Category: Historical Mystery
Where the Dead Lie by C.S. Harris
Narrated by Davina Porter It’s the rare author who can reach the twelfth book in a long-running series and still keep coming up with fresh ideas and interesting developments, but C.S. Harris manages to do both those things and more…
The Girl Who Knew Too Much by Amanda Quick
Narrated by Louisa Jane Underwood Anyone who has read or listened to even a small number of Amanda Quick’s historical mysteries will have realised that her books tend to be somewhat formulaic. I’m not saying that’s necessarily a bad thing;…
An Unseen Attraction by K.J. Charles
Narrated by Matthew Lloyd-Davies An Unseen Attraction is the first in K.J. Charles’ new Sins of the Cities trilogy of historical romantic mysteries set in the late Victorian era. She has taken as her inspiration the pulp fiction of the…
A Bachelor Establishment by Jodi Taylor (writing as Isabella Barclay)
Narrated by Anna Bentinck A Bachelor Establishment was published in 2015, but harks back to the Traditional Regency, with its strong observational humour and echoes of a comedy of manners. The attributed author is Isabella Barclay, which is actually the…
In Milady’s Chamber by Sheri Cobb South
Narrated by Joel Froomkin Sheri Cobb South’s The Weaver Takes a Wife is one of my favourite traditional Regencies, and while I know it’s available in audio, I didn’t like the narrator based on the sample available at Audible, so…
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
Narrated by Kate Reading Sherry Thomas kicks off her new Lady Sherlock series of historical mysteries in fine style with A Study in Scarlet Women. In it, she introduces listeners to the main players in a way that is engaging…
Why Mermaids Sing by C.S. Harris
Narrated by Davina Porter C.S. Harris’ series of mysteries set in Regency England featuring aristocratic sleuth Sebastian St. Cyr is one I’ve been meaning to get around to reading for ages, but with the series now comprising eleven books with…
As Death Draws Near by Anna Lee Huber
Narrated by Heather Wilds This fifth book in Anna Lee Huber’s series of historical mysteries featuring Lady Keira Darby is another well-constructed tale – one in which Keira and her new husband, inquiry agent Sebastian Gage, are asked to investigate…
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
Narrated by Angèle Masters As someone who enjoyed Deanna Raybourn’s Lady Julia series of mysteries set in Victorian England, I admit to raising an eyebrow when I learned the author was writing a new … series of mysteries set in…