The second part of this Cozy Mystery Theme includes the authors whose last names begin with C through F, who write “PERIOD MYSTERIES” (MYSTERY SERIES THAT TAKE PLACE IN DIFFERENT PERIODS OF TIME) is as follows:
Susanna Calkins: Lucy Campion Mystery Series… Lucy is a chambermaid in 17th century London.
Dorothy Cannell: Florence Norris Mystery Series… Florence is the housekeeper of the Stodmarch family in their country house during the 1930s.
Amanda Carmack: Elizabethan Mystery Series, starring Kate Haywood, a musician in Elizabethan England…
Caleb Carr: The John Schuyler Moore Mystery Series is a historical thriller that is about a New York Times crime reporter in the very late 1890s.
Maia Chance: The Fairy Tale Fatal Mystery Series, set in Victorian England, and the Discreet Retrieval Agency Msytery Series, set in the 1920s.
Marion Chesney (aka M.C. Beaton): The Edwardian Murder Mystery Series is set in England during the early 1900s. M. C. Beaton is the author of the highly popular Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series and the Agatha Raisin Mystery Series.
P. F. Chisholm: The Sir Robert Carey Mystery Series takes place during the reign of Elizabeth I (late 1500s) and revolves around Sir Robert, a deputy warden.
Agatha Christie: Death Comes as the End (stand alone)
Jill Churchill: Her Grace and Favor Mystery Series takes place after the 1929 stock market crash in New York and involves a brother/sister sleuthing duo.
Alys Clare: The Hawkenlye Mystery Series features the pairing of a head nun of an abbey with a French knight who has transplanted himself to England so that he can take up the cause of Richard the Lionheart. Clare’s Aelf Fen Mystery Series is set in 11th Century England.
Barbara Cleverly: Both her (Scotland Yard detective) Joe Sandilands Mystery Series (India) and her (archaeologist) Laetitia Talbot Mystery Series (France) take place after WWI.
Barbara Cleverly writes the Inspector Redfyre Mystery Series which features Detective Inspector John Redfyre – a Cambridge Criminal Investigation Department detective during the 1920s.
Vivian Conroy: Merula and Raven Mystery Series – Merula is a zoologist in Victorian London.
Vivian Conroy: Lady Alkmene Callender Mystery Series – She’s a British aristocrat in London during the 1920s.
Gary Corby writes an Ancient Greece Mystery which takes during the fifth century B. C.
Clare Curzon (aka Marie Buchanan & Rhona Petrie): The Lucy Sedwick Mystery Trilogy takes place in the early 1900s and is set in England.
Jeanne M. Dams: The Hilda Johansson Mystery Series takes place in the USA, during the early 1920s. Hilda is a Swedish immigrant housemaid in South Bend, Indiana.
Lindsey Davis: The Marcus Didius Falco Mystery Series is set in Ancient Rome and follows Falco, a first century detective, and his dog Nux. AND, the Flavia Albia Mystery Series features Flavia, the daughter of Marcus Didius Falco as a private informer/detective.
Dianne Day: The Fremont Jones Mystery Series is set in San Francisco in the very early 1900s. The sleuth is a young typist.
Julianna Deering (aka DeAnna Julie Dodson): The Drew Farthering Mystery Series stars an English gentleman in the 1930s.
Vicki Delany: The Klondike Mystery Series takes place in the late 19th century gold-rush Yukon territories.
Leighann Dobbs: The Hazel Martin Mystery Series takes place during the 1920s.
Joanne Dobson & Beverle Graves Myers: Helluva War Mystery Series is set in New York City, right after Pearl Harbor Attack.
P.C. Doherty: Canterbury Tales of Mystery and Murder Series, Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan Mystery Series, Hugh Corbett Mystery Series, Sir Roger Shallot Mystery Series, Nicholas Segalla Mystery Series, Matthew Jenkyn Mystery Series, Mystery of Alexander the Great Series, Amerotke Mystery Series, Egyptian Mysteries Mystery Series, Claudia Mystery Series, Mathilde of Westminster Mystery Series, & Templars Mystery Series
Carole Nelson Douglas: Probably better known for her Midnight Louie Mystery Series, Douglas also pens the Irene Adler Mystery Series, which takes place in France. Irene is a character who we previously met in Sir Conan Doyle’s Scandal in Bohemia.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes!
Alice Duncan: The Daisy Gumm Majesty Series is set in 1920s California and stars a seance/tarot psychic medium. The Mercy Allcutt Mystery Series is set in 1930s Hollywood, and stars the owner of a rooming house. The Annabelle Blue Mystery Series is set in 1920s New Mexico and stars a store employee.
