Alphabet in Historical Crime Fiction - P

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Robin Paige ( joint pseudonym of Susan & Bill Albert)

Kathryn Ardleigh, an American author who moves to Victorian Dedham, England, and Sir Charles Sheridan, a landed peer and amateur scientist

• Death at Bishop’s Keep (1994) [r]


• Death at Gallows Green (1995) [r]


• Death at Daisy’s Folly (1997) [r]


• Death at Devil’s Bridge (1998) [r]


• Death at Rottingdean (1999) [r]


• Death at Whitechapel (2000)


• Death at Epsom Downs (2001)


• Death at Dartmoor (2002)


• Death at Glamis Castle (2003)


• Death in Hyde Park (2004)


• Death at Blenheim Palace (2005)


• Death on the Lizard (2006)

I.J. Parker

Sugawara no Akitada, a sleuth in 11th century Japan (in the order to be read, not as published, according to the author)

• The Dragon Scroll (2005)


• Rashomon Gate (2002)


• Black Arrow (2006)


• Island of Exiles (2007)


• The Hell Screen (2003)


• The Convict’s Sword (2009)

S.J. Parris
Giordano Bruno, monk, poet, scientist and magician on the run from the Inquisition, acting as an agent for Queen Elizabeth I Oxford, England 16th Century

• Heresy (2010)

Ben Pastor
Aelius Spartianus, a former soldier, now historian to Diocletian, in early 4th century Rome

• The Water Thief (2007) [r]


• The Fire Waker (2008)
  

Paula Paul

Alexandra Gladstone, a doctor in Victorian Newton-on-Sea, England

• Symptoms of Death (2002)


• An Improper Death (2002)


• Half a Mind To Murder (2003)

Cynthia Peale

Caroline and Addington Ames, upperclass sibling sleuths in Victorian Boston

• The Death of Colonel Mann (2000)


• Murder at Bertram's Bower (2001)


• The White Crow (2002)

Michael Pearce

Garth Owen (Mamur Zapt), the British head of Cairo’s Political CID in Cairo

• The Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet (1988)


• The Mamur Zapt and the Night of the Dog (1989)


• The Mamur Zapt and the Donkey-Vous (1990)


• The Mamur Zapt and the Men Behind (1991) Finalist 1991 Last Laugh Dagger Award


• The Mamur Zapt and the Girl in the Nile (1992) Finalist 1992 Last Laugh Dagger Award


• The Mamur Zapt and the Spoils of Egypt (1993) 1993 Last Laugh Dagger Award


• The Camel of Destruction (1993)


• The Snake Catcher’s Daughter (1994)


• The Mingrelian Conspiracy (1995)


• The Fig Tree Murder (1996)


• The Last Cut (1998)


• Death of an Effendi (1999) Finalist 2000 Historical Dagger Award


• A Cold Touch of Ice (2000) Runner-up 2001 Historical Dagger Award


• The Face in the Cemetery (2001)


• The Point in the Market (2005)


• The Mark of the Pasha (2008)

Sandor Pelczynski Seymour, a multilingual officer with England’s Special Branch in the early 1900s

• A Dead Man in Trieste (2004)


• A Dead Man in Istanbul (2005)


• A Dead Man in Athens (2006)


• A Dead Man in Tangier (2007)


• A Dead Man in Barcelona (2008)


• A Dead Man in Naples (2009)

Sharon Kay Penman

Justin de Quincy, the bastard son of a bishop in 12th century England

• The Queen’s Man (1996) Finalist 1997 Edgar Award for Best First Novel [r]


• Cruel as the Grave (1998) [r]


• Dragon’s Lair (2003) [r]


• Prince of Darkness (2005) [r]

Andrew Pepper

Pyke, beginning as a Bow Street Runner in 1829-1940s London, England

• The Last Days of Newgate (2006) Finalist 2007 New Blood Dagger Award


• The Revenge of Captain Paine (2007)


• Kill-Devil and Water (2008)


• The Detective Branch (2010)

Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Captain Diego Alatriste, a swordsman for hire in 17th century Spain

• Captain Alatriste (2005)


• Purity of Blood (2006)


• The Sun Over Breda (2006)


• The King’s Gold (2008)


• The Cavalier in the Yellow Doublet (2009)

Anne Perry

Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, a police inspector and wife in Victorian London

• The Cater Street Hangman (1979) [r]


• Callander Square (1980) [r]


• Paragon Walk (1981) [r]


• Resurrection Row (1981) [r]


• Rutland Place (1983) [r]


• Bluegate Fields (1984) [r]


• Death in the Devil’s Acre (1985) [r]


