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1880 AD - 1980 AD
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Robert J. Begiebing |
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The Strange Death of Mistress Coffin, 1991 |
Colonial New England,1640s |
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Iain Pears |
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An Instance of the Fingerpost, 1997 |
Oxford |
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S.S. Rafferty |
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Cork of the Colonies |
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Maan Meyers (Martin and Annette Meyers) |
New York City |
The Dutchman The Kingsbridge Plot The House on Mulberry Street The Lucifer Contract |
Mysteries cover the eras from 1664 New Amsterdam through the 19th century. |
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Molly Brown |
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Invitation to a Funeral, 1995 |
1676 |
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Keith Heller |
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Man's Storm, 1984 Man's Illegal Life, 1985 Man's Loving Family, 1986 |
1676 |
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John Dickson Carr |
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The Devil in Velvet, 1951 |
1675 |
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The Demoniacs, 1962 |
series begins in 1757 |
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Captain Cut-Throat, 1955 |
France, 1802 |
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Fire, Burn!, 1957 |
1820 |
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The Hungry Goblin, 1972 |
1869 |
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Scandal at High Chimneys, 1959 |
Victorian England |
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The Ghosts' High Noon, 1969 |
U.S. 1911 |
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Laura Joh Rowland |
Ichiro Sano |
Sinju, 1994 Bundori, 1996 The Way of the Traitor, 1997 The Concubine's Tattoo, 1998 |
Medieval Japan, beginning in 1689 |
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Deryn Lake |
John Rawlings |
Death in the Dark Walk, 1994 Death at the Beggar's Opera, 1996 Death at the Devil's Tavern, 1996 Death on the Romney Marsh, 1998 |
1754 (Early Hanoverian England) |
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Robert Lee Hall |
Ben Franklin |
Benjamin Franklin Takes the Case, 1988 Benjamin Franklin and a Case of Christmas Murder, 1991 Murder at Drury Lane, 1992 Benjamin Franklin and a Case of Artful Murder, 1994 Murder by the Waters, 1995 London Blood, 1997 |
Hanoverian England |
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Ross King |
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Domino, 1995 |
1770's London |
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Lillian de la Torre |
Dr. Sam:Johnson |
Dr. Sam: Johnson Detector, 1944 |
1763-1784 |
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Dennis Wheatley |
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The Launching of Roger Brook, 1947 |
Europe, beginning 1783 |
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Margaret Lawrence |
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Hearts and Bones, 1996 Blood Red Roses The Burning Bride |
U.S. beginning 1786 |
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Jim DeFelice |
Jake Gibbs, Patriot Spy |
The Silver Bullet, 1995 The Iron Chain, 1995 The Golden Flask, 1996 |
Colonial-Revolutionary USA |
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J. G. Jeffries |
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The Thieftaker, 1972 Invitation to a Funeral, 1995 |
begins 1798 |
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Gerald O'Toole |
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Poor Richard's Game |
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Jeremy Potter |
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The Mystery of the Campden Wonder |
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Jean Stubbs |
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The Case of Kitty Ogilvie |
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Donald Zochert |
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Murder in the Hellfire Club |
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Quinn Fawcett |
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Napoleon Must Die |
Egypt, 1799 |
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Stephanie Barron |
Jane Austen |
Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor, 1996 Jane and the Man of the Cloth, 1997 Jane and the Wandering Eye, 1998 Jane and the Genius of the Place, 1999 |
Regency England, beginning 1802 |
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Raymond Ragan Butler |
Captain Nash |
Captain Nash and the Wroth Inheritance, 1975 Captain Nash and the Honour of England, 1977 |
Georgian England |
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Bruce Alexander |
Sir John Fielding |
Blind Justice, 1994 Murder in Grub Street, 1995 Watery Grave, 1996 Person or Persons Unknown, 1997 Jack, Knave and Fool, 1998 |
Georgian-Regency England, beginning 1768 |
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Richard Falkirk |
Edmund Blackstone |
