Great Depression
Dandy Gilver and a Most Misleading Habit
I enjoy this historical crime series set in interwar Scotland. In the early books Dandy is bored with her life…
The Ebenezer Papers
The Ebenezer Papers is an enjoyable and entertaining read pretty much from start to finish. Set in 1930s London, against…
Shanghai Scarlet
The world of 1930s Shanghai is vividly brought to life in Margaret Blair’s Shanghai Scarlet, which centers on a young…
Room for Hope
In 1936 Kansas, Neva Shilling helps her husband run their mercantile and cares for their twins while Warren goes out…
The House of Daniel
The South, 1934, the Depression. The world has collapsed; zombies have taken all the jobs (they don’t need to be…
Cold Morning: An Edna Ferber Mystery
In the spring of 1932, the infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh, America’s hero, is snatched from his bed by…
The Sorceress and the Skull
The 16th-century French seer and predictor of frightening futures, Nostradamus, died many years ago. His family line lives on in…
Diana’s Altar: A Joe Sandilands Investigation
If you haven’t encountered Joe Sandilands before (Enter Pale Death, 2015), he is a smart and experienced investigator who came…
Illusions of Magic: Love and Intrigue in 1933 Chicago
1933. J. B. Rivard centers part of his novel Illusions of Magic around a true-life and little-known historical incident: an…
Stealing Fire
Navajo Detective Yazzie Goldman is hired to protect famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright from gangsters. A loan shark demands Wright…
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