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Historical Mystery Sites
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A Web Published Regency Mystery |
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Archaeology in fiction - bibliography (not just mysteries) |
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Brer Fox
- a wonderful listing of historical mystery authors and books. |
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Crime Spree Magazine - The link is to a .pdf file version of Ayo Onatade's survey
of medieval mysteries from issue number 6. If you do not have the software to read .pdf
files, you can get that at
Adobe Reader download |
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Criminal History - a site for fans of historical crime fiction giving a quick
overview of the different periods, with recommended titles and related articles
going into more depth. Also some British signing and publishing news |
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Crime Time UK - an excellent Brit based general mystery site, with some interesting
HM related content such as an interviews with Caleb Carr and Gwendolyn Butler |
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The Detective and the Toga
Bibliography and other news about mystery novels and short stories set in Ancient Rome |
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Cursor Mundi
Medieval Journal has a very extensive interview with the Medieval Murderers group
of Historical Mystery writers (Bernard Knight,Ian Morson,Michael Jecks, Susanna Gregory, Philip Gooden) |
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Detectives on Stamps |
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Drood Review
- general mystery journal that often includes information about historicals |
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Historical Fiction About Ancient Rome - German site about Roman historical fiction with most
information translated into English |
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Historical Mystery Appreciation Society
Fan organization (dues required to join) that publishes an award winning fanzine:
Murder Past Tense and bestows the Herodotus Award honoring excellence
in historical mysteries |
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Historical Mystery Bibliography by CTT's own Dean James |
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Medieval and Renaissance Mysteries
Listing of mysteries from the fall of Rome in 476 to the end of the 15th century |
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Medieval Quadrant
Renee Vink's Medieval Mystery Dbase, including mysteries in languages other than English |
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Roman Fiction
Bibliography of historical novels set in ancient Rome plus timelines, informational essays, and
other associated historical information. |
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Sibyl &; Sleuth
Bibliography of historical mysteries set in ancient Greece, including short stories, by
one of the CTT group members. |
General Historical Sites
HISTORICAL WEB INDICES (directories of historical sites/information sources)
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MAPS
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A Page of Fantastic, Mysterious, and Adventurous Victoriana
- "Notable and Obscure Characters and Places of popular Victorian Fiction" |
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Ancient Greece
in novels, stories, and cinema |
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Artotyrites
Webpage by a CTT list member about a Christian faith that dates back to 156 A.D. |
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The Avalon Project
at the Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy |
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Blithering Antiquity
CTT author
Daniel Elton Harmon publishes a fun online "Magazette of Historical Curiosities, Inquiries & Intrigues" |
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British Titles of Nobility
An Introduction and Primer to the Peerage. For even more information about British, European, and
non-European royalty and nobility and their proper titles, check out the
alt.talk.royalty FAQ about royal and noble families. |
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Historical Novel Society
- General historical fiction we are a community (dues required to join) for authors, agents and
publishers. |
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The Liturgical Hours
A cool reference letting you understand medieval liturgial hour times in modern terms by
giving you the Hour of the Day, Latin Name, English Name, Time in Modern Hours &
associated Vigil. |
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Metheglin Press
- Contemporary reference manuals for 17th century merchants and 19th century settlers for sale |
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Museum of London
Online site for the largest city museum in the world - prehistoric to modern London |
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NYPL Digital Gallery - over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources
and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including
illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs,
illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.
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Renaissance, the Elizabethan World is dedicated
to Elizabethan social history. A content-packed site that also includes a well organized set of
links to other sites related to Tudor England. |
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Roman Ball Games
Illustrations from ancient Greece and Rome with explanatory essays |
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Shrewsbury Castle
- informational site dedicated to a location more than familiar to Cadfael fans. |
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The Victorian Web
"Literature, history, & culture in the age of Victoria" |
Mystery Parties, Vacations & Fun!
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How to Host a Murder Mystery
- Dinner Party Games |
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Killing Time Murder Consultants
- Party Planning |
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Madison Street Inn
Santa Clara, Silicon Valley CA - Plan a Murder Mystery Weekend |
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Murder Mystery Events (UK)
- Separate Murder Scripts, Treasure Hunts, Themed Dinners, Corporate Hospitality, Team Building
Events, Evening Entertainment, and Dinner Theatre |
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Murder Mystery Weekend
- Vacations, train trips and dinners |
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Mysteries By Vincent
- For the ultimate in "do it yourself" mystery party entertaining! |
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Mystery Reader Personality Type
by CTT member Rosalie Stafford. Follow the instructions on the page to contribute your data.
Sometime in 2004, with the help of an expert in personality typology, Rosalie will publish
the results in an article for her
Mystery Webzine, correlating mystery taste with personality type. |
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Stick-man Murder Mysteries
- Online mystery games. Not historical, but fun! |
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Victorian Village Mysteries®
Mystery Weekend Fun! |
Historical Mystery Booksellers
Listings in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS are owned and/or managed by fellow list members
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ALIENS & ALIBIS BOOKS - A new independent run by listmember
Deb Andolino and her son Gary, based in South Carolina. |
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Aunt Agatha's New & Used Mysteries, Detection &
True Crime Books - the site includes an online inventory / store and thoughtful reviews by the owner,
that include historical mysteries. Fair disclosure - the site is maintained by your beloved webmistress. |
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bol.com - International online general
bookstore |
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Booked for Murder is a listmember's "local", which
they highly recommend for selection and service. |
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The Internet Bookshop UK
- who have a large database of US and UK books at reasonable prices plus P&P |
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Left for Dead Books - First Edition specialists with a separate page dedicated to historical
mysteries. You can search inventory at their website or through ABE, Bibliofind or Bookavenue. |
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MURDER BY THE BOOK
in Houston is one of the United States's oldest and largest mystery bookstores, with a large
selection of historical mysteries, both US and UK imprints. Want lists welcome. |
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The Mystery Bookstore
Kate Birkel's Omaha based mystery bookstore sponsors a number of discussion groups, including one
devoted to historical mysteries. She also has regular author signings. You can search her large
inventory of both US and UK mysteries at the site, which also publishes mystery reviews by CTT
member Sally Fellows. Most US paperbacks are
discounted 10% and hardcovers 15%. |
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Mystery Lovers Bookshop
Recommended by one of our international CTT group members who has difficulty getting
historical mysteries in English where she lives, the Mystery Lovers Bookshop carries
backlist and British editions (with an online form to request they order ones they don't
carry, including non-mystery), with a membership program (free with your first web purchase)
offering free shipping on orders over $45 and accumulated credit toward free books. |
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POE'S COUSIN
- Run by Anne Poe Lehr, who offers a 10% discount to fellow CTT members, if you let her know when
ordering - the discount is manual and so will appear on the order but not on her website. Anne is
A First Edition bookseller whose specialties include historical mysteries, mostly signed and unread,
from all time periods. She has a large collection of UK first editions. Her books can also
be found on ABE, Bibliofind, Bookavenue and soon on TomFolio. |
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Poisoned Pen Press - Mystery specialist small press "publishing excellence in mystery". Offerings
are a mixture of original mysteries, quality reprints, and reference books. |
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Prime Crime Books - is a mystery bookstore located in Ottawa Canada, and recommended by
one of the list members. Canadian bookstores are one alternative for people living in the
US to acquire British edition only historical mysteries when they don't have a US source with
British connections and don't want to get involved with transatlantic shipping fees. |
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Uncle Edgar's Mystery Bookstore - recommended by a list member as an Indy who cares and makes the effort
to help the customer. Who also has lots of British Headline Press, sometimes at used-book prices and a lot
of book signings. |
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