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message 1: by Almeta (new)
Sep 18, 2011 05:46PM

Almeta (menfrommarrs) This section is for Thrillers and Mysteries in which the time period attitudes and location are central to the story.


message 2: by Almeta (last edited Sep 24, 2011 08:11AM) (new)
Sep 18, 2011 05:46PM

Almeta (menfrommarrs) The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, so many layers. Dense.


message 3: by Almeta (last edited Nov 07, 2011 09:51AM) (new)
Sep 18, 2011 05:51PM

Almeta (menfrommarrs) Mar Wrote: "The Alienist by Caleb Carr...."

The Alienist

Only read the unabridged version. Characters are sometimes eliminated from the trimmed version, and therefore takes some of the quirkiness out of it. Recognizing known historical characters as you read is part of the fun of this book, afterall.

Caleb Carr


message 5: by Almeta (last edited Nov 07, 2011 09:50AM) (new)
Sep 20, 2011 05:22AM

Almeta (menfrommarrs) Tracey wrote: "Other mysteries I love: Devil & the White City.....

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson


message 6: by Almeta (last edited Sep 24, 2011 08:14AM) (new)
Sep 24, 2011 08:12AM

Almeta (menfrommarrs) Superintendent Lascano is a detective working under the shadow of military rule in Buenos Aires in the late 1970s in Needle in a Haystack by Ernesto Mallo.


message 8: by Almeta (last edited Sep 30, 2011 02:47PM) (new)
Sep 30, 2011 02:44PM

Almeta (menfrommarrs) The fifth in the Inspector Alan Grant series, The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey.


message 9: by Karen (new)
Nov 05, 2011 10:09PM

Karen | 42 comments There are several historical mystery series that I absolutely love: Lindsay Davis' Marcus Didius Falco in 75 AD Rome; Laura Joh Rowland's Ichiro Sano in 17th century shogunate Japan; Michael Jecks' 14th century mysteries, just to name a few of the best.


message 10: by Karen (new)
Nov 05, 2011 10:10PM

Karen | 42 comments Almeta wrote: "Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin"

I have read three of these so far and have loved them all. Good choice!


message 11: by Almeta (last edited Nov 06, 2011 01:54AM) (new)
Nov 06, 2011 01:40AM

Almeta (menfrommarrs) Karen wrote: "There are several historical mystery series that I absolutely love: Lindsay Davis' Marcus Didius Falco in 75 AD Rome; Laura Joh Rowland's Ichiro Sano in 17th century shogunate Japan; Michael Jecks' 14th century mysteries, just to name a few of the best..."

Lindsey Davis, Laura Joh Rowland and Michael Jecks all excellent choices for the Historical Mystery category.

The Silver Pigs is the first in the Marcus Didius Falco series.

The first in the Sano Ichiro series is Shinju.

For the 14th centuty try The Last Templar.


message 12: by Jane (new)
May 18, 2015 06:46AM

Jane | 2 comments 2nd century AD Roman Britain Ruth Downie's Gaius Petreius Ruso series, starting with Medicus


message 13: by Jane (new)
May 18, 2015 06:51AM

Jane | 2 comments Also Ben Pastor's The Water Thief 4th century AD Roman Egypt


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