; 4 stars)
Death at the Abbey (Reviewed 1/3/2016; 2.5 stars)
A Golden Cage (Reviewed 6/14/2016; 5+ stars)
Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas (Reviewed 7/24/2016; 3 stars)
Jane and the Waterloo Map (Reviewed 8/1/2016; 3.5 stars)
Murder at Rough Point (Reviewed 9/12/2016; 5+ stars)
A March to Remember (Reviewed 10/6/2016; 4 stars)
Inspector of the Dead (Reviewed 11/13/2016; 5+ stars)
A Study in Scarlet Women (Reviewed 11/28/2016; 4.5 stars)
A Terrible Beauty (Reviewed 3/21/2017; 2.5 stars)
Scandal Above Stairs (Reviewed 12/6/2021; 2.5 stars)
Jane and the Year Without a Summer (Reviewed 12/10/2021; 3 stars)
The Body in the Garden (Reviewed 1/24/2022; 5+ stars)
Hot Time (Reviewed 3/15/2022; 5 stars)
Fair Lady, Masked (Reviewed 11/14/2022; 1.5 stars)

-18th Century-

Island of Bones (Reviewed 11/13/2012; 1.5 stars)
The Anatomist’s Apprentice (Reviewed 2/1/2013; 2.5 stars)
Dark Waters (Reviewed 9/13/2013; 5 stars)
The Silversmith’s Wife (Reviewed 5/25/2014; 1.5 stars)
Circle of Shadows (Reviewed 8/9/2014; 1 star)
The Devil in the Marshalsea (Reviewed 9/16/2014; 4 stars)
The Hidden Man (Reviewed 12/8/2016; 5 stars)

-17th Century-

A Plague of Lies (Reviewed 11/25/2012; 3.5 stars)
The Midwife’s Tale (Reviewed 1/6/2013; 3.5 stars)
A Murder at Rosamund’s Gate (Reviewed 4/24/2013; 4.5 stars)
The Harlot’s Tale (Reviewed 3/11/2014; 4 stars)
The Opening Night Murder (Reviewed 5/11/2014; 1 star)
The Witch Hunter’s Tale (Reviewed 3/17/2015; 3 stars)
From the Charred Remains (Reviewed 5/20/2015; 5+ stars)
The Masque of a Murderer (Reviewed 5/25/2015; 4.5 stars)
The Drowned City (Reviewed 3/25/2022; 3.5 stars)

-16th Century-

Murder at Hatfield House (Reviewed 10/10/2013; 4 stars)
Murder at Westminster Abbey (Reviewed 4/11/2014; 2 stars)
Murder in the Queen’s Garden (Reviewed 4/10/2015; 3 stars)
Murder in the Queen’s Wardrobe (Reviewed 4/17/2016; 4.5 stars)

-15th Century-

Death in the Floating City (Reviewed 12/9/2012; 4 stars)
The Borgia Mistress (Reviewed 1/9/2013; 2 stars)

-14th Century-

The Tainted Coin (Reviewed 12/21/2014; 3 stars)
Rest Not in Peace (Reviewed 12/23/2014; 3.5 stars)
The Abbot’s Agreement (Reviewed 12/25/2014; 4 stars)

Location:

-Australia-

The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions (Reviewed: 2/18/2022; 3 stars)

-Canada-

The Bachelor Girl’s Guide to Murder (Reviewed 5/8/2016; 3.5 stars)

