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Pamela Ball
(Non-Series)

Eva Hanson
fortuneteller
1890s independent
Kingdom of Hawaii

The Floating City [2002]

T. F. Banks
(aka Sean Russell and Ian Dennis)

Henry Morton
Bow Street Runner
1815 Regency London

The Thief Taker [2001]
The Emperor's Assassin [2003]

Robert Barnard
aka Bernard Barnstable
(Non-Series)

Sarah Causely
Governess
England 1936

The Skeleton in the Grass [1988]

Jonathan Barnes

Edward Moon, conjuror and
master of logic, with his
sidekick, The Somnambulist of
the title, a giant mute
Victorian London

The Somnambulist [2007]

Aileen Baron

Lily Sampson, American
graduate student in archaeology
Various Middle East settings
1930s-1940s

A Fly Has a Hundred Eyes [2002]
The Torch of Tangier [2006]

"Roy Rogers" - a patient in a
mental hospital who thinks he is
the cowboy hero Roy Rogers
Sunrise Mental Hospital
Sunrise, southwestern Missouri 1954

The Body in the Record Room [2008]

Andrew Adams
Hong Kong &
Southern China, 1857

Hangman's Point [1998]
Thieves Hamlet (forthcoming)

Jane Austen, Writer
Regency England

Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrove Manor [1996]
Jane and the Man of the Cloth [1997]
Jane and the Wandering Eye [1998]
Jane and the Genius of the Place [1999]
Jane and the Stillroom Maid [2000]
Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House [2001]
Jane and the Ghosts of Netley [2003]
Jane and His Lordship's Legacy [2005]
Jane and the Barque of Frailty [2006]

Stephanie Barron 2
(aka Francine Mathews)
(Non-Series)

Patrick Fitzgerald
Irish barrister
Queen Victoria's Court
Windsor Castle, 1861

A Flaw in the Blood [2008]

Wayne Barton and Stan Williams
(Non-Series)

James Lockhart, Civil War vet
and Marian Taylor, actress
Various locations, including
aboard a train,
Western USA late 19th C

Lockhart's Nightmare [1998]

Pete Caudill, newly minted
detective on the Detroit police force
Detroit MI 1940s

The Devil's Own Rag Doll [2005]
The Devil's Only Friend [2006]

Bernard Bastable 1
aka Robert Barnard

The Mozart Series
Wolfgang Mozart, Musician
Victoria, British princess
England's Victorian Period

Dead, Mr. Mozart [1994]
Too Many Notes, Mr. Mozart [1995]

Bernard Bastable 2
aka Robert Barnard
(Non-Series)

Frances Weyland
Governess
Victorian England 1842

To Die Like a Gentleman [1993]

George Baxt

Holloywood Mystery series
Jacob Singer, Private Investigator
working with various amateur
detective celebrities
various settings 1930s-1950s

Dorothy Parker Murder Case [1984]
Alfred Hitchcock Murder Case [1986]
Tallulah Bankhead Murder Case [1987]
Talking Pictures Murder Case [1990]
Greta Garbo Murder Case [1992]
Noel Coward Murder Case [1992]
Mae West Murder Case [1993]
Marlene Dietrich Murder Case [1993]
Bette Davis Murder Case [1994]
Humphrey Bogart Murder Case [1995]
William Powell and Myrna Loy Murder Case [1996]
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Murder Case [1997]
Clark Gable and Carole Lombard Murder Case [1997]

Holly Baxter
(aka Paula Gosling)

The Browne family,
mother and four daughters
1930s Depression Era Chicago

Tears of the Dragon [2005]

Louis Bayard 1
(Non-Series)

Timothy Cratchett
Dickens' Tiny Tim
grown to adulthood
1860s London

Mr. Timothy [2003]

Louis Bayard 2
(Non-Series)

Edgar Allan Poe,
future poet and author
as a young West Point cadet
1831 West Point NY USA

The Pale Blue Eye [2006]

Louis Bayard 3
(Non-Series)

Eugène François Vidocq,
Real life criminal who became
first director of Sûreté
and one of the first PI
Paris, France early 19th C

The Black Tower [2008]

Simon Beaufort
(aka Susanna Gregory)

Sir Geoffrey de Mappestone
1100-1101 C.E., England

Murder in the Holy City [1998]
A Head for Poisoning [1999]
The Bishop's Brood [2003]
The King's Spies [2003]
The Coiners' Quarrel [2004]

Mr. & Mrs Darcy Mysteries
Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy
From Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
England 1810s

