Alphabet in Historical Crime Fiction

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Stuart Kaminsky

Toby Peters, a 1940s Hollywood P.I. in Los Angeles

• Bullet for a Star (1977)



• Murder on the Yellow Brick Road (1978)



• You Bet Your Life (1979)



• The Howard Hughes Affair (1979)



• Never Cross a Vampire (1980)



• High Midnight (1981)



• Catch a Falling Clown (1982)



• He Done Her Wrong (1983)



• The Fala Factor (1984)



• Down for the Count (1985)



• The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance (1986)



• Smart Moves (1987)



• Think Fast, Mr. Peters (1988)



• Buried Caesars (1989)



• Poor Butterfly (1990) Finalist 1991 Shamus Award for Best Novel



• The Melting Clock (1991)



• The Devil Met a Lady (1993)



• Tomorrow Is Another Day (1995)



• Dancing in the Dark (1996)



• A Fatal Glass of Beer (1997)



• A Few Minutes Past Midnight (2001)



• To Catch a Spy (2002)



• Mildred Pierced (2003)



• Now You See It (2004)

Philip Kerr

Bernie Gunther, a German private eye who hates the Nazis, in Berlin, Germany, 1936-1947

• March Violets (1989) Finalist 1989 New Blood Dagger Award [r]



• The Pale Criminal (1990)



• A German Requiem (1991)



• The One from the Other (2006) Finalist 2007 Historical Dagger Award



• A Quiet Flame (2008) Finalist 2008 Historical Dagger Award



• If the Dead Rise Not (2009) [US due March 2010] 2009 Historical Dagger Award

Michael Kilian

Harrison Raines, a Pinkerton spy during America’s Civil War

• Murder at Manassas (2000)



• A Killing at Ball's Bluff (2001)



• The Ironclad Alibi (2002)



• A Grave at Glorieta (2003)



• The Shiloh Sisters (2004)



• Antietam Assassins (2005)

Bedford Green, an art gallery owner and his assistant Sloan Smith, in 1920s Greenwich Village, New York

The Weeping Woman (2001)

The Uninvited Countess (2002)

A Sinful Safari (2003)

Laurie R. King

Mary Russell, student and then wife of Sherlock Holmes

• The Beekeeper’s Apprentice (1994) Finalist 1994 Agatha Award for Best Novel [r]



• A Monstrous Regiment of Women (1995) 1996 Nero Award [r]



• A Letter of Mary (1996) [r]



• The Moor (1998) [r]



• O Jerusalem (1999) [r]



• Justice Hall (2002) [r]



• The Game (2004) [r]



• Locked Rooms (2005) [r]



• The Language of Bees (2009) [r]



• The God of the Hive (due April 2010)

Kate Kingsbury

Cecily Sinclair, hotel owner in Badger’s End, Edwardian England

• Room with a Clue (1993)



• Do Not Disturb (1994)



• Service for Two (1994)



• Eat, Drink and Be Buried (1994)



• Check-Out Time (1995)



• Grounds for Murder (1995)



• Pay the Piper (1996)



• Chivalry Is Dead (1996)



• Ring for Tomb Service (1997)



• Death with Reservations (1998)



• Dying Room Only (1998)



• Maid to Murder (1999)



• No Clue at the Inn (2003)



• Slay Bells (2006)



• Shrouds of Holly (2007)



• Ringing in Murder (2008)



• Decked with Folly (2009)

Lady Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton, in Sitting Marsh, England during WWII

• A Bicycle Built for Murder (2001)



• Death Is in the Air (2001)



• For Whom Death Tolls (2002)



• Dig Deep for Murder (2002)



• Paint by Murder (2003)



• Berried Alive (2004)



• Fire When Ready (2004)



• Wedding Rows (2006)



• An Unmentionable Murder (2006)

Alanna Knight

Inspector Jeremy Faro, a detective in Victorian Edinburgh, Scotland

• Enter Second Murderer (1988)



• Blood Line (1989)



• Deadly Beloved (1989)



• Killing Cousins (1990)



• A Quiet Death (1991)



• To Kill a Queen (1992)



• The Evil That Men Do (1993)



• The Missing Duchess (1994)



• The Bull Slayers (1995)



• Murder by Appointment (1996)



• The Coffin Lane Murders (1998)



• The Final Enemy (2002)



• Unholy Trinity (2004)

Rose McQuinn, Faro’s daughter, returning from the American Wild West to Edinburgh, Scotland

The Inspector’s Daughter (2000)

Dangerous Pursuits (2002)

An Orkney Murder (2003)

Ghost Walk (2005)

Destroying Angel (2007)

Tam Eildor, mystery-solving historical time-traveller

• The Dagger in the Crown (2001)


• The Gowrie Conspiracy (2003)


• The Stuart Sapphire: Murder in the Regency Brighton (2005)

Bernard Knight

Sir John de Wolfe, the crowner (coroner), in 12th century Devon, England

• The Sanctuary Seeker (1998) [r]


• The Poisoned Chalice (1998) [r]


• Crowner’s Quest (1999) [r]


• The Awful Secret (2000) [r]


• The Tinner’s Corpse (2001) [r]


• The Grim Reaper (2002) [r]


• Fear in the Forest (2003) [r]


• The Witch Hunter (2004)


• Figure of Hate (2005)


• The Elixir of Death (2006)


• The Noble Outlaw (2007)


• The Manor of Death (2008)


• Crowner Royal (2009)
  

[r] = I've read it