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Peter Ackroyd |
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Dan Leno and The Limehouse Golem, 1994 (U.S. title: The Trial of Elizabeth Cree) |
1880 |
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Ray Harrison |
Detective Joseph Bragg & Constable Morton |
French Ordinary Murder (USA: Why Kill Arthur Potter?), 1983 Death of an Honourable Member, 1984 Death of a Dancing Lady, 1985 Deathwatch, 1986 Counterfeit of Murder, 1986 A Season of Death, 1987 Harvest of Death, 1988 Tincture of Death, 1989 Sphere of Death, 1990 Patently Murder, 1991 Akin to Murder, 1992 Murder in Petticoat Square, 1993 Hallmark of Murder, 1995 Murder by Design, 1996 Facets of Murder, 1997 Draught of Death, 1998 |
Victorian England |
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Donald Thomas |
Alfred Swain |
Belladonna, 1983 US: Mad Hatter Summer The Ripper's Apprentice, 1986 Jekyll, Alias Hyde, 1988 |
Victorian England |
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Carole Nelson Douglas |
Irene Adler |
Good Night Mr. Holmes, 1990 Good Morning, Irene, 1991 Irene at Large, 1992 Irene's Last Waltz, 1994 |
Victorian England |
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John Buxton Hilton |
Detective Constable Brunt |
Rescue from the Rose, 1976 Gamekeeper's Gallows, 1976 Dead-Nettle, 1977 Mr Fred (USA: Mr Fred's Leap), 1983 The Quite Stranger, 1985 Slickensides, 1987 |
Victorian to Edwardian England |
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Robert Lee Hall |
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The King Edward Plot, 1980 Exit Sherlock Holmes, 1983 Murder at San Simeon, 1988 |
Victorian to Edwardian England |
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Sydney Hosier |
Mrs. Hudson |
Elementary, Mrs. Hudson, 1996 Murder, Mrs Hudson, 1997 Most Baffling, Mrs. Hudson, 1998 The Game's Afoot, Mrs Hudson, 1998 |
Victorian England |
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Emily Brightwell |
Mrs. Jeffries & Inspector Witherspoon |
The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries, 1993 Mrs. Jeffries Dusts For Clues, 1993 The Ghost and Mrs. Jeffries, 1993 Mrs. Jeffries Takes Stock, 1994 Mrs. Jeffries on the Ball, 1994 Mrs. Jeffries on the Trail, 1995 Mrs. Jeffries Plays the Cook, 1995 Mrs. Jeffries and the Missing Alibi, 1996 Mrs. Jeffries Stands Corrected, 1996 Mrs. Jeffries Takes the Stage, 1997 Mrs. Jeffries Questions the Answer, 1997 Mrs. Jeffries Reveals Her Art, 1998 |
Victorian England |
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Ann Crowleigh |
Clively Close |
Dead as Dead Can Be, 1993 Wait for the Dark, 1993 |
Victorian England |
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Mark Frost |
Arthur Conan Doyle |
The List of Seven, 1993 The 6 Messiahs, 1995 |
Victorian England, USA |
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Arthur Swinson |
Sergeant Cork |
Sergeant Cork's Casebook, 1965 Sergeant Cork's Second Casebook, 1966 |
Victorian England |
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Quinn Fawcett (Chelsea Quinn Yarbro & Bill Fawcett) |
Mycroft Holmes |
The Adventures of Mycroft Holmes, 1994 Against the Brotherhood, 1997 Embassy Row, 1998 |
Victorian England |
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Mme Vernet |
Napoleon Must Die, 1993 Death Wears a Crown, 1993 |
Napoleonic France |
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Richard Grayson |
Jean-Paul Gautier |
The Murders at Impasse Louvain, 1978 The Monterant Affair, 1980 The Death of Abbe Didier, 1981 The Montmartre Murders, 1982 Crimes Without Passion, 1983 Death en Voyage, 1986 Death on the Cards, 1988 Death Off Stage, 1992 Death Au Gratin, 1994 |
Turn of the century France |
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Jack Finney |
Simon Morley |
Time and Again, 1970 From Time to Time, 1995 |
late 19th and pre-WWI USA |
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Marian J.A. Jackson |
Miss Danforth |
The Punjat's Ruby, 1990 The Arabian Pearl, 1990 The Cat's Eye, 1991 Diamond Head, 1992 The Sunken Treasure, 1994 |
pre-WWI USA |
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Evelyn Hervey (H. R. F. Keating) |
Miss Harriet Unwin |
The Governess, 1983 The Man of Gold, 1985 Into the Valley of Death, 1986 |
Victorian England,1870 |
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Gwendoline Butler |
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A Coffin for Pandora, 1973 (U.S. title: Olivia, 1974) |
1880s |
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Lawrence Alexander |
Teddy Roosevelt |
