by Beatriz Williams Ruth receives a postcard from her sister Iris, who disappeared with her husband from England years ago and now lives as a defector in the Soviet Union. Ruth doesn’t want to leave her comfortable life in 1950s New York, but the pull of events in the sisters’ past drags her unwillingly intoContinue reading “Our Woman in Moscow”
Category Archives: Historical Mystery
My Top Five Historical Mystery Series Set in England
Maisie Dobbs – Jacqueline Winspear I was shocked to discover that a close friend who loves mysteries had never heard of Maisie Dobbs. I thought everyone knew about this long-running series! Winspear’s detective, born to a working-class family, becomes a parlor maid in an aristocratic Compton household. With the Compton family’s help, she educates herself,Continue reading “My Top Five Historical Mystery Series Set in England”
My Favorite Historical Mystery Series Set Outside of England
Anyone who knows me as a writer or as a reader knows that I love England. But some of my favorite series are set elsewhere! When you need to branch out from the British Isles, come check out: The Kopp Sisters – Amy Stewart Girl Waits With Gun must be one of the greatest historicalContinue reading “My Favorite Historical Mystery Series Set Outside of England”
My Top Stand-Alone Historical Mysteries
The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt Och Dag This book about life in eighteenth-century Stockholm pulls no punches. The smells, the poverty, the constant risk of disease, sudden violence – Niklas Natt Och Dag paints a dark but convincing portrait of life for people hanging on at the bottom of the economic ladderContinue reading “My Top Stand-Alone Historical Mysteries”
Liz Helfrich 