The Monastery Murders (Stanton & Barlings #2) Author: E.M. Powell; Genre: Historical Mystery; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: James Langton; Publisher: Brilliance Audio (2018); Rating: . After giving the second book a chance to change my mind about this series, I’ve given up. It’s not a bad mystery or a badly written story, but it just didn’t …
The Seven Wonders: A Novel of the Ancient World (Novels of Ancient Rome Book 1) Author: Steven Saylor; Genre: Historical Mystery; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Stephen Plunkett; Publisher: Recorded Books (2012); Rating: . A very fun prequel to the Roma Sub Rosa historical mystery series, with a young Gordianus the Finder traveling the ancient world to …
Pickpocket’s Apprentice Author and Publisher: Sheri Cobb South; Genre: Historical fiction; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Joel Froomkin; Rating: . This novella introduces the reader to teenager John Pickett, left behind to fend for himself on the streets of Regency London after his criminal father is sentenced to transportation to Australia. It’s a fun story about a …
The Ghosts of Glevum by Rosemary Rowe; Genre: Historical mystery; Format: Kindle ebook; Publisher: Headline Publishing Group (2013); Rating: . This series of historical mysteries is set in AD 187 Roman Britain. Libertus is a pavement artist; he makes beautiful mosaic floors for the wealthy citizens of Glevum, what is now Gloucester. This is the …
Baynard’s List by Jason Vail. My rating: 4 of 5 stars; Genre: Historical Mystery; Format: Kindle ebook; Rating: . This was the second book in this series, and I liked it better than the first. I think Stephen is shown in a bit more favorable light, and he’s becoming more of a real character. I …
A Trail of Ink (Chronicles of Hugh De Singleton, Surgeon, Book 3) Author: Mel Starr; Genre: Historical Mystery; Format: Kindle Ebook; Publisher: Lion Fiction (2013). This is the third book in a great series, and I liked it the best so far. The setting is 15th-century England, mostly in Oxford this time. Our protagonist, Hugh …
I’ve been on a roll with historical mysteries lately after having taken a break for a while. I think I’m too cynical these days to really relax and enjoy most of them, but I count them as light reading. All the following were ebooks. The Wayward Apprentice (A Stephen Attebrook mystery Book 1) by Jason …
Act of Treason: An Elizabethan Thriller Author: Frank Dickens; Genre: Historical Mystery; Format: Ebook; Publisher: Endeavour Press Ltd (2016). An Elizabethan mystery, this story is narrated by George Bullen in London, 1598. Mr. Bullen is a scribe; he writes letters and transcribes legal and financial documentation for those who cannot read or write. A stranger …
