Callie Hutton writes the Victorian Book Club Mystery Series which started in May 2020 and is set in Bath, England in the 1890s.  It features Mystery author Lady Amy Lovell and her fiancee Lord William Wethington who together solve…

Irina Shapiro writes the Redmond and Haze Mystery Series which is set in Victorian England and started in February 2020. It features investigator Daniel Haze and former American soldier and a skilled surgeon Jason Redmond.

Alyssa Maxwell writes the the Gilded Newport Mystery series which started in March 2014 and is set in late 1800's Newport, Rhode Island. It features amateur sleuth Emmaline Cross. As both a Vanderbilt cousin and a Newporter born and raised, Emma'…

Michael Nethercott writes the O’Nelligan and Plunkett mystery series which started in October 2013 and is set in mid-1950’s Connecticut. It features Mr. O’Nelligan and Lee Plunkett, an unlikely pair of sleuths... Mr. O'Nelligan is an Irish-born…

Margaret Dumas writes the Movie Palace Mystery Series which started in February 2019 and is set in San Francisco, CA. It feautres Nora Paige whose movie-star husband leaves her for his latest co-star. She flees Hollywood to take refuge in San…

Dorothy Cannell writes the Florence Norris Mystery Series which started in 2014 and is set in England in the 1930s. It features Florence Norris-- Housekeeper of Stodmarsh Family in Their Country House. This is a great English country house…

This series started in 1994 and is set in England. It features journalist, Daisy Dalrymple. This series takes place in the 1920s and Daisy, the daughter of a Viscount, shocks her family when she decides that she wants to make her own living as a…

Eliza Casey writes the Manor Cat Mystery Series which started in November 2019 and is set in early 1900 England. Danby Hall is the only home Lady Cecilia Bates has ever known. Despite the rigid rules of etiquette and her mother the Countess of…

Please view the list of books in this series below. Kate Parker writes the Victorian Bookshop Mystery series which started in December 2013 and is set in Victorian England. At 30, Victorian bookshop owner Georgia Fenchurch knows she’s considered…

Charles Finch writes the Charles Lenox Series which started in 2007 and is set in England in 1865. It features Charles Lenox, a wealthy gentlemen and amateur detective. A Beautiful Blue Death was his first novel and was nominated for an Agatha…

Rhys Bowen mystery author and Agatha Award winner debuts a 1930s London mystery series, featuring a penniless twenty-something member of the extended royal family. Her ridiculously long name is Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, daughter…

Inspector Witherspoon's dedicated housekeeper, Mrs. Jeffries keeps things running smoothly and is quite clever at putting Witherspoon on the right track in case after case. In fact, Mrs. Jeffries' polished detective skills prove once again that…

Charles Todd is the writing team of Charles and Caroline Todd-- a mother and son writing team who live on the east coast of the United States. Charles Todd writes the Bess Crawford Mystery series which is set in early 1900 England during WWI and…

Jacqueline Winspear writes the Maisie Dobbs Mystery series which started in 2003 and is set in early 20th century England. It features Psychologist and Investigator Maisie Dobbs. As a young girl Maisie worked as a servant in a Belgravia mansion.…

Monica Shaughnessy writes the Cattarina Mystery series which started in 2014 and is set in Philadelphia in the 1800s. It features Poe's cat, Cattarina. This series is full of Victorian witticisms and rich, historical detail, this cozy novella is…

Marcia Muller writes the Carpenter & Quincannon Mystery Series which started in January 2013 and takes place in San Francisco. It is a lighthearted historical mysteries set in 1890s San Francisco. It features former Pinkerton operative Sabina…

Anna Loan-Wilsey writes the Hattie Davish Mysteries series which is set in various cities in the late 19th century. It features traveling secretary and dilettante detective Hattie Davish-- a private secretary to the late 19th century's rich and…

This series started in 1993 and is set in England in 1906. It features Cecily Sinclair. She is a recent widow and runs the Pennyfoot Hotel... a seaside hotel left to her by her husband. Cecily is very forward for her time-- smokes cigars, drives…

J.J. Murphy writes the Algonquin Round Table Mystery series which started in 2011 and is set in 1920s Manhattan New York. It features Dorothy Parker and a circle of writers who regularly meets for lunch in a hotel dining room. The Algonquin Round…

This series started in 2009 and is set in England. It features Kate Shackleton who is a World War I widow that takes up sleuthing. Although Kate Shackleton's husband is listed as MIA, she hasn't given up hope. Meanwhile, she assists others in…

Susan Elia MacNeal writes the Maggie Hope Mystery series which started in and is set in 1940 England. It features American, Maggie Hope. She graduated at the top of her college class and possesses all the skills of the finest minds in British…

This series started in 2008 and is set in Italy. It features Leonardo da Vinci and his assistant Dino in 14th century Italy. The second book in this series, Portrait of a Lady won the 2009 FLORIDA BOOK AWARDS.

D.E. Ireland (aka Meg Mims and Sharon Pisacreta) write the Eliza Doolittle & Henry Mystery series. The series started September 2014 and is set in early 20th century London. It features Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins who solve murders.

Victoria Thompson is the Edgar(r) Award-nominated author of the Gaslight Mystery series which started in 1999 and is set in turn-of-the-century New York. It features Midwife, Sarah Brandt and Police Detective, Frank Malloy. Sarah is estranged…

Marty Donnellan writes the Hannah Scrabble Mystery series which started in 2014 and is set in 1978. Meet Hannah Scrabble, bullheaded farmer, entrepreneur, skating teacher, spy thriller author and town snoop. It's 1978, before cellphones and personal…

Barbara Jean Coast a.k.a. Andrea Taylor & Heather Shkuratoff write the Poppy Cove Mystery series. It started in 2013 and takes place in 1950s California. The series is loosely based on Santa Barbara in the late 50′s, early 60′s and revolves…

Susanna Calkins writes the Lucy Campion Mystery series which started in April 2013 and takes place in seventeenth-century England. It features English chambermaid Lucy Campion who is serving in the household of the local magistrate. Mystery and…

Joyce Elson Moore writes the Lute Player Mystery Series which starts in August 2015 and is set 17th-century Stockholm, Sweden. It features reluctant amateur sleuth, the Swedish queen’s lute player.

Tasha Alexander writes the Lady Emily Mystery series which started in 2005 and is set in Victorian England. It features Lady Emily. Emily is a young and beautiful widow. Emily discovers foul play when her husband dies on an African hunting…

Barbara Hamilton (aka Barbara Hambly) writes the Abigail Adams Mystery Series which started in 2009 and is set in 1770's Boston. It features Abigail Adams. In the Massachusetts Colony, political upheaval turns murderous...