The Isolated Seance by Jeri Westerson

June 10, 2023

Jeri Westerson, author of the Crispin Guest series as well as the new King’s Fool one, takes a different direction with The Isolated Seance, “An Irregular Detective Mystery”. Remember Sherlock Holmes’ Baker Street irregulars, the street urchins...

The Tumbling Girl by Bridget Walsh

May 22, 2023

Honestly? I don’t know if the cover of Bridget Walsh’s debut historical mystery, The Tumbling Girl, does it justice. I don’t know if I’d read much of the background if I saw it on a library or bookstore shelf. However, it launches a fascinating...

Four Thousand Days by M.J. Trow

February 05, 2022

M.J. Trow’s new historical mystery series kicks off with Four Thousand Days, a story that introduces Margaret Murray, an amateur sleuth based on an actual person. Margaret Murray was an archaeologist and junior lecturer at University College, London at the time...

A Murderous Relation by Deanna Raybourn

March 10, 2020

Deanna Raybourn brings Veronica Speedwell and Stoker back in an exciting mystery set at the time of the Whitechapel murders, Jack the Ripper. A Murderous Relation has so many connotations in this masterful story of family secrets and masquerades. And, the sexual...

No Cure for the Dead by Christine Trent

May 06, 2018

Mysteries featuring historical figures turned amateur sleuths are as popular as ever. Now, Florence Nightingale is forced to investigate the death of a nurse in Christine Trent’s historical mystery, No Cure for the Dead. Trent, who writes the Lady of Ashes...