-England-

Princess Elizabeth’s Spy (Reviewed 10/10/2012; 4 stars)
A Sunless Sea (Reviewed 9/28/2012; 5 stars)
The Bedlam Detective (Reviewed 9/22/2012; 4.5 stars)
Island of Bones (Reviewed 11/13/2012; 1.5 stars)
Death of a Schoolgirl (Reviewed 11/29/2012; 5 stars)
The Return of Moriarty (Reviewed 12/5/2012; 4.5 stars)
The Revenge of Moriarty (Reviewed 12/8/2012; 4.5 stars)
Recipe for Treason (Reviewed 12/18/2012; 4 stars)
A Death in the Small Hours (Reviewed 1/3/2013; 4.5 stars)
The Midwife’s Tale (Reviewed 1/6/2013; 3.5 stars)
The Twelve Clues of Christmas (Reviewed 1/13/2013; 4 stars)
Speaking from Among the Bones (Reviewed 1/27/2013; 5+ stars)
The Anatomist’s Apprentice (Reviewed 2/1/2013; 2.5 stars)
A Medal for Murder (Reviewed 2/10/2013; 2.5 stars)
India Black and the Shadows of Anarchy (Reviewed 2/27/2013; 5+ stars)
Frankie’s Letter (Reviewed 4/6/2013; 1.5 stars)
A Murder at Rosamund’s Gate (Reviewed 4/24/2013; 4.5 stars)
Lady of Ashes (Reviewed 4/28/2013; 4.5 stars)
Death of a Dowager (Reviewed 5/7/2013; 5+ stars)
The Highbury Murders (Reviewed 5/20/2013; 4.5 stars)
An Inquiry into Love and Death (Reviewed 6/9/2013; 4 stars)
Leaving Everything Most Loved (Reviewed 6/22/2013; 4 stars)
The Anatomy of Death (Reviewed 7/31/2013; 2.5 stars)
Antidote to Murder (Reviewed 8/2/2013; 4 stars)
Murder as a Fine Art (Reviewed 8/4/2013; 5+ stars)
Sidney Chambers and the Perils of the Night (Reviewed 8/14/2013; 4 stars)
Midnight at Marble Arch (Reviewed 8/19/2013; 4 stars)
Malice at the Palace (Reviewed 8/22/2015; 5+ stars)
The Black Country (Reviewed 8/25/2013; 1.5 stars)
The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen (Reviewed 9/11/2013; 1.5 stars)
Dark Waters (Reviewed 9/13/2013; 5 stars)
A Duty to the Dead (Reviewed 9/18/2013; 4.5 stars)
An Impartial Witness (Reviewed 9/21/2013; 4 stars)
A Bitter Truth (Reviewed 9/25/2013; 4 stars)
An Unmarked Grave (Reviewed 9/29/2013; 2.5 stars)
An Old Betrayal (Reviewed 10/4/2013; 4.5 stars)
Murder at Hatfield House (Reviewed 10/10/2013; 4 stars)
Blind Justice (Reviewed 10/13/2013; 2 stars)
Behind the Shattered Glass (Reviewed 10/22/2013; 3.5 stars)
A Question of Honor (Reviewed 10/27/2013; 5 stars)
The Vanishing Thief (Reviewed 2/5/2014; 1.5 stars)
India Black and the Gentleman Thief (Reviewed 2/28/2014; 5 stars)
The Harlot’s Tale (Reviewed 3/11/2014; 5 stars)
Murder at Westminster Abbey (Reviewed 4/11/2014; 2 stars)
Death on Blackheath (Reviewed 4/27/2014; 3 stars)
The Opening Night Murder (Reviewed 5/11/2014; 1 star)
The Silversmith’s Wife (Reviewed 5/25/2014; 1.5 stars)
His Majesty’s Hope (Reviewed 6/21/2014; 2.5 stars)
Consequences of Sin (Reviewed 9/8/2014; 3.5 stars)
The Serpent and the Scorpion (Reviewed 9/11/2014; 4.5 stars)
The Devil in the Marshalsea (Reviewed 9/16/2014; 4 stars)
A Fatal Likeness (Reviewed 9/25/2014; 1 star)
Death Comes to the Village (Reviewed 11/19/2014; 4 stars)