Pride and Prescience [2004]
Suspense and Sensibility [2005]
North By Northanger [2006]
The Matters at Mansfield [2008]

K. K. Beck
(Aka Katherine Kristine Beck Marris
aka Marie Oliver)

Iris Cooper, flapper,
college student and amateur sleuth
and reporter Jack Clancy
Various US locations 1920s

Death in a Deck Chair [1984]
Murder in a Mummy Case [1986]
Peril Under the Palms [1989]

K. K. Beck
(Aka Katherine Kristine Beck Marris
aka Marie Oliver)
(Non-series)

Young Mrs. Cavendish,
reporter
San Francisco CA USA 1916

Young Mrs. Cavendish and the Kaiser's Men [1987]

Robert J. Begiebing
(Non-Series)

Colonial New England 1648

The Strange Death of Mistress Coffin [1991]

Pliny the Younger
First century Rome

All Roads Lead to Murder [2002]
The Blood of Caesar [2007]

The Trials of Kit Shannon
Kit Shannon, young female attorney
Los Angeles, 1903-1907

City of Angels [2001]
Angels Flight [2001]
Angel of Mercy [2002]
A Greater Glory [2003]
A Higher Justice [2003]
A Certain Truth [2004]

Billy Boyle World War II Mysteries
Lt. Billy Boyle, former
Boston Police officer and
headquarters staff officer
serving with General Eisenhower
Various locations 1940s WW II

Billy Boyle [2006]
The First Wave [2007]
Blood Alone [2008]

Ronan Bennett 1
(Non-Series)

John Brigge,
Coroner and governor
of a small town in
Northern England 1630s

Havoc, in its Third Year [2004]

Ronan Bennett 2
(Non-Series)

Otto Spethmann,
Psychoanalyst and
chess enthusiast
St Petersburg, Russia 1914

Zugzwang [2007]

Kenneth Benton
(Non-Series)

M. Caelius Rufus
Roman orator and politician
political thriller about
Clodius and Cicero
Rome, 1st C BC

Death on the Appian Way [1974]

David Benz
(Non-Series)

Historical thriller
Hamilton 'Ham' Sprigs
WW II vet
Oregon and Texas USA 1961

The Flip Side of Forever [2005]

Andrew Bergman

Jack LeVine, PI
New York City and
Hollywood CA 1940's

The Big Kiss-Off of 1944 [1974]
Hollywood and Levine [1975]
Tender is LeVine [2001]

Cordelia Frances Biddle
(aka Nero Blanc [with Steve Zettler])

Martha Beale, Upper class spinster
Thomas Kelman, investigator
and assistant to the mayor
Philadelphia, PA 1840s

The Conjurer [2007]
Deception's Daughter [2008]

Benjamin Black
(aka John Banville)

Garret Quirke, pathologist
1950s Dublin, Ireland and
Boston, Mass

Christine Falls [2006]
The Silver Swan [2007]

Eden Murdoch,
Former Cherokee captive
"Victorian West"
1850s American Frontier

An Uncommon Enemy [2001]
Solomon Spring [2002]
The Second Glass of Absinthe [2003]

Note: The first book in the series is a straight historical rather than a mystery/suspense novel like the others, but introduces the characters.


John Blackburn
(Non-Series)

Sextus Marcellus Ennius and
Eros Dion of the Vigiles, his friend
fulfilling Pilate's deathbed wish
to investigate Jesus
Judea, 30 A.D.

The Flame and the Wind [1967]

Michael Blaine
(Non-Series)

Max Greengrass,
a struggling reporter
New York City 1890s

Midnight Band Of Mercy [2004]

J.M.C. Blair

Merlin, (non-magical)
scientist, scholar, doctor
and advisor to (a non-fantasy)
King Arthur in Camelot
early Medieval Britain

The Excalibur Murders [2008]

David Bland

Father Martin, monk and
Preceptor of Bellins Gate
(present-day Billingsgate) on the Thames
12th century London England

Father Martin and the Hermitage Mystery [2005]

Alphonse Danton, Policeman
Post WWII Paris

A Murder of Convenience [1999]
Brave Man Dead [2001]
A Short Life on a Sunny Isle [2002]

Brett Ellen Block
(Non-Series Literary Crime Novel)

Detective Martin Emmett
Newark, NJ 1967

The Lightning Rule [2006]

Brian Kane, P.I.
1950s Hollywood CA

The Big Switch [2001]
The Deal Killer [2002]

Rick Page , P.I.
1947 Hollywood CA

Shadow of the Dahlia [2005]

Philip Boast

Septimus Severus Quistus
Senator and logician
Roman Empire during the
reign of Nero 54-68 A.D.

