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Historical Mysteries: Early Modern Age (c. 1500 - 1799)

Mysteries set in historical periods between the Middle Ages and the 1800s.

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16th century (1500s)
Renaissance
Elizabethan Age
17th century (1600s)
18th century (1700s)

• Harrison, Cora: Burren series
  
  1. My Lady Judge
     
  2. A Secret and Unlawful Killing
     
  3. Sting of Justice
     
  4. Writ in Stone
     
  5. Eye of the Law
     
• Levack, Simon: Demon of the Air (Aztec, 1517)
  
• Clynes, Michael: Sir Roger Shallot series (England, c. 1520)
  
  1. The White Rose Murders
     
  2. The Poisoned Chalice
     
  3. The Grail Murders
     
  4. A Brood of Vipers
     
  5. The Gallows Murders
     
  6. The Relic Murders
     
• Collier, Iris: Day of Wrath
  
• Sansom, C.J.: Matthew Shardlake series
  
  1. Dissolution (1537)
     
  2. Dark Fire
     
  3. Sovereign
     
  4. Revelation
     

• Eyre, Elizabeth: Sigismondo series (Venice)
  
  1. Death of a Duchess
     
  2. Curtains for a Cardinal
     
  3. Poison for the Prince
     
  4. Bravo for the Bride
     
  5. Axe for an Abbot
     
  6. Dirge for a Doge
     
• Jaffe, Michele: Renaissance series
  
  1. The Stargazer
     
  2. The Water Nymph
     

• Buckley, Fiona: Ursula Blanchard series
  
  1. To Shield the Queen
     
  2. The Doublet Affair
     
  3. Queen's Ransom
     
  4. To Ruin a Queen
     
  5. Queen of Ambition
     
  6. A Pawn for a Queen
     
  7. The Fugitive Queen
     
  8. The Siren Queen
     
• Chisholm, P.F.: Sir Robert Carey series (England, c. 1590)
  
  1. A Famine of Horses
     
  2. A Season of Knives
     
  3. A Surfeit of Guns
     
  4. A Plague of Angels
     
  5. A Murder of Crows
     
• Clements, Rory: Martyr
  
• Emerson, Kathy Lynn: Susanna, Lady Appleton series
  
  1. Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie
     
  2. Face Down Upon an Herbal
     
  3. Face Down Among the Winchester Geese
     
  4. Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross
     
  5. Face Down Under the Wych Elm
     
  6. Face Down Before Rebel Hooves
     
  7. Face Down Across the Western Sea
     
  8. Face Down Below the Banqueting Hall
     
  9. Face Down Beside St. Anne's Well
     
  10. Face Down O'er the Border
      (short stories) Murder and Other Confusions
      
• Gooden, Philip: Nick Revell series (aka Shakespearean Mystery series)
  
  1. Sleep of Death
     
  2. Death of Kings
     
  3. The Pale Companion
     
  4. Alms for Oblivion
     
  5. Mask of Night
     
  6. An Honorable Murder
     
• Harper, Karen: Elizabeth I series
  
  1. The Poyson Garden
     
  2. The Tidal Poole
  3. The Twylight Tower
     
  4. The Queene's Cure
     
  5. The Thorne Maze
     
  6. The Queene's Christmas
     
  7. The Fyre Mirror
     
  8. The Fatal Fashione
     
• Hawke, Simon: Shakespeare and Smythe series
  
  1. A Mystery of Errors
     
  2. The Slaying of the Shrew
     
• Kellerman, Faye: The Quality of Mercy
  
• Marston, Edward: Nicholas Bracewell series
  
  1. The Queen's Head
     
  2. The Merry Devils
     
  3. The Trip to Jerusalem
     
  4. The Nine Giants
     
  5. The Mad Courtesan
     
  6. The Silent Woman
     
  7. The Roaring Boy
     
  8. The Laughing Hangman
     
  9. The Fair Maid of Bohemia
     
  10. The Wanton Angel
      
  11. The Devil's Apprentice
      
  12. The Bawdy Basket
      
  13. The Vagabond Clown
      
  14. The Counterfeit Crank
      
  15. The Malevolent Comedy
      
  16. The Princess of Denmark
      
• Much Ado About Murder (edited by Anne Perry)
  
• Pilkington, John: Thomas the Falconer series
  
  1. The Ruffler's Child
     
  2. A Ruinous Wind
     
  3. The Ramage Hawk
     
  4. The Mapmaker's Daughter
     
  5. The Maiden Bell
     
  6. The Jingler's Luck
     
  7. The Muscovy Chain
     
• Tobin, Betsy: Bone House
  
• Tonkin, Peter: Master of Defence series
  
  1. The Point of Death
     
  2. One Head Too Many
     
  3. The Silent Woman
     
• Tourney, Leonard: Matthew & Joan Stock series
  
  1. The Players' Boy is Dead
     
  2. Low Treason
     
  3. Familiar Spirits
     
  4. The Bartholomew Fair Murders
     
  5. Old Saxon Blood
     
  6. Knaves Templar
     
  7. Witness of Bones
     
  8. Frobisher's Savage
     
• Tourney, Leonard: Time's Fool
  

• Alfieri, Annamaria: City of Silver
  
• Furutani, Dale: Samurai series (Japan, 17th century)
  
