Historical Mystery category: 10101 books

In SPQR XI: Under Vesuvius, things are going well for Decius Caecilius Metellus. He is Praetor Peregrinus, which means he has to judge a case or two, but those cases are outside of the City. His cases will be those dealing with foreigners, and all of Italy is his province. His first stop is Campania,...

Winner, the Glyph Award - Best Mystery Honorable Mention - Glyph Best Book Award list IPPY Best Mystery Award finalist John the Eunuch, Lord Chamberlain to the Emperor Justinian, is skilled at keeping his footing on the treacherous slopes of court intrigue, but even he may slip when presented...

A compelling new mystery for Libertus, set against the backdrop of the Roman Empire in turmoil and fighting for its survival . . . Libertus is passing the villa of his patron, Marcus Septimus Aurelius, when he sees an elaborate travelling carriage which has pulled up outside and is now blocking...

Named Best Historical Mystery of 2006 by Romantic Times BOOKreviews! After the intrigues and excitements of their time in the city, the Darcys are more than prepared for a bit of peace and quiet at Pemberley. This is time that they can spend together as Elizabeth settles into her pregnancy....

“Bebris captures Austen's style and the Regency period perfectly, drawing her characters with a sure hand.” --Library Journal (starred review) After their marriage (as told at the end of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice), Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy want nothing more than to enjoy...

George has lived a full life as a decorated WWII veteran, high-end attorney, family man. But the incident that haunts him only took five minutes—five minutes when he shared a Coke with a woman on her way to California, a woman who would die hours later. Murdered. Maybe even by George. Winner...

“Kris Nelscott can lay claim to the strongest series of detective novels now being written by an American author.” SalonIn the first week of the new decade, an emergency phone call shatters Chicago Private Detective Smokey Dalton’s hopes for a good 1970. His adopted son Jimmy and Jimmy’s...

New York City, 1914. Suzanne and Jada. Entwined as sisters. Talented and resourceful. Black and white. Wealthy employer and devoted maid. Together, they realize Suzanne’s dream to see her name in lights on Broadway as she becomes the dazzling Ziegfeld Follies’ rising new star. But Jada’s superb...

2015 READERS' FAVORITE BOOK AWARD WINNER How far would you go to avenge your family and save the one you love? In nineteenth-century England, Alaina Claiborne had a loving family, a cherished friend, and devoted servants. She spent her days riding across the grassy hills of the English...

Mayhem in Mayfair Quartet: The Complete Series For the first time, these four bestselling hot regency romances are included in one box set! Book 1: Her Husband’s Harlot How far will a wallflower go to win her husband's love? When her disguise as a courtesan backfires, Lady Helena...

When a twenty-year-old letter reappears hinting at clues to a crime, Mr. Singh hires Lady Rample to help him solve the mystery. Never one to pass up a good adventure, Lady Rample heads to Brighton with Mr. Singh and her Aunt Butty to discover the truth behind the death of the woman he loved....

When Miss Tibbles visits a former pupil she expects a quiet country retreat--not a dead body to appear!  And Julian and Pamela soon discover she is their greatest ally--both in matters of mystery and of the heart. First in a series of murder mystery Regency romances. By the author of the acclaimed...

Crime writer sleuth Donald Langham is faced with the classic locked-room conundrum in this “ripping good” historical mystery (Booklist).   July, 1955. Donald Langham has interrupted his romantic break in rural Suffolk with the delectable Maria Dupré to assist a fellow writer. Alasdair Endicott...

The Body Snatchers Affair: The latest in the Carpenter and Quincannon historical mystery series from Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini. Two missing bodies and two separate investigations take Carpenter and Quincannon from the heights above San Francisco Bay to the depths of Chinatown's opium...