Death Comes to London (Reviewed 11/24/2014; 5 stars)
The Tainted Coin (Reviewed 12/21/2014; 3 stars)
Rest Not in Peace (Reviewed 12/23/2014; 3.5 stars)
The Abbot’s Agreement (Reviewed 12/25/2014; 4 stars)
Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman (Reviewed 1/13/2015; 4 stars)
Murder in the Afternoon (Reviewed 1/26/2015; 4.5 stars)
The Laws of Murder (Reviewed 2/2/2015; 2.5 stars)
Stolen Remains (Reviewed 2/12/2015; 3 stars)
A Virtuous Death (Reviewed 2/18/2015; 2 stars)
The Counterfeit Heiress (Reviewed 3/4/2015; 2 stars)
The Witch Hunter’s Tale (Reviewed 3/17/2015; 3 stars)
Murder in the Queen’s Garden (Reviewed 4/10/2015; 3 stars)
A Woman Unknown (Reviewed 4/20/2015; 4.5 stars)
From the Charred Remains (Reviewed 5/20/2015; 5+ stars)
The Masque of a Murderer (Reviewed 5/25/2015; 4.5 stars)
The Mourning Bells (Reviewed 6/2/2015; 1.5 stars)
The Other Side of Midnight (Reviewed 6/25/2015; 2 stars)
The Suspicion at Sanditon (Or, the Disappearance of Lady Denham) (Reviewed 10/5/2015; 3.5 stars)
The Baker Street Phantom (Reviewed 10/25/2015; 2.5 stars)
Murder at the Brightwell (Reviewed 11/9/2015; 4 stars)
Death Wears a Mask (Reviewed 11/16/2015; 4 stars)
The Illusion of Innocence (Reviewed 12/1/2015; 4 stars)
Death at the Abbey (Reviewed 1/3/2016; 2.5 stars)
Deadly Scandal (Reviewed 3/8/2016; 5+ stars)
Murder in the Queen’s Wardrobe (Reviewed 4/17/2016; 4.5 stars)
Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas (Reviewed 7/24/2016; 3 stars)
Jane and the Waterloo Map (Reviewed 8/1/2016; 3.5 stars)
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Reviewed 10/17/2016; 3.5 stars)
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d (Reviewed 10/29/2016; 5 stars)
Inspector of the Dead (Reviewed 11/13/2016; 5+ stars)
A Study in Scarlet Women (Reviewed 11/28/2016; 4.5 stars)
The Hidden Man (Reviewed 12/8/2016; 5 stars)
Triple Jeopardy (Reviewed 11/23/2021; 4.5 stars)
A Rogue’s Company (Reviewed 12/3/2021; 5+ stars)
Scandal Above Stairs (Reviewed 12/6/2021; 2.5 stars)
Jane and the Year Without a Summer (Reviewed 12/10/2021; 3 stars)
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen (Reviewed 12/13/2021; 5+ stars)
A Question of Betrayal (Reviewed 12/21/2021; 2.5 stars)
A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poison (Reviewed 1/6/2022; 4.5 stars)
One Fatal Flaw (Reviewed 1/21/2022; 2.5 stars)
The Body in the Garden (Reviewed 1/24/2022; 5+ stars)
Death with a Double Edge (Reviewed 1/26/2022; 4.5 stars)
A Most Efficient Murder (Reviewed 3/7/2022; 4 stars)
The Drowned City (Reviewed 3/25/2022; 3.5 stars)
Pignon Scorbion & the Barbershop Detectives (Reviewed 3/31/2022; 3 stars)
The Key to Deceit (Reviewed 6/20/2022; 4.5 stars)
Three Debts Paid (Reviewed 7/18/2022; 3.5 stars)
The Blue Diamond (Reviewed 11/8/2022; 3.5 stars)
Miss Aldridge Regrets (Reviewed 1/9/2023; 5 stars)

