A gruesome murder mystery among the London upper class of the interwar years. A historical novel with a great mystery lot.
A historical cosy mystery set in the 1920s in quite an unexpected setting: a mine town in Montana. But feisty women can be foudn there too.
In a gritty, tech-noir version of 1930s Manhattan, an ex-cop and his robot partner must stop a killer who’s sending the city into chaos.
A very enjoyable locked-room mystery, in a very classic English manor house, by the author of Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne
Inspector Gereon Rath investigates a crime rooted in the last stages of WWI while the Nazis take over Germany
The first instalment in the Lord Peter Wimsey mystery series by Dorothy L. Sayers is quirky,, witty and moving in places. Like its protagonist.
NOBODY’S SWEETHEART NOW (Maggie Robinson) Addie is a young widow belonging to the British upper crust. Dev is an Anglo-Indian Scotland Yard Inspector. An unlikely couple, maybe, but a winning one.
The fourth WWI Mystery in the Bess Crawford series by Charles Todd is a solid historical nocel with a great war setting
A cosy mystery set in the 1920s, with an interesting pair of amateur sleuths. A jazz singer dies in the paddle of the steamboat. Suspects abound.
The Doom List is a solid mystery novel set in 1920s Hollywood. Movie stars, personal secrets, paparazzi, and a very relatable, clever gumshoes
Egypt, 1926. Fiercely independent American Jane Wunderly has all intentions to enjoy a relaxing holiday in a beautiful place. Her plans get all messed up by charming Mr Redverse and a murder.
The second novel in the Bess Crawford Series was a strong mystery, very well-constructed, with a cast of characters that felt real and coherent.