The Third Princess [2006]
The Son of Heaven [2007]

Matthew Booth

Sherlock Holmes Pastiche
Short Stories
Victorian England

Sherlock Holmes & The Giant's Hand [2004]

Gilles Bornais

Joe Hackney,
ex-criminal recruited as a
sergeant into Scotland Yard
Victorian Glasgow, Scotland
and England

The Devil Lives in Glasgow [2004]

Molly Murphy
Brash, feisty Irish immigrant
Ellis Island, New York City, 1901

Murphy's Law [2001]
Death of Riley [2002]
For the Love of Mike [2003]
In Like Flynn [2005]
Oh Danny Boy [2006]
In Dublin's Fair City [2007]
Tell Me, Pretty Maiden [2008]
Doppelganger - a non-series historical short story
  available free on the author's website


Georgie, aka Lady Victoria
Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie,
penniless cousin of King George V
of England and spy for Her Majesty
1930s London

Her Royal Spyness [2007]
A Royal Pain [2008]

William Boyd
(Non-Series)

Ruth Gilmartin and her mother
Sally aka spy Eva Delectorskaya
Paris 1939 and England 1976

Restless [2006]

John Boyne 1
(Non-Series)

Fictionalization of
the Dr. Crippen case
Camden, England and
on the Atlantic 1910

Crippen: A Novel of Murder [2006]

John Boyne 2
(Non-Series)

Historical thriller
ensemble cast, revolving
in part around the
Abdication Crisis
England 1936

Next of Kin [2006]

Tom Bradby
(Non-Series)

Historical thrillers
with various settings
and protagonists

The Master of Rain [2002]
   - Richard Shield of the Special Branch
    Shanghai, 1926

The White Russian [2003]
   - Alexander Ruzsky, Police Chief Investigator
    St Petersburg Russia, 1917

The God of Chaos [2005]
   - Joe Quinn, former New York cop
    Cairo Egypt, 1942


James Bradley
(Non-Series)

Historical literary thriller, loosely
based on the Burke and Hare
murders. Gabriel Swift, anatomist
London, 1826 / New South Wales 1836

The Resurrectionist [2007]

Gillian Bradshaw
(Non-Series)

Historical thriller
Hermogenes, a wealthy young Greek
trader from Alexandria
Rome 16 B.C.E.

Render Unto Caesar [2003]

Mel Bradshaw 1
(Non-Series)

Isaac Harris, bank cashier
& amateur detective
Toronto Canada 1856

Death in the Age of Steam: A Mystery [2004]

Mel Bradshaw 2
(Non-Series)

Paul Shenstone,
war veteran and
police detective
Toronto Canada in the roaring 1920s

Quarrel With The Foe [2005]

Oscar Wilde, author and wit
Arthur Conan Doyle, author
1880s London

Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders [2007]
  (US Title: Oscar Wilde and a Death
   of No Importance [2008])

Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death [2008]
  (US Title: Oscar Wilde and a Game
   Called Murder [2008])


Alec Halsey
diplomat and amateur sleuth
Tam, his apothecary-valet and
his uncle Plantagenet Halsey
Georgian England 1763

A Deadly Engagement [2003]
A Deadly Affair [2004]
A Deadly Dilemma (forthcoming)

James D. Brewer

Big River Detective Series
Masey Baldridge
Luke Williamson
Civil War Veterans
Mississippi,1870's

No Bottom [1994]
No Virtue [1995]
No Justice [1996]
No Remorse [1997]
No Escape [1998]

Mrs. Jeffries Mysteries (Cozy)
Mrs. Hepzibah Jeffries,
Housekeeper
Victorian London, England

