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For those British mystery bibliophiles, here's a list of historical mysteries that all take place in Great Britain.
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What Angels Fear : A Historical Mystery
C S Harris - New American Library; First Edition
Format: Hardcover
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The prime suspect in the brutal rape and murder of a young woman whose body is left on the altar steps of an ancient church, Sebastian St. Cyr, a young aristocrat haunted by his experiences in the Napoleonic Wars, becomes a fugitive, joining forces with an unlikely group of allies... |
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Her Royal Spyness
Rhys Bowen - Berkley
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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THE FIRST ROYAL SPYNESS MYSTERY!The New York Times bestselling author of the Molly Murphy and Constable Evan Evans mysteries turns her attentions to "a feisty new heroine to delight a legion of Anglophile readers."*London, 1932. Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte... |
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Novel
Alan Bradley - Delacorte Press
Format: Book
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BONUS: This edition contains a The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie discussion guide and an excerpt from Alan Bradley's The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag.It is the summer of 1950–and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with... |
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A Curious Beginning: A Veronica Speedwell Mystery
Deanna Raybourn - Berkley
Format: Hardcover
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In her thrilling new series, the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries, returns once more to Victorian England ... and introduces intrepid adventuress Veronica Speedwell.London, 1887. As the city prepares to celebrate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee,... |
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Fortune Like the Moon
Alys Clare - Hodder
Format: Book
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Sunlight shone on the dark crimson blood, making it shine like a jewel....thus the body of Gunnora, a young nun from Hawkenlye Abbey, is found with her throat cut. Felons have been released from English prisons at the command of the new king, Richard Plantagenet, and suspicion centers on them.... |
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The Anatomist's Wife
Anna Lee Huber - Berkley
Format: Paperback
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THE FIRST LADY DARBY MYSTERY "A riveting debut ... an original premise, an enigmatic heroine, and a compelling Highland setting ... a book you won't want to put down." - New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn Scotland, 1830. Following the death of her husband, Lady... |
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Murder in an English Village
JESSICA ELLICOTT - Kensington
Format: Hardcover
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As friends, the boisterous and brash American Beryl couldn't be less alike than the prim and proper British Edwina. But as sleuths in an England recovering from the Great War, they're the perfect match . . .1920: Flying in the face of convention, legendary American adventuress... |
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Mr. Churchill's Secretary: A Maggie Hope Mystery
Susan Elia MacNeal - Bantam
Format: Paperback
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For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Laurie R. King, and Anne Perry, Mr. Churchill's Secretary captures the drama of an era of unprecedented challenge - and the greatness that rose to meet it.London, 1940. Winston Churchill has just been sworn in, war rages across the Channel, and the threat... |
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A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries)
Charles Finch - Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover
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On any given day in London, all Charles Lenox, Victorian gentleman and armchair explorer, wants to do is relax in his private study with a cup of tea, a roaring fire and a good book. But when his lifelong friend Lady Jane asks for his help, Lenox cannot resist another chance to unravel... |
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A Study In Scarlet Women
Sherry Thomas - Berkley
Format: Paperback
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An NPR Best Book of 2016USA Today bestselling author Sherry Thomas turns the story of the renowned Sherlock Holmes upside down ... With her inquisitive mind, Charlotte Holmes has never felt comfortable with the demureness expected of the fairer sex in upper class society. But even... |
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Murder Most Malicious
Alyssa Maxwell - Kensington
Format: Paperback
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In post-World War I England, Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady's maid, Eva Huntford, step outside of their social roles and put their lives at risk to apprehend a vicious killer . . .As a difficult 1918 draws to a close, there is much to celebrate for nineteen-year-old Phoebe Renshaw... |
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Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor (Jane Austen Series #1)
Stephanie Barron - Bantam Books
Format: Hardcover
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For everyone who loves Jane Austen... a marvelously entertaining new series that turns the incomparable author into an extraordinary sleuth!On a visit to the estate of her friend, the young and beautiful Isobel Payne, Countess of Scargrave, Jane bears witness to a tragedy. Isobel's... |
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Dissolution
C J Sansom - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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It is the winter of 1537 and England is divided into those faithful to the Catholic Church and those loyal to the King and the newly established Church of England. Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's feared vicar-general, crusades against the old Church with savage new laws, rigged trials,... |
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A Test of Wills: The First Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery
Charles Todd - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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"Todd has written a first novel that speaks out, urgently and compassionately, for a long-dead generation ... .A meticulously wrought puzzle." - New York Times Book Review"An intricately plotted mystery. With this remarkable debut, Charles Todd breaks new ground in the historical... |
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A Great Deliverance
Elizabeth George - Bantam Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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To this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldales lush green valleys. Three hundred years ago, as legend goes, the frightened Yorkshire villagers smothered a crying babe in Keldale Abbey, where theyd hidden to escape the ravages of Cromwells raiders.Now into Keldales... |
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