Historical mystery
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A True Crime Podcast-style Book Review Early morning, Warmsley Parva village in England. Edwina Davenport sits in front of her typewriter, fingers poised right above the keys. The house is quiet around her, a rare bliss in a household consisting of an American adventuress, a nosy gardener, a stern housekeeper, Crumpet the dog, and Edwina…
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Memory is a wicked thing that warps and twists. But paper and ink receive the truth without emotion, and they read it back without partiality. That, I believe, is why so few women are taught to read and write. God only knows what they would do with the power of pen and ink at their…
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A True Crime Podcast-style Book Review Karston, Ohio, 1900. Jenny Jenkins is surprised by the sound of an automobile. She hurries out on the porch, and sees her husband, Constable Richard Jenkins in the passenger seat with his right arm in a sling. Welcome to Mostlymurders, the bookstagram account where we look at fictional murders…
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The magnanimous patriarch, the gracious widow, the glittering professional, the glamorous vamp, the girlish ingénue… Colonel Hadrian Russell is an institution in the Britannia, keeping court in the London club where he is presiding as acting club president. Almost as famous as the Colonel are his four sons’ widows, Lady Alice, forever in widow’s black,…
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A good historical mystery is like a time machine, transporting the reader from the present to a completely different era. If the idea of a literary trip to the Victorian era intrigues you, try one or both of these mystery series from set in the Victorian era in the United States and featuring a strong,…
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Book 1 in the Barker & Llewelyn series. When Cyrus Barker advertises for a new assistant, a job that is described as having “some danger involved”, Thomas Llewelyn applies for the job. Barker is a Sherlock Holmes-style private detective possessing great knowledge, impressive fighting skills, a vast network of contacts and informants and firsthand experience…
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Book 1 in the Fiona Figg Mysteries series. Fiona Figg has a photographic memory. As a child, she devoured Sherlock Holmes stories and loved acting. Many years later, during World War 1, these skills come in handy as Fiona volunteers to replace an injured agent for an undercover mission for the War Office, giving her…
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Book 1 in the Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries series. Bombay 1892. Captain Jim Agnihotri, a big Sherlock Holmes fan, has just begun working as a journalist after recovering from injuries sustained in a battle. At Bombay University, two young women from the prominent Parsee Framji family die from falling from the top of…
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Book 1 in the Jane Austen Mysteries series. This novel imagines the twenty-seven year old Jane Austen as an amateur sleuth, working on behalf of her dear friend Isobel Payne. Isobel is newly wedded to the much older Earl of Scargrave, and Jane is a guest at Scargrave Manor when the Earl passes away after…
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Book 1 in the Christopher Redmayne series. Christopher Redmayne, the talented, handsome, younger Redmayne son, has yet to find his calling in life, but after the Great Fire of London ravages the city, he decides to embark on a career as an architect. Helped along by his older brother Henry, an incurable hedonist with many…
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