Book Clubs > Death by the Book: Mystery Book Group > Victorian & Edwardian Mysteries

Victorian & Edwardian Mysteries. August 8, 2005. 10:00 - 11:30 am The titles on this list include tales of crimes that take place in either the Victorian or Edwardian era. This list is currently incomplete. More titles will be added as time permits. If you would like to submit a title to be included in this list, please send an e-mail message to Assistant Director, Nanci Milone Hill at nhill@minlib.net

Ackroyd, Peter The Trial of Elizabeth Cree: a novel of the Limehouse Murders [Victorian UK] Adamson, Mary Jo The Burning Tree [1800s Boston] The Elusive Voice [1800s Boston] Aiken, Joan Castle Berbane [1800s Scotland] Deception [1800s England] Ainsworth, Patricia Devil's Hole [1877 Australia] Akunin, Boris Turkish Gambit [1877 Russia/Turkey] The Winter Queen [1876 Moscow] Murder on the Leviathan [1876 @ Sea] Albert, Susan Wittig Coffin Trail [1800s England] The Tale of Hill Top Farm: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter [1905 England] Alexander, Lawrence Big Stick [1895 New York] Speak Softly [1890s New York] Atwood, Margaret Alias Grace [19th century Canada] Baker, Lucinda Place of Devils [1879 Arizona] Walk the Night Unseen [1900 San Fransisco] Ball, Pamela The Floating City [1895 Hawaii] Barrett, Dean Hangman's Point [1857 Hong Kong] Barton, Wayne Lockhart's Nightmare [1800s California] Bayer, Valerie Townsend City of Childhood [1836 England] Bayard, Louis Mr. Timothy [1860s London] Beverly, Jo The Stanforth Secrets: a Regency Romantic Intrigue [1800s England] The Stolen Bride [1800s England] Black, Laura Glendraco [1860s Scotland] Strathgallant [1863 Scotland] Wild Cat [1862 Scotland] Black, Michelle The Second Glass of Absinthe: a Mystery of the Victorian West [1880 Colorado] Solomon Spring: a Mystery of the Victorian West [1876 Kansas] An Uncommon Enemy [1868 The West] Blaine, Michael The Midnight Band of Mercy [1893 New York] Blake, Jennifer Midnight Waltz [1850 Louisiana] Bleys, Oliver The Ghost in the Eiffel Tower [1888 Paris] Bloch, Robert American Gothic [1893 Chicago] The Night of the Ripper [1888 London] Boles, Paul The Mississippi Run [1800s Mississippi] Brewer, James D. No Bottom [1860 - 1870s Mississippi River] No Escape [1873 Mississippi River] No Justice [1873 Mississippi River] No Remorse [1873 Mississippi River] No Virtue [1870s Mississippi River] Brightwell, Emily The Ghost and Mrs. Jeffries [19th century England] The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries [19th century England] Mrs. Jeffries and the Missing Alibi [19th century England] Mrs. Jeffries Dusts for Clues [19th century England] Mrs. Jeffries on the Ball [19th century England] Mrs. Jeffries on the Trail [19th century England] Mrs. Jeffries Pinches the Post [19th century England] Mrs. Jeffries Plays the Cook [19th century England] Mrs. Jeffries Pleads Her Case [19th century England] Mrs. Jeffries Questions the Answer [19th century England] Mrs. Jeffries Reveals Her Art [19th century England] Mrs. Jeffries Rocks the Boat [19th century England] Mrs. Jeffries Stalks the Hunter [19th century England] Mrs. Jeffries Stands Corrected [19th century England] Mrs. Jeffries Takes Stock [19th century England] Mrs. Jeffries Takes the Cake [19th century England] Mrs. Jeffries Takes the Stage [19th century England] Mrs. Jeffries Weeds the Plot [19th century England] Boylan, Claire Emma Brown: a novel from the unfinished manuscript by Charlotte Bronte [1855 England] Bryan, Kate