The Big Stick, 1986 Speak, Softly, 1987 The Strenuous Life, 1992 |
1890s USA |
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William L. DeAndrea |
Lobo Blacke & Quinn Booker |
Written in Fire, 1995 The Fatal Elixir, 1997 |
1890s USA |
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Caleb Carr |
Dr. Laszlo Kriezler |
The Alienist, 1994 The Angel of Darkness, 1997 |
New York City 1890s |
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Bernard St. James |
Chief Inspector Blanc |
April Thirtieth, 1978 The Seven Dreamers, 1982 |
late-19th century France |
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Robin Paige |
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Death at Bishop's Keep, 1994 |
1890s |
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Ray Harrison |
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French Ordinary Murder, 1983 |
1891 |
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Julian Symons |
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The Blackheath Poisonings, 1978 |
1890s |
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Eric Zencey |
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Panama, 1995 |
1892 |
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Mary Kruger |
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Death on the Cliff Walk, 1994 |
1895 |
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William DeAndrea |
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The Lunatic Fringe, 1985 |
1895 |
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Teona Tone |
Kyra Keaton (pre-war USA)
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Lady on the Line, 1985 Full Cry, 1985 |
1899 |
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R. J. White |
Inspector David Brock |
The Smartest Grave, 1961 The Women of Peasonhall, 1969 |
Edwardian England |
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Kate Kingsbury |
Pennyfoot Hotel |
Room with a Clue Service for Two Check-Out Time Do Not Disturb Eat, Drink and Be Buried Grounds for Murder Pay the Piper Chivalry Is Dead Ring for Tomb Service Death With Reservations, 1998 Dying Room Only, 1998 |
Series set in a seaside hotel in Edwardian England. |
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Dianne Day |
Fremont Jones |
The Strange Files of Fremont Jones, 1995 Fire and Fog, 1996 The Bohemian Murders, 1997 Emperor Norton's Ghost, 1998 |
1905 (Pre-WWI USA) |
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Gillian Linscott |
Nell Bray |
Sisters Beneath the Sheet, 1991 Hanging on the Wire, 1992 Stage Fright, 1993 Widow's Peak, 1994 (US: An Easy Day for a Lady) Crown Witness, 1995 Dead Man's Music, 1996 (US: Dead Man's Sweetheart) Dance on Blood, 1998 |
begins c.1900 (Edwardian & Post-War England) during the struggle to obtain women's voting rights in Britain. |
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June Drummond |
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Slowly the Poison, 1975 |
South Africa,1911 |
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Charles Todd |
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A Test of Wills, 1996 |
1914 |
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Eileen Hawkes and Peter Manso |
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The Shadow of the Moth, 1983 |
1917 |
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Peter Lovesey |
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The False Inspector Dew, 1982 |
1921 |
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Samuel Peeples |
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The Man Who Died Twice, 1976 |
U.S. 1922 |
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Carola Dunn |
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The Winter Garden Mystery, 1994 |
England 1923 |
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William Hjortsberg, |
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Nevermore, 1994 |
U.S. 1923 |
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Kerry Greenwood |
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Death by Misadventure, 1989 |
Australia, 1920s |
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Peter Dickinson |
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A Summer in the Twenties, 1981 |
1926 |
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George Baxt |
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The Dorothy Parker Murder Case, 1984 |
U.S., 1920s |
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K. K. Beck |
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Death in a Deckchair, 1984 |
1927 |
