Good Reads - Fiction

Mystery

Historical Mysteries in Series: 1851 – 1899

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, Lawrence - Big Stick - 1986, 348p.
When: 1895
Where: New York City
Who: Teddy Roosevelt, Commissioner of Police

M/BARTON
Barton, Wayne and Stan Williams - Lockhart's Nightmare - 1998, 350p.
When: Late 19th Century
Where: United States
Who: James Lockhart, traveling salesman, fugitive

M/BREWER
Brewer, James D. - No Bottom - 1994, 249p.
When: 1872
Where: On and along the Mississippi River
Who: Masey Baldridge, insurance investigator, and Luke Williamson, riverboat captain

M/GRAHAM
Graham, Mark - The Killing Breed - 1998, 264p
When: 1870s
Where: Philadelphia
Who: Wilton McLeary, Civil War Veteran, former POW, city police detective

M/HARRIS
Harris, Jana - The Pearl of Ruby City - 1998, 354p
When: 1893
Where: Ruby City, Washington
Who: Pearl Ryan, laundress, doctor's assistant

M/HARRISON
Harrison, Ray - Death of an Honourable Member - 1984, 154p.
When: 1890s
Where: London
Who: Detective Sergeant Bragg and Constable Morton, City of London police

M/HECK
Heck, Peter J. - Death on the Mississippi - 1995, 290p.
When: 1890s
Where: On and along the Mississippi River
Who: Mark Twain, author, and his secretary, Wentworth Cabot

M/HILTON
Hilton, John Buxton - Gamekeeper's Gallows - 1976, 192p.
When: 1875
Where: Derbyshire, England
Who: Thomas Brunt, police detective

M/JENNINGS
Jennings, Maureen - Except the Dying - 1997, 255p.
When: 1895
Where: Toronto, Canada
Who: William Murdock, police detective

M/LOVESEY
Lovesey, Peter - Bertie and the Tinman - 1987, 212p.
When: 1880s
Where: England
Who: Albert Edward, Prince of Wales

M/MCMILLAN
McMillan, Ann - Dead March - 1998, 212p.
When: 1861
Where: Richmond, VA
Who: Narcissa Powers, widow, and Judah Daniel, herbalist and conjure woman

M/MAHER
Maher, Mary - Devil's Card - 1992, 243p.
When: 1880s
Where: Chicago
Who: Tom Martin, reporter

M/MEDWAR
Medawar, Mardi Oakley - Death at Rainy Mountain - 1996, 262p.
When: 1866
Where: Western US
Who: Tay-bodal, Kiowa Indian healer

M/PAIGE
Paige, Robin - Death at Bishop's Keep - 1994, 266p.
When: 1890s
Where: England
Who: Kathryn Ardleigh, author, and Sir Charles Sheridan, amateur detective

M/PALMER
Palmer, William J. - The Detective and Mr. Dickens - 1990, 290p.
When: 1851
Where: London
Who: Charles Dickens, author; Wilkie Collins, author; and Inspector William Field

M/PERRY
Perry, Anne - The Face of a Stranger - 1990, 328p.
When: Late 1800s
Where: London
Who: Inspector Monk of Scotland Yard

M/PERRY
Perry Anne - Cater Street Hangman - 1979, 287p.
When: 1881
Where: London
Who: Charlotte Ellison and Inspector George Pitt

M/PETERS
Peters, Elizabeth - Crocodile on the Sandbank - 1975, 273p.
When: 1890s
Where: Egypt
Who: Amelia Peabody and Radcliffe Emerson, Egyptologists

M/PRONZINI
Pronzini, Bill - Quincannon - 1985, 175p.
When: 1890s
Where: Silver City
Who: John Quincannon, Secret Service agent

M/RODDY
Roddy, Lee - Days of Deception - 1998, 356p.
When: 1860s
Where: On a train from Chicago
Who: Laurel Bartlett, Pinkerton detective

Prepared by Carol Yarmolich, November 2001