Genre Mash: Mystery x Historical Fiction

Updated April 9, 2026
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The alienist
Carr, Caleb
Paper Book
Step into another time--and unforgettable terror. The year is 1896. The city is New York. The hunt is on for a baffling new kind of criminal--a serial killer. A first-rate tale of crime and punishment that will keep readers guessing until the final pages.--Entertainment Weekly.
The Christie affair A novel
Gramont, Nina de.
Ebook
Death comes to Pemberley : [a novel]
James, P.D
Paper Book
A rare meeting of literary genius: P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen's beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem.   It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked...
Detectives in togas
Winterfeld, Henry
Paper Book
In these two delightful history-mysteries, seven boys in Ancient Rome solve strange crimes . . . thanks to some help from their cranky teacher, a little bit of logic, and a lot of amusing misadventure. Yes, Rufus wrote CAIUS IS A DUMBBELL on his tablet at school, but no, he did not...
Maisie dobbs Maisie dobbs series, book 1.
Winspear, Jacqueline
Ebook
"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,...
One came home
Timberlake, Amy
Paper Book
In the town of Placid, Wisconsin, in 1871, Georgie Burkhardt is known for two things- her uncanny aim with a rifle and her habit of speaking her mind plainly. But when Georgie blurts out something she shouldn't, her older sister Agatha flees, running off with a pack of "pigeoners"...
The ruby in the smoke
Pullman, Philip
Paper Book
In trade paperback for the first time, the Sally Lockhart Mysteries are given an all-new look. Created by the author of the bestselling His Dark Materials series, this series follows 16-year-old Sally Lockhart as she solves mysteries in Victorian London.

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