MysteryCAT: Historical Crime

Description
These are crime novels set in a historical time (not alternate history).
1
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
21,743 members
336 reviews
4.2
3 Members
souloftherose, ahef1963, jenniferw88
2
A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Ellis Peters
4,431 members
117 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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3
Death Comes as the End
by Agatha Christie
3,196 members
67 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
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4
Dissolution
by C. J. Sansom
4,693 members
205 reviews
3.9
2 Members
souloftherose, jenniferw88
5
The House of Silk
by Anthony Horowitz
3,540 members
172 reviews
3.9
2 Members
souloftherose, jenniferw88
6
One Corpse Too Many
by Ellis Peters
3,038 members
71 reviews
3.9
2 Members
souloftherose, ahef1963
7
Dark Fire
by C. J. Sansom
2,870 members
121 reviews
4.1
2 Members
souloftherose, jenniferw88
8
Monk's Hood
by Ellis Peters
2,593 members
57 reviews
3.8
2 Members
souloftherose, ahef1963
9
Alias Grace
by Margaret Atwood
13,077 members
274 reviews
3.9
Member
souloftherose
10
From Hell
by Alan Moore
4,272 members
92 reviews
4.1
Member
merrystar
11
The Interpretation of Murder
by Jed Rubenfeld
3,012 members
103 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
souloftherose
12
Sovereign
by C. J. Sansom
2,701 members
96 reviews
4.1
Member
souloftherose
13
Revelation
by C. J. Sansom
2,248 members
70 reviews
4.2
Member
souloftherose
14
Heartstone
by C. J. Sansom
1,862 members
70 reviews
4.2
Member
souloftherose
15
Critique of Criminal Reason
by Michael Gregorio
432 members
18 reviews
3
Member
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16
A Visible Darkness
by Michael Gregorio
101 members
3 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
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17
Unholy Awakening
by Michael Gregorio
64 members
1 review
3
Member
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18
Mister Pip
by Lloyd Jones
3,674 members
184 reviews
3.8
19
The Meaning of Night: A Confession
by Michael Cox
2,575 members
109 reviews
3.8
20
The Amber Room
by Steve Berry
2,498 members
56 reviews
½ 3.5
21
The Winter Queen
by Boris Akunin
2,478 members
85 reviews
½ 3.6
22
The Gods of Gotham
by Lyndsay Faye
1,455 members
127 reviews
3.9
23
The American Boy
by Andrew Taylor
998 members
29 reviews
½ 3.5
24
A Beautiful Place to Die
by Malla Nunn
587 members
40 reviews
4
25
The Monk Who Vanished
by Peter Tremayne
475 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
26
The Magnificent Spilsbury and the Case of the Brides in the Bath
by Jane Robins
105 members
4 reviews
4
Member
merrystar,
Explanations
: Not a novel.
27
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
by Kate Summerscale
3,714 members
178 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
jenniferw88, ,souloftherose
Explanations
: Good book, but it's not a novel.
souloftherose : Not a novel