Book Recommendations
November 12, 2015
I'm always being asked about my favorite books and authors, so I decided it would be fun to make a list and share it here. All of these authors and/or books are personally recommended by me. By no means is this list exhaustive, and I will continue to add to it. I hope you find some new novels to love.
A few notes: (n) = novella; (SIT) = a fellow member of Sleuths in Time
Historical Mysteries
 Tasha Alexander
Lady Emily Series – late Victorian England, Europe, and Turkey
And Only to Deceive
A Poisoned Season
A Fatal Waltz
Tears of Pearl
Dangerous to Know
 A Crimson Warning
Death in the Floating City
Behind the Shattered Glass
The Counterfeit Heiress
Star of the East (n)
The Adventuress
That Silent Night (n)
Tessa Arlen (SIT)
Lady Montford Series – early 20th century England
Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman
 Susanna Calkins (SIT)
Lucy Campion Series – 17th century England
A Murder at Rosamund’s Gate
From the Charred Remains
The Masque of a Murderer
 Tracy/Teresa Grant
Rannoch/Fraser Series – Regency Europe – listed in chronological order
His Spanish Bride (n)
London Interlude (n)
Vienna Waltz
Imperial Scandal
 The Paris Affair
The Paris Plot (n)
Beneath a Silent Moon
The Berkley Square Affair
The Mayfair Affair
Secrets of a Lady
The Mask of Night
D.E. Ireland (SIT)
Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Series – early 20th century England
Wouldn’t It Be Deadly
Move Your Blooming Corpse
 Anna Loan-Wilsey (SIT)
Hattish Davish Series – late 19th century America
A Lack of Temperance
Anything But Civil
A Sense of Entitlement
A Deceptive Homecoming
 Alyssa Maxwell (SIT)
Gilded Newport Series – late 19th century Rhode Island
Murder at the Breakers
Murder at Marble House
Murder at Beechwood
 Deanna Raybourn
Lady Julia Grey Series – late Victorian England and India
Silent in the Grave
Silent in the Sanctuary
Silent on the Moor
Dark Road to Darjeeling
The Dark Enquiry
 Silent Night (n)
Midsummer Night (n)
Twelfth Night (n)
Bonfire Night (n)
Veronica Speedwell Series – late Victorian England
A Curious Beginning
Stand-Alones
 The Dead Travel Fast – 19th century Romania
Far in the Wilds (n) – precursor to A Spear of Summer Grass
A Spear of Summer Grass – early 20th century Africa
Whisper of James (n) – precursor to City of Jasmine
City of Jasmine – early 20th century Damascus
Night of a Thousand Stars – early 20th century England & Damascus
 Kate Ross
Julian Kestrel Series – Regency England & Italy
Cut to the Quick
A Broken Vessel
Whom the God’s Love
The Devil in Music
PB Ryan
 Nell Sweeney Series – 1868 Boston
Still Life with Murder
Murder in a Mill Town
Death on Beacon Hill
Murder on Black Friday
Murder in the North End
A Bucket of Ashes
 Susan Spann
Shinobi Series – 16th century Japan
Claws of the Cat
Blade of the Samurai
Flask of the Drunken Master
 Simone St. James
The Haunting of Maddy Clare – early 20th century England - ghosts
An Inquiry Into Love and Death
Silence for the Dead
The Other Side of Midnight
 Charles Todd
Inspector Ian Rutledge – early 20th century Britain
A Test of Wills
Wings of Fire
Search the Dark
Legacy of the Dead
Watchers of Time
 A Fearsome Doubt
A Cold Treachery
A Long Shadow
A False Mirror
A Pale Horse
A Matter of Justice
The Red Door
 A Lonely Death
The Confession
Proof of Guilt
A Fine Summer’s Day
Hunting Shadows
Christine Trent (SIT)
 Lady of Ashes Series – Victorian England
Lady of Ashes
Stolen Remains
A Virtuous Death
The Mourning Bells
Death at the Abbey
 Ashley Weaver (SIT)
Amory Ames Series – early 20th century England
Murder at the Brightwell
Death Wears a Mask
Contemporary Fiction
 Sarah Addison Allen – North Carolina
Garden Spells
The Sugar Queen
The Peach Keeper
The Girl Who Chased the Moon
Lost Lake
First Frost
CA Belmond
Rather Series – England & Europe
A Rather Lovely Inheritance
A Rather Charming Invitation
A Rather Curious Engagement
A Rather Remarkable Homecoming
Jennifer Lee Carrell
Interred With Their Bones – England & US
Susanna Kearsley
Mariana - England
The Rose Garden - England
 The Shadowy Horses - Scotland
Sophia’s Secret/The Winter Sea - Scotland
The Firebird – Scotland, France, & Russia
A Desperate Fortune - France
Season of Storms - Italy
Every Secret Thing - France
 Named of the Dragon - Wales
The Splendour Falls – France
Julia Spencer-Fleming
Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyn Series – Upstate New York
In the Bleak Midwinter
 A Fountain Filled With Blood
Out of the Deep I Cry
To Darkness and to Death
All Mortal Flesh
I Shall Not Want
One Was a Soldier
Through the Evil Days
Mary Stewart – 1950s-1990s
This Rough Magic – Greece
Madam, Will You Talk – France
Wildfire at Midnight – Scotland
Nine Coaches Waiting – France
 The Moonspinners – Greece
Airs Above the Ground – Austria
My Brother Michael – Greece
Touch Not the Cat – England
Thornyhold – England
Rose Cottage – England
Thunder on the Right – France
 The Stormy Petrel – Scotland
The Ivy Tree – England
The Gabriel Hounds – Middle East
Historical Fiction
Susan Carroll
 Dark Queen Saga – 16th century France & England
The Dark Queen
The Courtesan
The Silver Rose
The Huntress
Twilight of a Queen
The Lady of Secrets
Marci Jefferson
Girl on the Golden Coin – 17th century France & England
Enchantress of Paris
Romance
 Jennifer Ashley
The Madness of Ian Mackenzie – late 19th century England, Scotland, & France
Laura Lee Guhrke
Scandal of the Year – early 20th century England
Georgette Heyer – fits in both romance and mystery
 Devil’s Cub – romance – Regency England
Faro’s Daughter – romance – Regency England
Venetia – romance – Regency England
Envious Casca – mystery – early 20th century England
Death in the Stocks – mystery – early 20th century England
Behold, Here’s Poison – mystery – early 20th century England
Kristan Higgins
Catch of the Day – Maine
Victoria Holt
Lord of the Far Island – 19th century England
 The India Fan
Mefreya in the Morning
The Shivering Sands
Eloisa James
Essex Sisters – Regency England
 Much Ado About You
Kiss Me, Annabelle
The Taming of the Duke
Pleasure for Pleasure
Carla Kelly
 The Surgeon’s Lady – Regency England
Beau Crusoe
Marrying the Captain
Lisa Kleypas
Wallflowers Quartet – Regency England
Secrets of a Summer Night
 It Happened One Autumn
The Devil in Winter
Scandal in Spring
Sherry Thomas
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