Blackstone, 1972 Blackstone's Fancy, 1973 Beau Blackstone, 1973 Blackstone and the Scourge of Europe, 1974 Blackstone Underground, 1976 Blackstone on Broadway, 1977 |
Georgian-Regency England |
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David Donachie |
Harry Ludlow |
The Devil's Own Luck, 1991 The Dying Trade, 1993 A Hanging Matter, 1994 An Element of Chance, 1995 The Scent of Betrayal, 1996 A Game of Bones, 1997 |
Georgian England |
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Raymond Foxall |
Harry Adkins |
The Dark Forest, 1962 The Little Ferret, 1968 Brandy for the Parson, 1970 The Silver Goblet, 1974 |
Georgian-Regency England |
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Dawn Aldridge Poore |
Miss Roxanne Sydney |
The Secret Scroll, 1993 The Cairo Cats, 1994 The Mummy's Mirror, 1995 |
Regency England |
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Alice Chetwynd Ley |
Anthea and Justin Rutherford |
A Reputation Dies, 1984 A Fatal Assignation, 1987 Masquerade of Vengeance, 1989 |
Regency England |
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Bernard Barnstable (Robert Barnard) |
Wolfgang Mozart |
Dead, Mr. Mozart, 1995 Too Many Notes, Mr. Mozart, 1995 |
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To Die Like A Gentleman, 1993
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1842 |
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Gail Clark |
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The Baroness of Bow Street |
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England: Jeremy Sturrock USA: J G Jeffreys both names are pseudonyms of Ben Healey |
Jeremy Sturrock |
The Village of Rogues, 1972 (aka The Thief Taker) A Wicked Way to Die, 1973 The Wilful Lady, 1975 A Conspiracy of Poisons, 1977 Suicide Most Foul, 1981 Captain Bolton's Corpse, 1982 The Pangersbourne Murders, 1983 |
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Kate Ross |
Julian Kestrel
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Cut to the Quick, 1993 A Broken Vessel, 1994 Whom the Gods Love, 1995 The Devil in Music, 1997 |
1820's |
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Jane Jakeman |
Lord Ambtose |
Let There Be Blood, 1996 The Egyptian Coffin, 1997 |
UK & Europe, 1830s |
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Raymond Paul |
Lon Quincannon |
The Thomas Street Horror, 1982 The Tragedy at Tiverton, 1984 The Bond Street Burlesque, 1987 |
pre Civil War USA beginning 1835 |
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James D. Brewer |
Masey Baldridge & Luke Williamson |
No Bottom, 1994 No Virtue, 1995 No Justice, 1996 No Remorse, 1997 No Escape, 1998 |
Civil War aftermath USA |
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Peter J. Heck |
Mark Twain |
Death on the Mississippi, 1995 A Connecticut Yankee in Criminal Court, 1996 The Prince and the Prosecutor, 1997 The Guilty Abroad |
post Civil War USA |
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W. J. Palmer |
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The Detective and Mr. Dickens, 1990 |
1852 |
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Iona McGregor |
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Death Wore a Diadem, 1989 |
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1860 |
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Mardi Oakley Medawar |
Tay-Bodal |
Death at Rainy Mountain, 1996 Witch of the Palo Duro, 1997 The Fort Larned Incident, 2000 |
Cherokee Nation, 1860s |
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Carola Groom |
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The Good Doctor, 1995 |
1870 |
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Ann Crowleigh |
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Dead as Dead Can Be, 1993 |
1875 |
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Elizabeth Jenkins |
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Harriet, 1934 |
1875 |
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Robert Goddard |
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Painting the Darkness, 1989 |
1882 |
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Robert Player |
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Oh! Where Are Bloody Mary's Earrings?, 1972 |
1887 |
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Melville Davisson Post |
Randolph Mason |
The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason, 1896 The Corrector of Destinies, 1908 |
A lawyer/detective gets his clients off by any means; more crime than detection. |
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Uncle Abner |
Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries, 1918 Uncle Abner and the Devil's Tools Uncle Abner and the Doomsdorf Mystery |
Uncle Abner is a gifted amateur detective, who works with the local Justice of the Peace, Squire Randolph. | |
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Colonel Braxton |
The Silent Witness |
The narrator of the stories is recalling events he saw in 19th Century West Virginia as a boy. | |
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Kate Bryan |
Maggie Maguire, Discreet Inquiries |
Murder at Bent Elbow, 1998 A Record of Death, 1998 |
1870s USA |
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John B. Hilton |
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Gamekeeper's Gallows, 1976 |
1877 |
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