Murder at Bent Elbow [1875 San Francisco] Murder on the Barbary Coast [1875 San Francisco] A Record of Death [1875 San Francisco] Bryant, Will Blue Russell [1899 Western USA] Buckingham, Nancy Jade Dragon [1800s Portugal] Bourke, Angela The Burning of Bridget Cleary [1895 Ireland] Burke, John Frederick The Black Charade [1890s England] Ladygrove: the Third Adventure of Dr. Caspian and Bronwen [1888 England] Bush, Frederick The Night Inspector: a novel [1867 New York] Butler, Gwendoline Meadowsweet [19th century Germany] Sarsen Place [19th century U.K.] The Vesey Inheritance [19th century U.K.] Cable, Mary Avery's Knot [1832 Rhode Island] Carnac, Nicholas Indigo [1857 India] Carr, Caleb The Angel of Darkness [19th century New York] The Alienist [1895 New York] The Italian Secretary [19th century New York] Carr, John Dickson The Hungry Goblin: a Victorian Detective Novel [1869 England] The Scandal at High Chimneys: a Victorian Melodrama [1865 England] The Witch of Low-tide: an Edwardian Melodrama [1907 England] Cashman, John The Cook General: an Account of the Barnes Mystery of 1879 [1879 England] The Gentleman from Chicago: Being an Account of the Doings of Thomas Neill Cream, M.D. [1800s England] Chapman, Hester Limmerston Hall [1800s England] Christilian, J.D. Scarlet Women: a novel [1870s USA] Clarke, Anna Lady in Black [1882 England] Coffman, Virginia The Gaynor Women [1880s Virginia] Mistress Devon: a novel [1850s Boston] Moura [1815 France] Cohen, Paula Gramercy Park [1894 New York] Copper, Basil Necropolis [1880s England] Crabbe, Richard E. The Empire of Shadows [1889 Adirondacks] Suspension [1883 New York] Crichton, Michael The Great Train Robbery [1855 England] Dallas, Sandra Alice's Tulips [1862 Iowa] The Chili Queen [1880 New Mexico] Day, Dianne Cut to the Heart: Clara Barton and the Darkness of Love and War [1860s Hilton Head] DeAndrea, William L. Fatal Elixir: a Lobo Blacke/Quinn Booker Mystery [1890s Wyoming] The Lunatic Fringe: a novel Wherein Theodore Roosevelt Meets the Pink Angel [1896 New York] Written in Fire [1890s Wyoming] Dibdin, Michael A Rich, Full Death [1855 Florence] Dickinson, David Death and the Jubilee [1897 England] Death of a Chancellor: a Murder Mystery Featuring Lord Francis Powerscourt [1901 France] Death of an Old Master: a Lord Francis Powerscourt Mystery [1899 London] Goodnight, Sweet Prince [1892 England] Donnelly, Jennifer Tea Rose: a novel [1888 London] Douglas, Carole Nelson Another Scandal in Bohemia: an Irene Adler novel [1889 England] Castle Rouge [1889 London] Chapel Noir [1889 Paris] Femme Fatale [1889 New York] Good Morning, Irene [1889 England] Good Night, Mr. Holmes [1889 England] Irene at Large [1889 England] Irene's Last Waltz [1889 England] Spider Dance: a novel of Suspense Featuring Irene Adler and Sherlock Holmes [1889 New York] Druett, Joan A Watery Grave [1838 At Sea] Duane, Dianne To Visit the Queen [Victorian London] Eberhart, Mignon Good The Bayou Road [1863 New Orleans] Edric, Robert Book of the Heathen [1897 Congo] Emerson, Kathy Lynn Deadlier than the Pen: a Diana Spaulding Mystery [1888 United States] Engel, Howard Mr. Doyle & Dr. Bell: a Victorian Mystery [1879 Edinburgh] Estleman, Loren D. City of Widows [1881 New Mexico] Port Hazard: a Page Murdock novel [1800s San Francisco] Fawcett, Quinn Against the Brotherhood: a Mycroft Holmes novel [Victorian England] Death to Spies [1908 New Mexico] Death Wears a Crown: a Mme. Vernet Investigation [1800s France] Embassy Row: a Mycroft Holmes novel [1800s England] The