Those look really good, Jane. I had to add them to by already exploding TBR.

Caleb Carr --

The Alienist


Timeframe: 1896

"Fast-paced and gripping, infused with a historian's exactitude, The Alienist conjures up the Gilded Age and its untarnished underside: verminous tenements and opulent mansions, corrupt cops and flamboyant gangsters, shining opera houses and seamy gin mills. Here is a New York during an age when questioning society's belief that all killers are born, not made, could have unexpected and mortal consequences." (Random House)

The Angel of Darkness


"In one of the most critically acclaimed novels of the year, Caleb Carr-- bestselling author of The Alienist--pits Dr. Laszlo Kreizler and his colleagues against a murderer as evil as the darkest night. . . ." (Random House)

Both are just excellent, and while they can be read independently from one another, the first introduces Dr. Laszlo Kreizler and his colleagues.

My next read is The Owl Killers, a medieval mystery that sounds unusual.

The Maisie Dobbs mysteries by Jacaueline Winspear are some of my favourite Historical Crime novels. Also really enjoy Susanna Gregory's Matthew Bartholmew books, set in Cambridge in the 14th century and her Restoration London crime novels.

Not Historical Crime when they were written of course, but Dorothy L Sayers mysteries are excellent.

Peter Tremayne's Sister Fidelam books are also well worth trying to get hold of, especially the earlier ones, think the later ones are a bit too contrived, but enjoyed the first four or five.

Steven Saylor - Ancient Rome mysteries - a long time since I read these, but I did enjoy them at the time, more serious than Lyndsey Davies Falco novels, but the Falco novels are good fun.

I finished Death on the Nevskii Prospekt and I did enjoy it. The historical part was a bit better than the mystery part but I did enjoy it and I will probably read another one in the series.

Currently reading Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne. The first in the Sister Fidelma series.

I love the Sister Frevisse series by Margaret Frazer! But I also love that Mary Russell series - I didn't know there was a new one! Also the Elizabeth Peters series with Amelia Peabody the Victorian Egyptologist is a great one!

I just finished The Watcher in the Pine by Rebecca Pawel. This is the third in a series set in Spain in the 1930s and 40s. I really enjoyed it and since I do not know a lot about Spanish history I had to look up a few things. A good mystery and a bit of education too.

Now on to Death on the Nevskii Prospekt by David Dickinson. Set in Tsarist Russia and so far so good.

Again I have to agree, I have only read the first two, and Locked Rooms. But I LOVED locked rooms. It was really good. I am looking forward to reading the rest of them.

I just started reading The Language of Bees, the ninth book in the Sherlock Holmes/Mary Russell historical mysteries series. Some of the books in this series have been amazingly good especially Justice Hall and Locked Rooms.

Shomeret

Shomeret wrote: "Favorite historical mystery authors for me would be:

Laura Joh Rowland (Samurai Japan)
Peter Tremayne (medeival Ireland)
C. J. Sansom (Tudor England)
Steven Saylor (ancient Rome)
Diane Day (turn o..."

I certainly agree with Laura Joh Rowland. I have read about 3 of the books and fit them in whenever I can. I plan to check out the other authors on your list.

Donna wrote: "Hi Shomeret, Great list of historical mysteries. I had forgotten about Diane Day. I think I read the entire series and really enjoyed them.

Have you ever read the Glynis Tyron mysteries by [aut..."

I've read a few of these, but not all of them. I keep on meaning to get back to this series.

Shomeret

Hi Shomeret, Great list of historical mysteries. I had forgotten about Diane Day. I think I read the entire series and really enjoyed them.

Have you ever read the Glynis Tyron mysteries by Miriam Grace Monfredo?

Favorite historical mystery authors for me would be:

Laura Joh Rowland (Samurai Japan)
Peter Tremayne (medeival Ireland)
C. J. Sansom (Tudor England)
Steven Saylor (ancient Rome)
Diane Day (turn of the 20th century San Francisco)

Name of the Rose would be Historical crime too. v good

I have Dissolution by C.J. Sansom to read, as well as Mistress of the Art of Death, and also the book I won from the GR giveaway, The Tehran Conviction A Novel of Suspense, which is set in the 50's and 60's I believe. Looks very good. :)

Awesome!!

Hi Felina - there's a fairly new HF book that deals with the Jack the Ripper case: Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson by Lyndsay Faye. I read it and thought it was well done.

I think the Godfather would count for this - i have that on my shelf

Hi Fiona, The Maisie Dobbs books by Jacqueline Winspear are set post WW I in London.

The Tea Rose involves Jack the Ripper, but it is not exactly a major theme throughout the whole book, it mainly just impacts the first part of the story.

The Charles Todd books catch my eye. Any other ww1/2 era books?

Does anybody know of any HF books about Jack the Ripper?

Hi Fiona, I think I posted this over on the Crime and Thriller group but fans of historical fiction might be interested too.

I belong to a face-to-face historical mystery group and here are some of the authors we have read.

Cora Harrison- Medieval Ireland

Charles Todd -Inspector Ian Rutledge series in post WWI England

Rebecca Pawel- Sargent Tejada - 1940s Spain

Suzanne Arruda - Jade Del Cameron mysteries - 1920s Africa

Susanna Gregory - Matthew Barthalomew mysteries - 14th century Cambridge

Colin Cotterill - Dr. Siri mysteries - 1970s Laos

Candace Robb - Owen Archer series - 14th century England

Will Thomas - Cyrus Barker series - Victorian England

Is this the right place to put this? I'll leave it up to the Mods to decide. Anyhow.

What historical crime books have people enjoyed?

I want to read more historical crime - I've read The American Boy/An Unpardonable Crime by Andrew Taylor and I have C. J Sansom's series to read which I'm really excited about.

What others are there? I know of Cadfael which I am interested in but not excited.