Historical mystery fiction including author Harini Nagerdra’s top six favorites. Each mystery is unique in its attempt at capturing historical accuracy in its setting’s place and time.
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last updated August, 2026
All That Is Secret (An Annalee Spain Mystery, #1)
Patricia Raybon
The Square of Sevens
Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Silver in the Bone (Silver in the Bone, #1)
Alexandra Bracken
The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)
Jessie Burton
The French Winemaker’s Daughter
Loretta Ellsworth
The Bone Thief
Vanessa Lillie
China Blues
Ki Longfellow
The Coroner's Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #1)
Colin Cotterill
The Coffee Trader
David Liss
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
Katherine Howe
Atonement
Ian McEwan
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Patrick Süskind
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
Jacqueline Winspear
The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Sweetness of Water
Nathan Harris
The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon
Murder Under a Red Moon (Bangalore Detectives Club, #2)
Harini Nagendra
Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)
Qiu Xiaolong
A Beautiful Place to Die (Detective Emmanuel Cooper, #1)
Malla Nunn
After the Armistice Ball (Dandy Gilver, #1)
Catriona McPherson
The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1)
A Morbid Taste for Bones
Ellis Peters
Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #1)
Rhys Bowen
The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1)
Sujata Massey
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