Flying Scotsman: a Mycroft Holmes novel [1800s England] Honor Among Spies [1908 New Orleans] The Scottish Ploy: a Mycroft Holmes novel [1800s England] Siren Song [1908 England] Ford, Jeffrey Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque [1893 New York] Fowler, Karen Joy Sister Noon [1890 San Francisco] Franklin, Tom Hell at the Breech [1897 Alabama] Freeborn, Richard The Russian Crucifix [1860 England] Freemantle, Brian The Holmes Inheritance [Victorian London] Frost, Mark The List of 7: a novel [1880s U.K.] The Six Messiahs [1880s U.K.] Gebler, Carlo How to Murder a Man [1854 Ireland] Goddard, Robert Caught in the Light: a novel [1820s England] Painting the Darkness [1882 England] Gray, John The Fiend in Human [1852 London] Graysmith, Robert The Bell Tower: the Mystery of Jack the Ripper Finally Solved [19th century San Francisco] Hackman, Gene Wake of the Perdido Star [1805 Cuba] Hall, Oakley Ambrose Bierce and the Queen of Spades [1880s San Francisco] Ambrose Bierce and the Death of Kings [1880s San Francisco] Ambrose Bierce and the One-eyed Jacks [1891 San Francisco] Ambrose Bierce and the Trey of Pearls [1892 San Francisco] Ambrose Bierce and the Ace of Shoots [1890s San Francisco] Hambly, Barbara Fever Season [1833 New Orleans] Graveyard Dust [1834 New Orleans] Sold Down the River [1834 New Orleans] Die Upon a Kiss [1835 New Orleans] Wet Grave [1835 New Orleans] Die Upon a Kiss [1835 New Orleans] Days of the Dead [1835 Mexico] Dead Water [1830s New Orleans] Harrison, Ray Why Kill Arthur Potter? [1890s England] Death of an Honourable Member: a Sergeant Bragg - Constable Morton Mystery [1890s England] Death of a Dancing Lady [1890s England] Deathwatch [1890s England] A Season for Death [1890s England] Counterfeit of Murder [1890s England] Harvest of Death [1890s England] Tincture of Death [1890s England] Sphere of Death [1890s England] Patently Murder [1890s England] Hatvary, George Egan The Murder of Edgar Allan Poe [Early 1800s USA] Heck, Peter Death on the Mississippi: a Mark Twain Mystery [1890s USA] A Connecticut Yankee in Criminal Court [1890s USA] The Prince and the Prosecutor [1890s Florence] The Guilty Abroad [1890s USA] The Mysterious Strangler [1890s Florence] Tom's Lawyer: a Mark Twain Mystery [1890s USA] Homan, Sheri The Dress Lodger [1831 England] Jennings, Maureen Except the Dying [1895 Toronto] Under the Dragon's Tail [1895 Toronto] Poor Tom is Cold [1895 Toronto] Let Loose the Dogs [1895 Toronto] Kilian, Michael Ironclad Alibi [1862 Virginia] A Grave at Glorieta [1860s New Mexico] Murder at Manassas [1861 USA] The Shiloh Sisters [1860 USA] Knight, Alana Blood Line: an Inspector Faro novel [1870 Edinburgh] Killing Cousins [1871 Edinburgh] Lovesey, Peter Wobble to Death [1879 England] Abracadaver [1880s UK] Mad Hatter's Holiday [1882 Brighton] The Tick of Death [1884 London] A Case of Spirits [1880s UK] Swing, Swing Together [1882 Brighton] Waxwork [1884 London] Monfredo, Miriam Grace Seneca Falls Inheritance [1848 New York] North Star Conspiracy [1854 New York] Blackwater Spirits [1857 New York] Through a Gold Eagle [1859 New York] The Stalking Horse [1861 Alabama] Must the Maiden Die? [1861 New York] Brothers of Cain [1862 Virginia] Children of Cain [1862 USA] Paige, Robin Death at Bishop's Keep [1894 England] Death at Daisy's Folly [1890s England] Death at Devil's Bridge [1890s England] Death at Rottingdean [1890s England] Death at Whitechapel [1890s England] Death at Epsom Downs [1890s England] Death at Dartmoor [1901 England]