• Cardington Crescent (1987) [r]


• Silence in Hanover Close (1988) [r]


• Bethlehem Road (1990) [r]


• Highgate Rise (1991) [r]


• Belgrave Square (1992) [r]


• Farriers’ Lane (1993) [r]


• The Hyde Park Headsman (1994) [r]


• Traitors Gate (1995)


• Pentecost Alley (1996) Finalist 1997 Edgar Award for Best Mystery


• Ashworth Hall (1998)


• Brunswick Gardens (1998)


• Bedford Square (1999)


• Half Moon Street (2000) Finalist 2001 Macavity Award for Best Novel


• The Whitechapel Conspiracy (2001)


• Southampton Row (2002)


• Seven Dials (2003)


• Long Spoon Lane (2005)


• Buckingham Palace Gardens (2008) Finalist 2008 Agatha Award for Best Novel
  
  

William Monk, an amnesiac police inspector, later a private detective, in Victorian London

• The Face of a Stranger (1990) Finalist 1990 Agatha Award for Best Novel,Finalist 1991 Macavity Award for Best Novel [r]


• A Dangerous Mourning (1991) [r]


• Defend and Betray (1992) Finalist 1992 Agatha Award for Best Novel [r]


• A Sudden, Fearful Death (1993) [r]


• Sins of the Wolf (1994) [r]


• Cain His Brother (1995) [r]


• Weighed in the Balance (1997) [r]


• The Silent Cry (1997) [r]


• A Breach of Promise (1998) [r]


• The Twisted Root (1999) [r]


• Slaves of Obsession (2000) [r]


• Funeral in Blue (2001) [r]


• Death of a Stranger (2002) [r]


• The Shifting Tide (2004) [r]


• Dark Assassin (2006) Finalist 2007 Macavity Award for Best Historical Novel [r]
  Execution Dock (2009) [r]
  

Matthew Reavley, a British intelligence officer, and the Reavley family, in London, in the World War I series

• No Graves as Yet (2003) [r]


• Shoulder the Sky (2004)


• Angels in the Gloom (2005)


• At Some Disputed Barricade (2007)


• We Shall Not Sleep (2007)

Elizabeth Peters

Amelia Peabody, a Victorian feminist Egyptologist from Kent, England

• Crocodile on the Sandbank (1975) [r]


• The Curse of the Pharaohs (1981) [r]


• The Mummy Case (1985) [r]


• Lion in the Valley (1986) [r]


• The Deeds of the Disturber (1988) [r]


• The Last Camel Died at Noon (1991) Finalist 1991 Agatha Award for Best Novel [r]


• The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (1992) Finalist 1992 Agatha Award for Best Novel [r]


• The Hippopotamus Pool (1996) [r]


• Seeing a Large Cat (1998) Finalist 1998 Agatha Award for Best Novel


• The Ape Who Guards the Balance (1998) Finalist 1998 Agatha Award for Best Novel


• The Falcon at the Portal (1999)


• He Shall Thunder in the Sky (2000) Finalist 2000 Agatha Award for Best Novel, Finalist 2001 Anthony Award for Best Mystery


• Lord of the Silent (2001)


• The Golden One (2002) Finalist 2002 Agatha Award for Best Novel


• Children of the Storm (2003)


• Guardian of the Horizon (2004)


• The Serpent on the Crown (2005)


• Tomb of the Golden Bird (2006)


• A River in the Sky (April 2010)

Ellis Peters

Brother Cadfael, a 12th century monk and herbalist in Shrewsbury, England

• A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977) [r]


• One Corpse Too Many (1979) [r]


• Monk’s Hood (1980) 1980 Silver Dagger Award [r]


• Saint Peter’s Fair (1981) [r]


• The Leper of St. Giles (1981) [r]


• The Virgin in the Ice (1982) [r]


• The Sanctuary Sparrow (1983) [r]


• The Devil’s Novice (1983) [r]


• Dead Man’s Ransom (1984) [r]


• The Pilgrim of Hate (1984) [r]


• An Excellent Mystery (1985) [r]


• The Raven in the Foregate (1986) [r]


• The Rose Rent (1986) [r]


• The Hermit of Eyton Forest (1987) [r]


• The Confession of Brother Haluin (1988) [r]


• A Rare Benedictine [SS] (1988) [r]


• The Heretic’s Apprentice (1989) [r]


• The Potter’s Field (1989) Finalist 1989 Agatha Award for Best Novel [r]


• The Summer of the Danes (1991) [r]


• The Holy Thief (1992) [r]


• Brother Cadfael’s Penance (1994 [r]

[r] = I've read it

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PK the Bookeemonster