(To find out the order of a mystery series, I highly recommend the Stop, You're Killing Me site, through which you can look up a mystery series by author or by character name.)
The list below provides the author's name, the first book in the series, and a brief description of the era and protagonist of the series.
| Allen, Conrad | Murder on the Lusitania | Male/female Pinkerton detectives working for steamship lines |
| Dickinson, David | Goodnight Sweet Prince | Victorian baron, a former India intelligence officer, does occasional jobs for the government |
| Dunn, Carola | Death at Wentwater Court | Daughter of a viscount in post-WWI England works as a reporter, falls in love with a Scotland Yard inspector (lighter) |
| Gellis, Roberta | A Mortal Bane | A 12th century "whoremistress" with powerful friends |
| King, Laurie R. | The Beekeeper's Apprentice | Sherlock Holmes gets a young, female assistant (sounds silly but an excellent series) |
| March, Hannah | Complaint of the Dove | Georgian impoverished tutor who works for various rich/noble families |
| Marston, Edward | The Queen's Head | Elizabethan theatre troupe manager and the troupe's adventures |
| Newman, Sharan | Death Comes As Epiphany | 12th-century French convent novice leaves the convent and has interesting family linkages |
| Paige, Robin | Death at Bishop's Keep | Victorian-era American writer of gothics marries scientifically inclined baron in England with noble friends (lighter) |
| Perry, Anne | The Face of a Stranger (William Monk series) | Victorian detective loses memory but continues to work at his job (I thought this would take the easy way out and restore the character's memory right away but the author handles this in an intriguing way through several books) |
| Perry, Anne | Cater Street Hangman (Inspector Pitt series) | Proper Victorian woman gets involved with social inferior police detective | Robins, Madeline | A Point of Honour | Regency-era "fallen woman" turned investigator |
| Ross, Kate | Cut to the Quick | Regency-era intelligent dandy with doctor friend |
| Ryan, P.B. | Still Life With Murder | Civil War Irish governess with a shady past working for an unusual Brahmin patrician society woman |
| Thompson, Victoria | Murder on Astor Place | 1900s New York widowed midwife with Irish police detective friend (lighter) |
| Tremayne, Peter | Absolution by Murder | 16th century Irish princess turned nun who is an investigative lawyer (great historical stuff about Ireland) |
Last updated June 10, 2007.
