Browsing: Historical Mysteries

Erin Marinelli has her work cut out for her when she arrives at her late grandmother’s Wisconsin home to prepare…

“Intensely emotional” (Publishers Weekly): In Reconstruction-era New Orleans, Effie, a freedwoman, finds work as an embalmer — and enters an exhilarating new world of social activism as she begins to grapple with her own traumatic past. “Effie’s story is one of personal growth, self-discovery, friendship, and betrayal… Unforgettable” (Library Journal).

In summer 1898, reporter Emma attends the season’s final party at a grand mansion where a visiting prince will be the guest of honor. But when the royal appears dead in the garden, Emma sets out to unmask the killer… A “tricky mystery” (Kirkus Reviews)!

In 19th-century England, spinster Beatrice Hyde-Clare tries to mind her manners and avoid prying into the circumstances surrounding a mysterious death in the Lake District. But when she discovers a corpse in a country house library, she can’t help but investigate…