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Emily Brightwell is the pen name of American author Cheryl Arguile, the author of historical mystery novels. She began her career writing young adult romance novels before adopting her pen name and starting what became her best known work, the Mrs. Jeffries mystery series. She currently resides in Orange County, California.
Detective Murdoch is the central character in a series of historical mystery novels by English-Canadian novelist Maureen Jennings. William Murdoch is a detective in the late 19th century, working in Toronto. The series has been adapted into the television series Murdoch Mysteries, which has aired both on CityTV and CBC.
Maureen Jennings is an English-Canadian author of mystery novels, especially in historical settings. She is best known as the author of the Detective Murdoch series. Born in Birmingham, she emigrated to Canada when she was a teenager, but still maintains a close connection to her home country. Maureen got her MA in English literature at […]
Her Royal Spyness is a series of historical mystery novels by English author Rhys Bowen. The series features Lady Victoria Georgiana “Georgie” Charlotte Eugenie. Although she is a cousin of King George V of England, she is broke and must live as a commoner. The series is set in London beginning in 1932.
Molly Murphy is a series of historical mystery novels by British author Rhys Bowen. Molly Murphy always finds trouble, so she has left Ireland for the United States, where she ends up working as a detective in New York in the early 20th century.
John Quincannon is the protagonist in a series of historical mystery novels by American author Bill Pronzini. The series is set in San Francisco in the 19th century. John Frederick Quincannon is a former Secret Service agent who joins forces with Sabina Carpenter, one of the first female Pinkerton agents.
The Maggie Hope Mysteries is a series of historical mystery novels by American author Susan Elia MacNeal. Maggie Hope is a young American woman who finds herself in London in 1940, working as a secretary to newly appointed Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
Susan Elia MacNeal is an American author of historical mystery novels. Her first series features the protagonist Maggie Hope. Susan graduated from Wellesley College with honours in English Literature and then attended the Radcliffe Publishing Course at Harvard. She has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Fodor’s, Time Out New York, Publishers […]
Shadwell Rafferty and Sherlock Holmes is a series of historical mystery novels by American author Larry Millett. The series puts Sherlock Holmes in 1890s Minnesota, where he is assisted by Shadwell Rafferty.
Larry Millett is an American author of historical mystery novels and non-fiction books as well as being a journalist. He is the author of the Shadwell Rafferty & Sherlock Holmes series, set in Minneapolis in the 1890s. He also worked as an architectural critic for the St. Paul Pioneer Press in Minnesota and has written […]