Carola Dunn: The Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series is set in 1920s England. Daisy is a journalist who does more than report the stories… she solves them!
Jessica Ellicott (aka Jessie Crockett & Jessica Estevao): Beryl and Edwina Mystery Series – Beryl is a rather loud American and Edwina is a proper Brit who room (and sleuth!) together in England during the 1920s.
Kathleen Ernst: The Chloe Ellefson Mystery Series takes place in Wisconsin during the 1980s, on a living history museum.
Kate Ellis: Writes several non-cozy mystery series which combine mystery, history, and archaeology…
Kathy Lynn Emerson: Both of Emerson’s mystery series are set in the past. The Lady Susanna Appleton Mystery Series takes place during the reign of Elizabeth I. Lady Susanna is an herbalist. Her Diana Spaulding Mystery Series takes place during the late 1800s. Diana is a reporter.
Jessica Estevao (aka Jessie Crockett): the Change of Fortune Mystery Series takes place during the very late 1890s and features Ruby Proulx, a psychic with a dubious past who lives in a seaside resort town in Maine called Old Orchard.
Charles Finch: The Charles Lenox Mystery Series is set in London during the 1860s…
Chrisopher Fowler: The Bryant & May Mystery Series features Arthur Bryant and John May , two Scotland Yard detectives who were paired together in England in the 1940s. The novels go back and forth between the cases they had in the ’40s and the present day.
Margaret Frazer (aka Monica Ferris): The Sister Frevisse Medieval Mystery Series takes place during the 1400s in England. Frazer’s Joliffe the Player Mystery Series takes place during the 1400s also.
Shelley Freydont: Newport Gilded Age Mystery Series – Deanna Randolph lives and sleuths in Newport, Rhode Island during the late 1800s.
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Barbara says
Thank you so much for all your effort!! I am so addicted to good mystery series. Recently read all Martha Grimes, Anne Perry and Elizabeth George series. Looking for more good literature along with a good story. Your site is very helpful.
Kate says
First of all I want to tell you I absolutely live your website. I’ve just discovered Charles Finch’s books. Could you list him on your website? Thank you so much.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Kate, Charles Finch is already on my list of authors to get posted on the site. Thank you!
Kate says
I mean I LOVE your website. I’m new to English cozies. Thank you so much for putting all these books on the web.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
I, too, love English Cozy Mysteries…
DeeDee says
Please add Ariana Franklin’s 4 book series to your historical theme. She is fabulous! You can really see, feel , smell and taste her descriptions of 1170 England. And her detailed research into the time period is wonderful
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Thank you, DeeDee, for telling us about Ariana Franklin’s historical mysteries.
Andie says
I’ve been rereading the “Spirits” series by Alice Duncan: Strong Spirits, Fine Spirits, High Spirits and Hungry Spirits.
Genteel Spirits is recently published and I’m looking forward to Ancient Spirits which is to be released in February ’12.
Ms. Duncan has written several series, mostly rather gentle mysteries with some romance and under several names: http://aliceduncan.net/
I haven’t read all of her other series but those I have do not have any overt sexual content.
The various series are listed here:
http://aliceduncan.net/page15.html
The “Spirits” series is set in the early ’20s and falls into the supernatural mystery/romance genre but there is more cozy and less romance and I’m sure that if you read the first book in the series, Strong Spirits, you will find yourself “hooked” as I was and will want to read the rest of the series.
The author draws wonderful word pictures that puts one right into the age and location.
Gay P says
Just found your website and am enjoying it very much. I’ve just finished reading Victoria Thompson’s midwife series. I am eagerly awaiting the next book.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Welcome to the site, Gay. I’m glad you’re enjoying it, and are commenting.
Susan* says
A stand-alone rather than a series, but definitely historical – Agatha Christie’s ‘Death Comes as the End’.
A very clever (Well, it is Christie!) murder mystery, set in Ancient Egypt.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Susan*, thanks! I’ll go add it to the appropriate historical theme page.
Gerry Cameron says
Hi, I’d just like to mention Sheri Cobb South’s John Pickett Mysteries, a Regency Bow Street Runner hopelessly in love with a Viscountess!
I’ve just listened to all but one on Audible- such fun. But also well researched and with suitable dialogue even though I believe Sheri is American (I write regencies as Alicia Cameron, so I really appreciate that)
Gerry
Lyn M says
Just wanted to suggest another author who writes a Victorian-era series…..Dianne Freeman. There are 5 books in her Countess of Harleigh series. I have thoroughly enjoyed them!
Susan C says
I was just going to suggest this series myself. I just discovered Ms. Freeman when I found her listed as a speaker at our annual book fair. She definitely should be on this list.