Historical thrillers/mysteries/suspense

[Melly19]

Any recommendations for historical novels, not necessarily crime but with an element of mystery, suspense etc?

Particularly Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian but can be other eras.

I liked The Strangler Vine by MJ Carter, set in India in the 1800s, bit of adventure, bit of Sherlock Holmes type vibe! It's a series but I haven't read any of the others yet

I really liked Affinity by Sarah Waters. Very suspenseful and a little spooky!

Forgot to say, it's set in the late 19th Century in England - more specifically Millbank prison.

Have you read any Wilkie Collins? The Woman in White, the Moonstone etc? They're awesome

Thank you, I have read a bit of Wilkie Collins and Sarah Waters but these suggestions are still useful!

CJ Archer's "Ministry of Curiosities" series is good.They are set in Victorian times, with an element of the supernatural in them.
Dare I suggest the Sherlock Holmes stories?

I've just finished The Seven Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle. Without giving too much away, it's set in the 1920's and is a mix of Agatha Christie and Downton Abbey (which makes it sound a bit crap, but it isn't).

I raced through it in a day and a half and couldn't put it down, which is very unusual for me these days. I loved it.

Andrew Taylor: The Anatomy of Ghosts, Bleeding Heart Square, The Ashes of London

The Seance by John Harwood

Gillespie and I by Jane Harris

The Benjamin January series of mysteries set in 1830s New Orleans by Barbara Hambly

You must read The Wages of Sun by Kaite Welsh. Relatively new in paperback, set in 1890s Edinburgh and the heroine is a medical student who gets wrapped up in a murder mystery. It's the first in a series and I will definitely read the next one.

I've just bought the 7 deaths of Evelyn hardcastle and intend to hunker down on the sofa all day with it.

It's down to £3.50 on kindle

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore
The Taxidermist's Daughter - Kate Mosse (better than her Labyrinth stuff IMO)
The Witchfinder's Sister - Beth Underdown (set earlier but a really good book)
Alias Grace by Margeret Atwood

I really enjoyed The Devil in the Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson (set in the Marshalsea prison in 1727).

I recommend Caleb Carr The Alienist series.

I second the Kaite Welsh book, historical detail is sublime. Continuing the victorian Edinburgh theme for crime/mystery there are the Inspector McLevy series (forgotten the author) and the fabulous rollicking Frey & McGray series by Oscar de Muriel.

Gillespie and I is amazing. If you fancy Tudor then the Shardlake series by C J Samson is great too. My cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier and also Rebecca.

The Quincunx by Charles Palliser.

I'm working my way through the Shardlake series by CJ Sampson, the first book is particularly good "Dissolution" a whodunnit set in 1540 amongst the dissolving of the monastries.

I love this thread - I second the recommendations for The Wages of Sin and the Thomas Hawkins books.

I also like the Frey and McGray books by Oscar de Muriel, and The Richard Nottingham series by Chris Nickson.

Old pastiche:
The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox,
Quincunx, by Charles Palliser
Gillespie and I by Jane Harris

The real thing:
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, RL Stevenson
The Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins
Dracula, by Bram Stoker

I also recommend CJ Sansom's Shardlake series. Absolutely brilliant.

McLevy series is by David Ashton - also an excellent Radio 4 series.

Just finished Praetorian by Simon Scarrow - intrigue in Claudius Rome.

Railway Detective series by Edward Marston

The Thief-Taker: Memoirs Of A Bow Street Runner by T.F. Banks
Kate Shackleton series by Frances Brody

Pombear The first of the Ministry of Curiosities novels was free on Kindle yesterday, so I got it on the strength of this thread. It's quite YA in tone/style but am enjoying it so far.

OP - Philip Pullman's Sally Lockhart books are YA, but excellent.

I recently discovered the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters - Victorian archaeologist/amateur detective in Egypt.

Currently really enjoying the Sebastian St Cyr series by CS Harris - aristocratic amateur detective in Regency London.

An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears was great as I recall - and I love books with unreliable narrators.

The Phryne Fisher series of mystery books set in the 1920s are also fun. By Kerry Greenwood.