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Just For You! - Mysteries with an Historical Bent

Just what you've been waiting for - mysteries with lots of Victorian atmosphere, charm and intrigue!

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  • The Beekeeper's Apprentice

    Or, On the Segregation of the Queen

    King, Laurie R,
    The renowned Holmes, now retired, has lost none of his panache. Imagine his surprise when a young person stumbles upon him on the Sussex Downs and does not immediately turn and run!
    Book, 2014New York : Picador/Minotaur Books, 2014. — FICTION KING
  • Born ahead of her time, Lady Emily accepts a proposal of marriage only to escape her suffocating home life. Fortunately, that marriage doesn't last long and she is engulfed in a life of investigation - a life much more suited to her temperament!
    Book, 2006New York : Harper, 2006, c2005. — FICTION ALEXANDER
  • Veronica Speedwell is off on her adventure, ready to explore the world free of obligations. Until, that is, she is attacked and almost abducted. Time for adventuring later. She must solve her own mystery first!
    Book, 2015New York, New York : New American Library, [2015] — FICTION RAYBOURN
  • The Ellison sisters, two proper Victorian ladies, encounter murder just outside their front door. Inspector Pitt begins to investigate while also finding himself intrigued by Charlotte, who wants to solve these mysteries just as much as he does.
    Book, 2008New York : Ballantine Books, 2008, c1979. — FICTION PERRY
  • Inspector Murdoch demonstrates how much using science can contribute to solving mysteries in 1890's Toronto.
    DVD, 2009–Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, c2009- — DVD TV MURDOCH