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Robert Goddard |
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Closed Circle, 1993 |
1931 |
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Sandra Dallas |
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The Persian Pickle Club, 1995 |
U.S., 1935 |
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James Anderson |
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The Affair of the Blood-Stained Tea Cosy, 1975 |
late 1930s |
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H. R. F. Keating |
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The Murder of the Maharajah, 1980 |
India, 1930 |
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Stuart Kaminsky |
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Bullet for a Star, 1977 |
U.S., 1940 |
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Leslie Thomas |
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Omerod's Landing, 1978 |
mainly France, 1941 |
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Thomas Fleming |
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Loyalties, 1994 |
U.S./Europe, 1941 |
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Robert Harris |
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Enigma, 1995 |
1943 |
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John Lawton |
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Black Out, 1995 |
1944 |
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Miriam Grace Monfredo |
Glynis Tryon |
Seneca Falls Inheritance Blackwater Spirits North Star Conspiracy Through a Gold Eagle |
The early days of the U.S. women's rights movement. |
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Edward D. Hoch |
Ben Snow |
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A cowboy detective in the 1800's. |
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Edward D. Hoch |
Dr. Sam Hawthorne |
Diagnosis: Impossible |
Medical mysteries in the 1920-1930's. |
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Edward D. Hoch |
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Revolutionary War series. |
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Peter Lovesey |
Sergeant Cribb |
Wobble to Death |
Victorian mysteries. |
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Peter Lovesey |
Albert, Prince of Wales |
Bertie and the Tinman Bertie and the Seven Bodies Bertie and the Crime of Passion |
The future Edward VII investigates crime, as well as ladies. |
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Alanna Knight |
Inspector Jeremy Faro |
Enter Second Murderer, 1988 Blood Line, 1989 Deadly Beloved, 1989 Killing Cousins, 1990 A Quiet Death, 1991 To Kill a Queen, 1992 The Evil That Men Do, 1993 The Missing Duchess, 1994 The Bull Slayers, 1995 Murder by Appointment, 1996 The Coffin Lane Murders, 1998 |
Victorian Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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Laurie R. King |
Mary Russell |
The Beekeeper's Apprentice A Monstrous Regiment of Women A Letter of Mary The Moor |
Series begins in 1915, when Mary Russell becomes apprentice to Sherlock Holmes in his retirement. |
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M. J. Trow |
Inspector Lestrade |
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (US: The Supreme Adventure of Inspector Lestrade), 1985 Brigade, 1986 Lestrade and the Hallowed House, 1987 Lestrade and the Leviathan, 1987 Lestrade and the Brother of Death, 1988 Lestrade and the Ripper, 1988 Lestrade and the Guardian Angel, 1990 Lestrade and the Deadly Game, 1990 Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince, 1991 Lestrade and the Magpie, 1991 Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand, 1992 Lestrade and the Sign of Nine, 1992 Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring, 1993 Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder, 1993 Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus, 1995 Lestrade and the Devil's Own, 1996 |
Redeeming the reputation of the World's Greatest Detective so cruelly libeled by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. |
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Troy Soos |
Mickey Rawlings |
Murder at Fenway park Murder at Ebbetts Field Murder at Wrigley Field |
Historical baseball mysteries; the detective is a utility infielder. |
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Anne Perry |
Charlotte Ellison & Thomas Pitt |