  1. Death at the Crossroads
     
  2. Jade Palace Vendetta
     
  3. Kill the Shogun
     
• Gregory, Susanna: Thomas Chaloner series
  
  1. Conspiracy of Violence
     
  2. Blood on the Strand
     
  3. The Butcher of Smithfield
     
  4. The Westminster Poisoner
     
  5. A Murder on London Bridge
     
  6. The Body in the Thames
     
• Kerr, Philip: Dark Matter
  
• Lawrence, Paul: Harry Lytle series
  
  1. The Sweet Smell of Decay
     
  2. A Plague of Sinners
     
• Lewis, Stephen: Mystery of Colonial Times series
  
  1. The Dumb Shall Sing
     
  2. The Blind in Darkness
     
  3. The Sea Hath Spoken
     
• Miles, Margaret: Braceridge series
  
  1. A Wicked Way to Burn
     
  2. Too Soon For Flowers
     
  3. No Rest for the Dove
     
• Pears, Iain: An Instance of the Fingerpost
  
• Riley, Judith Merkle: The Oracle Glass
  
• Rowland, Laura Joh: Samurai Detective series (aka Sano Ichiro series)
  
  1. Shinju
     
  2. Bundori
     
  3. The Way of the Traitor
     
  4. The Concubine's Tattoo
     
  5. The Samurai's Wife
     
  6. Black Lotus
     
  7. The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria
     
  8. The Dragon King's Palace
     
  9. The Perfumed Sleeve
     
  10. The Assassin's Touch
      
  11. Red Chysanthemum
      
  12. The Snow Empress
      
  13. The Fire Kimono
      
  14. The Cloud Pavilion
      
• Wishnia, Kenneth: The Fifth Servant
  

• Morgan, Fidelis: Countess Ashby de la Zouche series
  
  1. Unnatural Fire
     
  2. The Rival Queens
     
  3. The Ambitious Stepmother
     
  4. Fortune's Slave
     
• Myers, Beverle Graves: Tito Amato series (aka Baroque Mystery series)
  
  1. Interrupted Aria
     
  2. Painted Veil
     
  3. Cruel Music
     
  4. The Iron Tongue of Midnight
     
  5. Her Deadly Mischief
     
• Laurence, Janet: Canaletto and the Case of the Westminster Bridge (London, 1746)
  
• Liss, David: Benjamin Weaver series
  
  1. A Conspiracy of Paper
     
  2. A Spectacle of Corruption
     
  3. The Devil's Company
     
• Southey, Roz: Charles Patterson series
  
  1. Broken Harmony
     
  2. Chords and Discords
     
  3. Secret Lament
     
  4. Sword and Song
     
  5. The Ladder Dancer
     
• Pattison, Eliot: Duncan McCallum series
  
  1. Bone Rattler
     
  2. Eye of the Raven
     
• Gabaldon, Diana: Lord John Grey series
  
  1. Lord John and the Private Matter
     
  2. Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade
     
  3. Lord John and the Hand of Devils
     
  4. The Scottish Prisoner
     A Lord John Grey short story titled "Hellfire" is available in book-on-tape format by Recorded Books, Inc.
     
• Alexander, Bruce: Sir John Fielding series (London, c. 1770)
  
  1. Blind Justice
     
  2. Murder in Grub Street
     
  3. Watery Grave
     
  4. Person or Persons Unknown
     
  5. Jack, Knave, and Fool
     
  6. Death of a Colonial
     
  7. The Color of Death
     
  8. Smuggler's Moon
     
  9. An Experiment in Treason
     
  10. The Price of Murder
      
• Swee, Karen: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Murder
  
• Lawrence, Margaret: Hannah Trevor series (United States, 1780s)
  
  1. Hearts and Bones
     
  2. Blood Red Roses
     
  3. The Burning Bride
     
• Wright, Nancy Means: Midnight Fires: A Mystery with Mary Wollstonecraft (1786)
  
• Clarke, Mary Andrea: Georgiana Grey series
  
  1. The Crimson Cavalier
     
• O'Brien, Charles: Anna Cartier series
  
  1. Mute Witness
     
  2. Black Gold
     
  3. Noble Blood
     
  4. Lethal Beauty
     
  5. Fatal Carnival
     
  6. Cruel Choices
     
  7. Assassins' Rage
     
  8. Deadly Quarrel
     
  9. False Patriots
     
• Perry, Anne: A Dish Taken Cold (1792)
  
• Alleyn, Susanne: Aristide Ravel series
  
  (prequel) The Cavalier of the Apocalypse
  
  1. Game of Patience
     
  2. A Treasury of Regrets
     
• Redfern, Elizabeth: The Music of the Spheres
  

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