-France-

A Plague of Lies (Reviewed 11/25/2012; 3.5 stars)
The Paris Affair (Reviewed 7/28/2013; 4.5 stars)
City of Darkness and Light (Reviewed 5/7/2014; 5 stars)
The Adventuress (Reviewed 11/21/2015; 3.5 stars)
Die Around Sundown (Reviewed 8/30/2022; 4 stars)

-Germany-

Circle of Shadows (Reviewed 8/9/2014; 1 star)

-Greece-

A Terrible Beauty (Reviewed 3/21/2017; 2.5 stars)

-Ireland-

A June of Ordinary Murders (Reviewed 7/19/2015; 4 stars)
Crowned and Dangerous (Reviewed 8/16/2016; 4.5 stars)

-Italy-

Death in the Floating City (Reviewed 12/9/2012; 4 stars)
The Borgia Mistress (Reviewed 1/9/2013; 2 stars)
A Question of Betrayal (Reviewed 12/21/2021; 2.5 stars)

-Middle East (in general)-

Garment of Shadows (Reviewed 9/24/2012; 2 stars)

-Netherlands-

Imperial Scandal (Reviewed 7/22/2013; 5+ stars)

-Russia-

Child 44 (Reviewed 12/30/2012; 5+ stars)

-Scotland-

The Anatomist’s Wife (Reviewed 6/13/2015; 4.5 stars)
Mortal Arts (Reviewed 6/15/2015; 4.5 stars)
A Grave Matter (Reviewed 6/18/2015; 3.5 stars)
A Study in Death (Reviewed 8/14/2015; 4.5 stars)
In Place of Fear (Reviewed 11/11/2022; 4 stars)

-United States-

A Lack of Temperance (Reviewed 9/30/2012; 4 stars)
The Bughouse Affair (Reviewed 1/22/2013; 4 stars)
The Family Way (Reviewed 6/3/2013; 4 stars)
Murder in Chelsea (Reviewed 6/6/2013; 5 stars)
Murder Your Darlings (Reviewed 6/12/2013; 5+ stars)
You Might as Well Die (Reviewed 6/15/2013; 5+ stars)
A Friendly Game of Murder (Reviewed 6/17/2013; 5+ stars)
Flappers, Flasks and Foul Play (Reviewed 7/4/2013; 4.5 stars)
Bathing Beauties, Booze and Bullets (Reviewed 7/6/2013; 5+ stars)
Winter at Death’s Hotel (Reviewed 10/7/2013; 3.5 stars)
Of Grave Concern (Reviewed 10/14/2013; 1.5 stars)
The Spook Lights Affair (Reviewed 12/9/2013; 1.5 stars)
Delia’s Shadow (Reviewed 12/12/2013; 5+ stars)
Seven For a Secret (Reviewed 2/18/2014; 5+ stars)
Fallen Women (Reviewed 3/5/2014; 4 stars)
Murder in Murray Hill (Reviewed 5/11/2014; 5 stars)
Murder at the Breakers (Reviewed 5/28/2014; 5+ stars)
Gold-Diggers, Gamblers and Guns (Reviewed 6/1/2014; 5+ stars)
Murder at Marble House (Reviewed 7/2/2014; 5+ stars)
A Barricade in Hell (Reviewed 12/13/2014; 3.5 stars)
The Edge of Dreams (Reviewed 3/4/2015; 5+ stars)
Anything But Civil (Reviewed 5/1/2015; 3.5 stars)
Murder on Amsterdam Avenue (Reviewed 5/7/2015; 5+ stars)
Murder at Beechwood (Reviewed 5/11/2015; 5+ stars)
A Sense of Entitlement (Reviewed 7/2/2015; 5 stars)
A Deceptive Homecoming (Reviewed 8/1/2015; 4 stars)
Vamps, Villains and Vaudeville (Reviewed 8/3/2015; 5 stars)
A Gilded Grave (Reviewed 8/5/2015; 5+ stars)
No Comfort for the Lost (Reviewed 9/28/2015; 3.5 stars)
Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue (Reviewed 11/27/2015; 5+ stars)
Away in a Manger (Reviewed 12/8/2015; 4.5 stars)
Time of Fog and Fire (Reviewed 4/8/2016; 5+ stars)
A Golden Cage (Reviewed 6/14/2016; 5+ stars)
Murder at Rough Point (Reviewed 9/12/2016; 5+ stars)
A March to Remember (Reviewed 10/6/2016; 4 stars
Murder on Wall Street (Reviewed 11/10/2021; 4.5 stars)
Wild Irish Rose (Reviewed 1/6/2022; 4 stars)
Hot Time (Reviewed 3/15/2022; 5 stars)
Murder on Madison Square (Reviewed 8/4/2022; 5 stars)
Fair Lady, Masked (Reviewed 11/14/2022; 1.5 stars)

-Wales-

Fear in the Sunlight (Reviewed 11/18/2013; 1 star)