Coming from Seth Hunter (a pseudonym of writer, screenwriter, and director Paul Bryers), the Nathan Peake series of nautical historical fiction is set during the wars with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France. Nathan Peake is a naval officer in the British Navy with a twist, as he combines the role of a naval officer and secret…
Coming from British author Sarah Hawkswood, The Bradecote and Catchpoll series takes us back to medieval times for some murder mysteries. Set in Worcestershire during the Anarchy of King Stephen’s reign, the series follows the investigations of Hugh Bradecote, a vassal lord of the Sheriff, William de Beauchamp, and the Sheriff’s Serjeant, the wily Catchpoll….
Written by British author Michael Jecks (the Templar Series), the Jack Blackjack series is a historical murder mystery series set during the troubled reign of Queen Mary I, elder half-sister to the future Elizabeth I, (1553-1558). The Bloody Mary murder mystery series revolves around an amoral former cutpurse turned paid assassin named Jack Blackjack. He…
Written by Boris Akunin, Erast Petrovich Fandorin is the Russian Sherlock Holmes, a 19th-century Russian hero in a series of Russian historical detective novels. Orphaned at the age of nineteen, he was left with only debts and had to abandon his education to enter the police force as a clerk. He is an inexperienced detective…
Based on the true story of Constance Kopp from New Jersey, with, one of America’s first female deputy sheriffs, and her sisters, the Kopp Sisters Series is written by Amy Stewart. This is not a series of biographies, but the fictionalized lives of three real-life sisters. There’s thirty-five-year-old Constance and her two younger sisters. First,…
Thomas Chaloner is the central character and narrator in a series of historical mystery crime novels by Susanna Gregory. He grew up in Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire, before having to fight for Cromwell’s New Model Army during the civil wars. Afterward, he pursued and finished his studies in Cambridge, and enrolled at Lincoln’s Inn. Then, he…
English author and freelance journalist, Jessica Fellowes is known for writing the Mitford Murders series–her name may also sound familiar because she is the niece of Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey’s creator. Golden Age mysteries set amid the lives of the glamorous Mitford sisters, the Mitford Murders series focuses on Louisa Cannon, chaperone and confidante to…
Written by Laura Joh Rowland, the Sano Ichiro series is a historical mystery series that brings us to the late days of feudal Japan, mostly in Edo during the late 17th century. The story revolves around Sano Ichiro, a samurai and private investigator for the shogun-aka the Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People….
Matthew Harffy used to work in IT, and also was an English teacher and translator. But now, he is a British writer who specializes in historical fiction. The Bernicia Chronicles is set in the 7th century, against the backdrop of the clash between peoples and religions in Dark Ages Britain. The story focuses on Beobrand,…
Coming from British writer L. C. Tyler, this series set in the 1650s and 1660s is about the investigations of John Grey, and his childhood friend Aminta Clifford. At first, John Grey is just a young lawyer searching for work, but as the series progresses, time passes and his career evolves. Grey found a benefactor…
Mrs. Jeffries is the main protagonist of the Victorian murder mystery series written by American writer “Emily Brightwell” that started in 1993. Working as Inspector Witherspoon’s housekeeper, Mrs. Jeffries is the widow of a Yorkshire policeman who keeps things running. Also, she knows how to help the mild-mannered Witherspoon, one investigation after the other. In…
From the peak and feather-banner splendor of the Aztec Capital of Tenochtitlan to the arrival of Hernán Cortás and his conquistadores, and their destruction of the Aztec empire, the Aztec series tells the fascinating history of Mexico. This series has been described as a generally accurate portrayal of the events surrounding a number of actual…
