Murder by Gaslight

Perry, Anne

William Monk series

He's sardonically brilliant, more than a little handsome and possesses absolutely no memory of his former life as a London police detective. He must enlist the aid of the formidable Hester Latterly, lately returned from nursing in the Crimean War, to help him solve the murder of a war hero.

The Face of a Stranger -- First in Series
M Fiction Per, CT Fic P46f, LP Fiction Pe, PB Mysteries

Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series

Five girls are brutally murdered on the streets of London. All clues point to the Ellison household where the charming Misses Charlotte and Emily reside. Can Inspector Thomas Pitt discover the truth behind the elegant façade of exquisite manners and societal mores without losing his heart?

The Cater Street Hangman -- First in Series
Fiction Per, PB Mysteries, CT Fic P46c

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes series

"You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive." With these few words, Holmes astonishes Watson for the first, if not the last, time on the occasion of their meeting. A mysterious corpse without wounds and a bloody design on the wall nearby inaugurates their first case of detection.

A Study in Scarlet -- First Story in the Series
M Fiction Doy, CT Fic D75st

Carr, Caleb

The Alienist, M Fiction Car, CT Fic C31a, LP Fic Car

1896 Manhattan is awash in grotesquely mutilated corpses. An alienist (19th century term for psychologist) and a New York Times reporter join forces with chief of police Theodore Roosevelt to put pay to the monster against a backdrop of decadence and corruption. Angel of Darkness is the sequel.

Peters, Elizabeth

Amelia Peabody series

It was the time of the Great Game of European powers. Spies and soldiers traded information, risking betrayal and death. Into this unsettled territory trips Amelia Peabody, intrepid heiress and would-be Egyptologist.

Crocodile on the Sandbank -- First in Series
Fiction Pet, CT Fic P48c, PB Mysteries, LP Fic Pe

Douglas, Carole Nelson

Irene Adler series

To Sherlock Holmes, she was always "the woman," and truly she was the only woman he ever believed his equal, having smartly outwitted him in "A Scandal in Bohemia." Accompanied by her faithful chronicler, Penelope Huxleigh, this bold American actress mends a broken heart after solving the most regal of crimes.

Good Night, Mr. Holmes -- First in Series
Fiction Dou, M Fic Dou

Frost, Mark

The List of Seven, M Fiction Fro

Young Arthur Conan Doyle battles the wicked forces of the Dark Brotherhood to defend the Crown. He is aided by Queen Victoria's best agent, Jack Sparks, a man of keen wit who bears a great resemblance to Doyle's later creation, Sherlock Holmes. Demons, zombies, and the Dweller on the Threshold make this a more pungently purple mystery than many in Victoriana. From the co-creator of the television series, Twin Peaks. The story is continued in The Six Messiahs.

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