The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries [1993]
Mrs. Jeffries Dusts for Clues [1993]
The Ghost and Mrs. Jeffries [1993]
Mrs. Jeffries on the Ball [1994]
Mrs. Jeffries Takes Stock [1994]
Mrs. Jeffries on the Trail [1995]
Mrs. Jeffries Plays the Cook [1995]
Mrs. Jeffries and the Missing Alibi [1996]
Mrs. Jeffries Stands Corrected [1996]
Mrs. Jeffries Takes the Stage [1997]
Mrs. Jeffries Questions The Answer [1997]
Mrs. Jeffries Reveals Her Art [1998]
Mrs. Jeffries Takes the Cake [1998]
Mrs. Jeffries Rocks the Boat [1999]
Mrs. Jeffries Weeds the Plot [2000
Mrs. Jeffries Pinches the Post [2001]
Mrs. Jeffries Pleads Her Case [2003]
Mrs. Jeffries Sweeps the Chimney [2004]
Mrs. Jeffries Stalks The Hunter [2004]
Mrs. Jeffries Learns the Trade [2005]
   - (omnibus reprint of the first 3 books)
Mrs. Jeffries and the Silent Knight [2005]
Mrs. Jeffries Appeals the Verdict [2006]
Mrs. Jeffries and the Best Laid Plans [2007]
Mrs. Jeffries and the Feast of St. Stephen [2007]
Mrs. Jeffries Holds the Trump [2008]

Gerri Brightwell

Historical thriller
Jane Wilbred, 16-year-old
orphan and housemaid to
the Bentley Family
London, England 1893

The Dark Lantern [2008]

Cat burglar and spy Jethro
1940s Post WWII London, England

The Smoke [2002]
Spectres in the Smoke [2005]

Robert Broomall
(Non-Series)

Detective Lysander Hughes
of the San Francisco police,
ex-Texas Ranger and Confederate spy
and Verity Winslow, journalist
Dakota Territory US 1875

Murder In The 7th Cavalry -eBook- [2001]

Molly Brown
Non-Series

Aphra Behn, playwright
Restoration England 1676

Invitation to a Funeral [1998]

Marshall Browne
(Non-Series)

Franz Schmidt, chief auditor
Wertheim & Co. Banking
Germany, 1938

The Eye of the Abyss [2003]

Ray Broadus Browne & Lawrence A. Kreiser

Associational reference work

The Detective As Historian:
  History and Art in Historical Crime Fiction [2000]

Kate Bryan
(aka Ellen Recknor)

Maggie Maguire & Co. 
Discreet Inquiries Mystery Series
Private detective
1875 in San Francisco

Murder at Bent Elbow [1998]
A Record of Death [1998]
Murder on the Barbary Coast [1999]

Heather Buchanan
(Non-series)

Historical thriller / suspense
Based on real historical facts
and people
Isabelle Fontaine, Canadian pianist
Detroit, Michigan early 19th C

Dark River [2006]

Fiona Buckley
(aka Valerie Anand)

Ursula Blanchard
Widow & Lady in Waiting
Elizabethan England

To Shield the Queen (or The Robsart Mystery) [1997]
The Doublet Affair [1998]
Queen's Ransom [1999]
To Ruin a Queen [2000]
Queen of Ambition [2001]
A Pawn for a Queen [2002]
The Fugitive Queen [2003]
The Siren Queen [2004]

Charles Baker,
American former spy and
AP reporter
London, England 1922

Graves Gate: A Novel of Possession Featuring Arthur Conan Doyle [2004]

Michael Burgess & Jill H. Vassilakos

Associational reference work

Murder in Retrospect: A Selective Guide to Historical Mystery Fiction [2005]

Ron Burns 1

Gaius Livinius Severus
lawyer, Roman senator
Rome, Italy A.D. 180

Roman Nights [1991]
Roman Shadow [1992]

Ron Burns 2

Captain Harrison Hull
Army officer & explorer
Jeffersonian (early 1800s) USA

The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis [1993]
Enslaved [1994]

Carina Burman

Euthanasia Bondeson
Swedish authoress
various settings
mid 19th C

The Streets of Babylon [2008]
   - London, England
   - (1st English translation)
Vit som marmor (White As Marble)
   - Rome, Italy
   - (Not yet translated)

Non-series noir
historical thrillers
various settings and
protagonists

The Rogues' Game [2005]
   - unnamed narrator, post-WWII Texas
The Sweet and the Dead [2006]
   - Manfred Eugene "Tush Hog" Webern,
     1970 Biloxi, Miss


Gwendoline Butler

Major Mearns and
Sergeant Denny, spycatchers
Reigns of George III & George IV
Late 18thC-early 19th C
Windsor England

The King Cried Murder [2000]
Dread Murder [2006]

Raymond Ragan Butler

Captain Nash
Arguably England's first
private detective
England 1770's

Captain Nash and the Wroth Inheritance [1975]
Captain Nash and the Honour of England [1977]

Florence Byham

Fr. Ignaz Pfefferkorn, Jesuit
1760s Mexico (New Spain)

Sonora Wind, Ill Wind [2002]
I'll Come To Thee By Moonlight [2002]
The Storks of La Caridad [2004]

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