Genre Mash: Mystery x Historical Fiction

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Genre Mash: Mystery x Historical Fiction

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Act like a lady, think like a lord
Connally, Celeste
Paper Book
Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie in Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord, a dazzling first entry in a captivating new Regency-era mystery series with a feminist spin from Celeste Connally. London, 1815. Lady Petra Forsyth, daughter of the Earl of...
The Bangalore Detectives Club
Nagendra, Harini
Paper Book
''The first in an effervescent new mystery series. . . a treat for historical mystery lovers looking for a new series to savour (or devour)'' NEW YORK TIMES ''A gorgeous debut mystery with a charming and fearless sleuth . . . spellbinding'...
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies
Goodman, Alison
Paper Book
A Washington Post Best Mystery Novel of 2023 A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as an 'old maid' to protect other women in a new and fiercely feminist historical mystery series from New York Times bestselling...
The Bletchley riddle
Sepetys, Ruta; Sheinkin, Steve
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A thrilling mystery and collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin! This historical adventure follows two siblings at Bletchley Park, the home of WWII codebreakers, as they try to unravel a mystery surrounding...
The Christie affair
Gramont, Nina de
Paper Book
Why would the world's most famous mystery writer disappear for eleven days? What makes a woman desperate enough to destroy another woman's marriage? How deeply can a person crave revenge? "Sizzles from its first sentence." - The Wall Street Journal A...
Death and the sisters
Redmond, Heather
Paper Book
Before there was Frankenstein, a young Mary Shelley, her stepsister Jane "Claire" Clairmont, and poet Percy Bysshe Shelley are drawn into a shocking murder investigation in this deliciously captivating new historical mystery revolving around the real-life trio who would later scandalize...
The echo of old books
Davis, Barbara
Paper Book
A novel about the magical lure of books and summoning the courage to rewrite our stories by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings and The Last of the Moon Girls. Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer's affinity for books extends beyond the...
The listeners
Stiefvater, Maggie
Paper Book
As the U.S. joins World War II, the manager of a luxury hotel set in the remote West Virginia mountains finds herself charged with the care of detained Nazi diplomats--and the FBI agent looking for a spy among them, by the #1 New York Times bestselling novelist Maggie Stiefvater. ...
The luminaries
Catton, Eleanor
Paper Book
The 2013 Man Booker winner and 2014 ABIA International Book of the Year - now in celestial new livery.
Maisie Dobbs : a novel
Winspear, Jacqueline
Paper Book
"A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander." --Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air, on Maisie Dobbs Maisie Dobbs got her start as a maid in an aristocratic London household when she was thirteen. Her employer, suffragette Lady Rowan...
Moriarty
Horowitz, Anthony
Paper Book
The game is once again afoot in this thrilling mystery from the bestselling author of The House of Silk, sanctioned by the Conan Doyle estate, which explores what really happened when Sherlock Holmes and his arch nemesis Professor Moriarty tumbled to their doom at the Reichenbach Falls. ...
Murder most unladylike
Stevens, Robin
Paper Book
Discover the first gripping, award-winning murder mystery in the million-copy bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series, starring schoolgirl detectives, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong. 'Ripping good fun' The Times 'Plotting is what sets...
The red palace
Hur, June
Paper Book
June Hur, critically acclaimed author of The Silence of Bones and The Forest of Stolen Girls, returns with The Red Palace--a third evocative, atmospheric historical mystery perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and Kerri Maniscalco. To enter the palace...
The ruby in the smoke : a Sally Lockhart mystery
Pullman, Philip
Paper Book
Sally Lockhart's father was an unconventional man. When he dies suddenly on a voyage to the Far East, Sally receives a mysterious letter containing a strange warning. Soon Sally finds herself at the heart of a deep and dangerous mystery, one she is determined to solve at all costs.
The shadow of the wind
Ruiz Zafón, Carlos
Paper Book
The silver bone
Kurkov, Andreĭ
Paper Book
**A Summer 2024 pick in the Times Literary Supplement and the Financial Times** "Andrey Kurkov is often called Ukraine's greatest living writer, and it is a gift for crime fiction fans that he writes in this genre" New York Times "A...
Under the same stars
Bray, Libba
Paper Book
'Under the Same Stars will leave you shattered and wildly hopeful' E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud 'Stirring and absolutely unforgettable' Samira Ahmed, New York Times-bestselling author of Internment and...
We do not part
Han, Kang; Morris, Paige Aniyah; yaewon, e.
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD IN FICTION NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF THE ATLANTIC'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF THE...
A murder at Malabar Hill
Massey, Sujata
Paper Book
A legally-minded sleuth takes to the streets of 1920s Bombay in a fascinating new mystery.
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