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Historical Mysteries
Like their counterparts in historical fiction, these authors often do a great deal of research on their historical period, creating a totally realistic and historically accurate milieu for their mystery stories. Get lost in another time and place and have a mystery to solve besides!

Historical Mysteries Authors -
(TIME PERIODS in parentheses)


A

Harold Adams - (1930's US)
Bruce Alexander - (18th Century England)

B
Stephanie Barron - (19th Century England)
George Baxt - (1940's US)

C
Caleb Carr - (Early 20th Century US)
P. F. Chisolm - (16th Century England)
Michael Clynes - (16th Century England)
Max Allan Collins - (1930s and 1940s US)

D
Lindsey Davis - (Ancient Rome)
Carole Nelson Douglas - (Victorian England)

E
Elizabeth Eyre - (Renaissance Italy)

F
Margaret Frazer - (11th Century England)

H
Robert Lee Hall - (18th Century US)
Ray Harrison - (Victorian England)

K
Laurie King - (Victorian England)

L
Margaret Lawrence - (19th Century US)

M
Edward Marston - (Elizabethan England)
Maan Meyers - (Colonial US)
Miriam Grace Monfredo - (Mid 19th Century US)
Ian Morson - (Medieval England)

N
Sharan Newman - (Medieval France)

P
William Palmer - (Victorian England)
Michael Pearce - (Early 20th Century Egypt)
Anne Perry - (Victorian England)
Ellis Peters - (12th Century England)

R
Candace Robb - (Medieval England)
Lynda Robinson - (Ancient Egypt)
Elliott Roosevelt - (1930s and 1940s US)
Kate Ross - (Regency England)

S
Steven Saylor - (Ancient Rome)
Troy Soos - (Early 20th Century US)