Historical Mystery Archives

NEW RELEASE: DANCE WITH DEATH by Will Thomas

Historical Mystery Dayna Linton - 16 April 2021

A Baker & Llewelyn Novel: Book 13 Publication Date: April 13, 2021 London, 1893: Private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn are called in to protect Tsesarevich Nicholas from nefarious forces as he...

BOOK BLAST: DEATH IN THE GREAT DISMAL by Eleanor Kuhns Plus Giveaway!

Historical Mystery Dayna Linton - 15 April 2021

A Will Rees Mystery: Book 9 Publication Date: January 5, 2021 Finding themselves in a slave community hidden within the Great Dismal Swamp, Will Rees and his wife Lydia get caught up in a...

NEW RELEASE: DEATH OF A SHOWMAN by Mariah Fredericks

Historical Mystery Dayna Linton - 13 April 2021

A Jane Prescott Novel: Book 4 Publication Date: April 13, 2021 In Mariah Fredericks's Death of a Showman, the fourth in this absorbing series set in Gilded Age New York, lady’s maid Jane Prescott...

4 STAR REVIEW: THE GIRL IN THE PAINTING by Tea Cooper

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 18 March 2021

Publication Date: March 9, 2021 A young prodigy in need of family. A painting that shatters a woman’s peace. And a decades-old mystery demanding to be solved. Australia, 1906 Orphan Jane Piper is nine years...

GUEST BLOG: What’s On Your Bucket List? by Tea Cooper Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 9 March 2021

My bucket list has been constantly changing over the last few years. When I retired from teaching it revolved entirely around my writing plans: Get a print book published by one of...

GUEST BLOG: The Regency in England Wasn’t All You Think by Chris Nickson Plus Giveaway!

Historical Mystery Dayna Linton - 1 March 2021

Hear the word ‘Regency’ – a period that more or less the first 25 years of the 19th century - and people immediately imagine Jane Austen. Gentlemen with fortunes in need of...

4 STAR REVIEW: TO THE DARK by Chris Nickson

Historical Mystery JoAnne - 26 February 2021

Winter is about to take a chilling twist… Thief-taker Simon Westow is drawn into a deadly puzzle when the melting snow reveals a dark secret in this gripping historical mystery, perfect for fans...

GUEST BLOG: P.S. “I wish it may please you.” by Mally Becker Plus Giveaway!

Historical Mystery Dayna Linton - 24 February 2021

Did George Washington love his wife, Martha? It’s not a question that’s “top of mind” this cold, covid-filled February. But with Valentine’s Day and Washington’s Birthday just crossed off the calendar, I thought...

5 STAR REVIEW: THE CANTERBURY MURDERS by E.M. Powell

Historical Mystery Lori Van Buren - 5 February 2021

Stanton & Barling: Book 3 Publication Date: November 12, 2020 A fire-ravaged cathedral. An ungodly murder. Easter, 1177. Canterbury Cathedral, home to the tomb of martyr Saint Thomas Becket, bears the wounds of a terrible...

GUEST BLOG: Writing Strong Female Characters in Historical Fiction by Stacie Murphy Plus Giveaway!

Historical Mystery Dayna Linton - 20 January 2021

Imagine this: you open a novel and find a main character who does exactly what she’s supposed to do at every turn. Our hypothetical heroine adheres to the conventions of her time,...

5 STAR REVIEW: A DEADLY FORTUNE by Stacie Murphy

Historical Mystery Katie Steuart - 18 January 2021

Publication Date: January 5, 2021 A historical mystery in the vein of The Alienist, in which a young woman in Gilded Age New York must use a special talent to unravel a deadly...

GUEST BLOG: Putting the Mystery into History: Writing Historical Sleuths by E.M. Powell

Historical Mystery Dayna Linton - 11 January 2021

Like so many readers out there, I love a good whodunit. I hugely enjoy trying to figure out page by page which suspects are the ones to watch. Who may be for...