This is the fifth and final installment of the "PERIOD MYSTERIES" or MYSTERY SERIES THAT TAKE PLACE IN DIFFERENT PERIODS OF TIME or "HISTORICAL MYSTERIES" theme. This list is comprised of the Cozy Mystery Site's authors whose last names begin with R-W:
Deanna Raybourn: Raybourn writes the Lady Julia Grey Mystery Series which is set in Victorian England.
Candace Robb: Robb has used her graduate work in Medieval Studies to write both the Owen Archer Mystery Series and the Margaret Kerr Mystery Series, both set in the Great Britain of many years ago.
David Roberts: The Lord Edward Corinth Mystery Series takes place in London and teams an aristocrat with a journalist who solve their way through more than one 1930's mystery.
Caroline Roe (aka Medora Sale): Roe holds her PhD in Medieval Studies and writes the Isaac from Girona Mystery Series which features a blind doctor in mid 1300s Spain.
Elliot Roosevelt: Both of Roosevelt's series take place in Washington, DC. The Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery Series takes place during the 1940s and the Blackjack Endicott Mystery Series takes place during the 1930s.
Kate Ross: 1820s London is the setting for the Julian Kestrel Mystery Series.
P. B. Ryan: Ryan's Gilded Age Mystery Series has a governess from Ireland who sleuths in post-Civil War Boston.
Walter Satterthwait: The Pinkerton Mystery Series takes place during the 1920s. The main sleuth is Detective Phil Beaumont of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency .
Sandra Scoppettone: The Faye Quick Mystery Series takes place in New York during the 1940s. Faye is a tough private investigator in a (1940s) world not quite ready for women in tough roles.
Kate Sedley: Sedley writes the Roger the Chapman Mystery Series which features a chapman (peddler) who lives in Medieval England.
Rosemary Stevens (aka Rosemary Martin): The Beau Brummel Mystery Series takes place during the Regency period (1790-1820) in London, with Beau being a fashion expert, and also a sleuth.
Robert Tanenbaum: His Butch Karp & Marlene Ciampi Mystery Series takes place in New York during the far-out 1970s…
Sarah Stewart Taylor: Taylor writes the Sweeney St. George Mystery Series which features a professor of history… with a special emphasis on funerary art.
Lou Jane Temple: The Spice Box Historical Mystery Series has its first book set in New York during the Civil and the second book of the series is set France during the Revolution…
Victoria Thompson: The Gaslight Mystery Series is set in the early 1900s in New York and features Sarah Brandt, a midwife.
Charles Todd: A mother & son writing duo (Caroline and Charles Todd) write the Ian Reuledge Mystery Series which features a WW I shell-shocked veteran working at Scotland Yard…
Marilyn Todd: The Roman Murder Mystery Series is set in Ancient Rome and features Claudia Seferius, a vineyard owner who happens to be a very strong woman.
Peter Tremayne: The Sister Fidelma Mystery Series features a 7th century nun in Ireland.
Robert (Hans) van Gulik: The Judge Dee Mystery Series is a series that features a judge magistrate in China during the 7th century…
Jacqueline Winspear: The Maisie Dobbs Mystery Series features Maisie, an early 20th century psychologist/sleuth in England.
Patricia Wynn: The Blue Satan Mystery Series is set in England during the 1700s. The Blue Satan is an aristocratic highwayman, and the series also features a lady-in-waiting.
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Yay! Cozy mysteries! What a great idea! Agatha Christie, Dorothy Gilman, Jessica Fletcher (what a classy lady . . . she's still an inspiration to me even as her real self of Angela Lansbury). I just discovered your website and I'm elated! Thank you!
Hi Katrinka!
I'm glad you found the site…. You're not alone enjoying Jessica Fletcher AND Angela Lansbury!
What a great site to find! Like you, I keep finding new historical mysteries but I seem to read the books in the wrong order as they are often hard to find at the library or at bookstores – and here I thought EVERYbody liked medieval mysteries! ;-> Your lists – in order!- are very helpful as it is sometimes difficult to figure out which book came first or goes where in the order. Thank you!
Also, if you DO like medieval mysteries, you should read the Roger the Chapman series by Kate Sedley – I didn't see her listed under authors on your site but her Chapman series is quite good – not as good as Margaret Frazer, Ellis Peters, etc. but still a good read. Sedley has at least a dozen books in the series and even has a brand new one out called "The Green Man". I thought I had read them all, but without the benefit of your list(s) I recently found 3 that I somehow missed (and of course they are in the middle of the series!) but I will still read them as Roger the Chapman is
entertaining. FYI, if you want to read the series, "Death & the Chapman" is the 1st book and then "The Plymouth Cloak" – that will at least you started in the right order. If you want the full list, I think I have it worked out in the right order now, so let me know & I will send it to you.
Keep up the good work!
Leigh
Thank you so much, Leigh, for the Kate Sedley recommendation. I have added her to one of my lists of authors to post. She does, indeed look interesting.
I know how frustrating it is to read a book thinking that you are reading it in the correct order… So, I'm glad that the lists are helpful to you.
Thanks, again, for the Kate Sedley recommendation!
Do you have Lynda Robinson listed anywhere? Her sleuth is Lord Meren, the Eyes & Ears of King Tut. He solves mysteries with the help of his adopted son, Kysen, & the members Royal Charioteers.
Reading this series has really brought home the fact the Egyptians really belived in all their gods. I watch all types of history shows but never got how dependant they were on their beliefs.
Kathy…
You know what they say about great minds!?! What a small world! >>>
Lynda S. Robinson is actually one of the next "batch" of authors I have on (one of) my "Authors To Post" list (s).
[Since I actually work a little behind what I post, her page should be up in a little while.]
How about Steven Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa mysteries featuring Gordianus the Finder? It's set in Rome at the time of the Caesars, and features Gordianus the Finder, who interacts with some real historical characters such as Sulla, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Marcus Crassus and Catilina.
Thanks, Laya, for telling us about Steven Saylor.