Written by prolific Welsh-Canadian novelist Mary Balogh, The Westcott Series is a historical romance series. Set during the British Regency era, the series takes us into the lives of the Westcott family. Everything started when Humphrey Wescott, Earl of Riverdale, died. He leaves behind a fortune and a scandalous secret that will forever alter the…
Coming from television producer/director and (of course) author John Lawton, the Frederick Troy series is a mix of historical, crime, and espionage stories. The series focuses on police sergeant (and later Chief Inspector) Frederick Troy who is investigating murder cases in London, England, from the late 1940s to the 1960s. Those books were not written…
Written by Victoria Thompson, The Gaslight Mystery series is about Sarah Brandt, a midwife at the turn of the 20th century. These stories follow Sarah Brandt, whose family is one of the oldest in New York City, and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy as they work together, dealing with birth and death in this brutal and…
Alan Furst is an American author of historical spy novels, born in New York in 1941. A graduate of Oberlin College in 1960 and from Penn State in 1967, Furst worked in advertising and wrote magazine articles before becoming a full-time writer. His first published books didn’t spark a big interest among readers, achieving limited…
Written by American author Alan Furst, the Night Soldiers novels are espionage thrillers taking place in Europe, starting in the 1930s and through World War II. Those are realistic stories of (mostly) reluctant heroes in wartime, an exploration of the multiple resistance movements all over Europe, from occupied Paris to London, from the front to…
Created by English writer Anne Perry, William Monk is a policeman in the Victorian era. Brilliant and ambitious, but suffering from amnesia after a coach accident in 1856, this son of a fisherman has lost a lot and tried to keep this a secret to save his job. After the accident he met Hester Latterly,…
The Aubrey-Maturin series is an internationally acclaimed nautical historical/war series set during the Napoleonic Wars written by English novelist Patrick O’Brian. The story takes us back to the early 19th century with Captain Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy and his friend Stephen Maturin, the ship’s surgeon who also is an intelligence agent. From one…
Created by Robert B. Parker (Jesse Stone and Spenser) who wrote the first four books before his death, the Cole & Hitch series has been continued by actor and screenwriter Robert Knott. Set in the American Old West, these Western novels are about Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, two itinerant lawmen for hire. When they…
The Thomas Kydd series is written by Julian Stockwin MBE, an English author of historical action-adventure fiction. He served for the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy before joining the University of Tasmania where he study cross-cultural psychology. He later rejoined the Navy. Stockwin’s writing career started in 1996. The Kydd series hit the…
Written by the American author of historical fiction and historical mysteries Deanna Raybourn, the Veronica Speedwell series, like her Lady Julia Grey series, takes us back to the Victorian era in England. It follows the intrepid adventuress and sleuth Veronica Speedwell. She’s a natural historian with a specialty in lepidoptery which makes her a butterfly…
Written by former university professor C.S. Harris, this historical mystery series is about Sebastian St. Cyr, an aristocratic detective in Regency England. Brilliant young nobleman shattered by his experiences in the Napoleonic Wars, Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, is now often called to investigate murders, dealing with members of London’s elite and the working class….
Written by American historical romance author Julie Pottinger under the pseudonym Julia Quinn, The Bridgerton series is about the love stories of the members of a British family. Each book is about one of them finding his/her true love. Set against the backdrop of upper society during the period of Regency England, the series is…
