Historical Mystery Archives

4-STAR REVIEW: DEADLY PERFORMANCE by Kate Parker

Cozy Mystery Lori Van Buren - 13 January 2025

Deadly Series: Book 12 Publication Date: December 9, 2024 Behind the spotlights and glamour lurk secrets and murder. Amid the grim realities of wartime Britain, inside during the blackout hidden from the tatters left by...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE MATTER OF THE SECRET BRIDE by Darcie Wilde

Historical Mystery Amy Wilson - 9 January 2025

Useful Woman Mysteries Series: Book 3 Publication Date: December 24, 2024 Jane Austen meets Fleabag in Regency London, as a resourceful young woman with a talent for helping ladies of the ton with their most delicate and pressing...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: MURDER IN SEASON by Mary Winters

Historical Mystery Amy Wilson - 9 December 2024

A Lady of Letters Mystery: Book 3 Publication Date: December 3, 2024 Join Countess turned advice columnist Amelia Amesbury as she tries to juggle a new Season and a new murder in this charmingly deadly historical mystery. "A beautiful...

4-STAR REVIEW: THE TURNGLASS by Gareth Rubin

Historical Mystery Amy Wilson - 5 December 2024

Publication Date: December 3, 2024 This beautifully written, immersive, and unique crime story is a tête-bêche novel—two intertwined stories printed back-to-back. Open the book and the first novella begins. It ends in the...

5-STAR REVIEW: INK AND INTRIGUE AT IVY TREE INN by Ellen Butler

Cozy Mystery Lori Van Buren - 31 October 2024

Ariadne Winter Mystery: Book 1 Publication Date: October 2, 2024 Stumbling across a dead body could be the making … or breaking of an aspiring reporter. During 1958, when the workforce is predominantly male, societal...

SPOTLIGHT: INK AND INTRIGUE AT IVY TREE INN by Ellen Butler Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 31 October 2024

Ariadne Winter Mystery: Book 1 Publication Date: October 2, 2024 Stumbling across a dead body could be the making … or breaking of an aspiring reporter. During 1958, when the workforce is predominantly male, societal...

4-STAR REVIEW: THE GRAYS OF TRUTH by Sharon Virts

Historical Mystery Lindy Bell - 28 October 2024

Publication Date: October 29, 2024 From bestselling historical true-crime author Sharon Virts comes a gripping tale of murder and deceit. In Reconstruction-era Baltimore, members of the city’s elite keep turning up dead. Below the...

5-STAR REVIEW: MURDER IN HIGHBURY by Vanessa Kelly

Historical Mystery Lindy Bell - 21 October 2024

An Emma Knightley Mystery: Book 1 Publication Date: October 22, 2024 First in a captivating new series, Jane Austen’s Emma Knightley entertains a different role in Highbury—going from clever matchmaker to Regency England’s shrewdest...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE BURNING OF ROSEMONT ABBEY by Naomi Stephens

Historical Mystery Amy Wilson - 18 October 2024

Publication Date: October 15, 2024 Everyone in Wilbeth Green has something to hide, but she's about to uncover their secrets. 1956: In a quiet English village, the smoldering ruins of Rosemont Abbey have set...

5-STAR REVIEW: ECHOES OF US by Joy Jordan-Lake

Historical Mystery Amy Wilson - 8 October 2024

Publication Date: October 8, 2024 From the bestselling author of Under a Gilded Moon comes the soaring story of an unlikely friendship of three men and one extraordinary woman and the legacy they built—if their...

5-STAR REVIEW: OF GOLD AND SHADOWS by Michelle Griep

Historical Romance Lindy Bell - 4 October 2024

Time's Lost Treasures: Book 1 Publication Date: September 24, 2024 The shadows hold secrets darker than they ever imagined. . . . In 1888 Victorian England, Ami Dalton navigates a clandestine dual life. By day, she strives...

5-STAR REVIEW: QUEEN MACBETH by Val McDermid

Historical Mystery Amy Wilson - 23 September 2024

Publication Date: September 24, 2024 Shakespeare created the myth of the Macbeths as indefensible murderous conspirators. But now internationally bestselling author Val McDermid drags the truth out of the shadows, exposing the patriarchal...