The Cater Street Hangman, 1979 Callander Square, 1980 Paragon Walk, 1981 Resurrection Row, 1981 Rutland Place, 1983 Bluegate Fields, 1984 Death in the Devil's Acre, 1985 Cardington Crescent, 1987 Silence in Hanover Close, 1988 Bethlehem Road, 1990 Highgate Rise, 1991 Belgrave Square, 1992 Farrier's Lane, 1993 The Hyde Park Headsman, 1994 Traitor's Gate, 1995 Ashworth Hall, 1997 Brunswick Gardens, 1998 |
Victorian England; the first book takes place in 1881. |
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Anne Perry |
William Monk & Hester Latterly |
The Face of a Stranger, 1990 A Dangerous Morning, 1991 Defend and Betray, 1992 A Sudden, Fearful Death, 1993 Sins of the Wolf, 1994 Cain, His Brother, 1995 Weighed in the Balance, 1996 The Silent Cry, 1997 Whited Sepulchres, 1998 |
Early Victorian England, just after the Crimean War. |
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Mary Kruger |
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Death on the Cliff Walk, 1994 No Honeymoon for Death, 1995 Masterpiece of Murder, 1996 |
US 1890s (Gilded Age) |
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Martin Long |
Wellington Cotter |
The Dark Gateway, 1987 The Garden House, 1989 The Music Room, 1990 |
late-Victorian Australia |
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William Marshall |
Virgil Tillman |
New York Detective, 1989 Faces in the Crowd, 1991 |
late 19th USA |
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Amy Myers |
Auguste Didier |
Murder in Pug's Parlour, 1986 Murder in the Limelight, 1987 Murder at Plum's, 1989 Murder at the Masque, 1991 Murder Makes an Entrée, 1992 Murder Under the Kissing Bough, 1992 Murder in the Smokehouse, 1994 Murder at the Music Hall, 1994 Murder in the Motor Stable, 1996 |
Victorian England |
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Robin Paige (pseud of Susan Wittig Albert and Bill Albert) |
Kathryn Ardleigh |
Death at Bishop's Keep, 1994 Death at Gallows Green, 1995 Death at Daisy's Folly, 1997 Death at Devil's Bridge, 1998 |
Victorian England |
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William J. Palmer |
Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens |
The Detective and Mr. Dickens, 1990 The Highwayman and Mr. Dickens, 1992 The Hoydens and Mr. Dickens, 1997 |
Victorian England |
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Barry Perowne |
Raffles |
The Return of Raffles, 1933 Raffles Revisited, 1974 Raffles of the Albany, 1976 Raffles of the M. C. C., 1979 |
Victorian to Edwardian England |
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Elizabeth Peters |
Amelia Peabody |
Crocodile on the Sandbank, 1975 The Curse of the Pharoahs, 1981 The Mummy Case, 1981 The Lion in the Valley, 1986 The Deeds of the Disturber, 1988 The Last Camel Died at Noon, 1991 The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog, 1992 The Hippopotamus Pool, 1996 Seeing a Large Cat, 1997 The Ape Who Guards the Balance, 1998 |
Victorian England and Egypt |
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Bill Pronzini |
John Quincannon |
Quincannon, 1985 Beyond the Grave, 1986 (with Marcia Muller) |
U.S. 1890's |
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Max Allan Collins |
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Flying Blind |
the mystery of Amelia Earhart, 1930's |
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Sarah Smith |
Alexander Von Reisden |
The Vanished Child, 1992 The Knowledge of Water, 1996 |
Pre-WWI USA and France first book 1905 |
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Blood Tracks
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1905 |
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Francis John Thornton |
Dr. Ian Blakeley |
Ceremony in Scarlet, 1991 Green Lorelei, 1992 |
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Barbara Paul |
Enrico Caruso & Geraldine Farrar |
A Cadenza for Caruso Prima Donna at Large A Chorus of Detectives |
Mystery and grand opera. |
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Michael Pearce |
Cadwallader Owen |
The Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet, 1988 The Mamur Zapt and the Night of the Dog, 1989 The Mamur Zapt and the Donkey-Vous, 1990 The Mamur Zapt and the Men Behind, 1991 The Mamur Zapt and the Girl in the Nile, 1992 The Mamur Zapt and the Spoils of Egypt, 1993 The Mamur Zapt and the Camel of Destruction, 1993 The Snake-Catcher's Daughter, 1994 The Mingrelian Conspiracy, 1995 The Fig Tree Murder, 1996 The Last Cut, 1998 |
Pre-WWI Egypt The detective is the head of Cairo's secret police in the early 1900's. |
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Ken Kuhlken |
Tom Hickey |
The Lord Adios The Venus Deal The Angel Gang |
San Diego in the 1940's. |
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