Good Reads - Fiction

Mystery

Historical Mysteries in Series: 1700s

All titles are shelved in the Mystery section of the library and are the first in each series in the Downers Grove Public Library's collection.

M/ALEXANDER
Alexander, Bruce - Blind Justice - 1994, 254p.
When: 1760s
Where: London
Who: Sir John Fielding, judge

M/HALL
Hall, Robert Lee - Benjamin Franklin Takes the Case - 1988, 227p.
When: 1700s
Where: London
Who: Benjamin Franklin, diplomat, amateur detective

M/LAURENCE
Laurence, Janet - Canaletto and the Case of the Westminster Bridge - 1997, 393p.
When: 1746
Where: London
Who: Canaletto, artist

M/LAWRENCE
Lawrence, Margaret - Hearts and Bones - 1996, 307p.
When: 1786
Where: Maine
Who: Hannah Trevor, midwife, single mother, feminist

M/MILES
Miles, Margaret - A Wicked Way to Burn - 1998, 309p.
When: 1763
Where: Bracebridge, Massachusetts
Who: Charlotte Willett, farmer, widow, and Richard Longfellow, gentleman farmer, scientist

Prepared by Carol Yarmolich, November 2001