The fourth part of the theme: MYSTERY SERIES THAT TAKE PLACE IN DIFFERENT PERIODS OF TIME (PERIOD MYSTERIES or HISTORICAL MYSTERIES) includes mystery authors whose last names begin with M-P:
Anna Maclean (aka Jeanne MacKin): The Louisa May Alcott Mystery Series takes place in Boston, right before the Civil War.
Susan Elia MacNeal writes the Maggie Hope Mystery Series. This series takes place in London, during the 1940s.
Edward Marston (aka Keith Miles & Conrad Allen): Both his Redmayne & Bale Mystery Series and his Robert Colbeck Mystery Series take place in London. Redmayne during the 17th century and Colbeck during the 19th century. Marston’s Domesday Series takes place during the 1000s in England, and his Elizabethan Theater Mystery Series takes place in England during the late 1500s.
Rosemary Martin (aka Rosemary Stevens): The Murder-A-Go-Go Mystery Series takes place during the oh-so-very groovy 1960s and features a very mod New York kind-of-gal. (Is that too ’60s a description!?!)
Amanda Matetsky: The Paige Turner Mystery Series is set in New York during the 1950s and features Paige, a young want-to-be writer for a magazine… who needs to prove to her boss that she can do more than shuffle papers together. Remember… it’s the ’50s!
Alyssa Maxwell: Maxwell writes the Gilded Newport Mystery Series which is set in Newport, Rhode Island. The series takes place during the end of the 19th century.
Edith Maxwell (aka Maddie Day & Tace Baker): The Carriagetown Mystery Series is set in the late 1800s Massachusetts and features a sleuth who is a Quaker midwife.
Ann McMillan: McMillan writes the Civil War Mystery Series set in Virginia, and featuring an herbalist.
Catriona McPherson: The Dandy Gilver Mystery Series has, as its sleuth, Dandy (Dandelion Dahlia Leston), a Scottish aristocrat in the 1920s…
Amy Patricia Meade: Meade writes the Marjorie McClelland Mystery Series which is set during the 1930s in Connecticut and features a mystery author. Meade also writes the Rosie the Riveter Mystery Series, set in New York City during WW II.
Annette Meyers: The Olivia Brown Mystery Series is set in the 1920s and features a women’s activist in Greenwich Village.
Maan Meyers: The writing duo of Annette Meyers and her husband Martin: The Dutchman Historical Mystery Series followsdifferent generations of the same family, with each novel featuring one of the family’s generations as they move from New Amsterdam to New York.
Keith Miles (aka Edward Marston & Conrad Allen): The Merlin Richards Mystery Series is set in the 1920s in Phoenix…
Margaret Miles: The Bracebridge Mystery Series: This series is set in a little village in Colonial Massachusetts.
Mary Miley writes the Roaring Twenties Mystery Series which features an ex-Vaudeville/silent films actress in Hollywood during the 1920s.
Miriam Grace Monfredo: The Seneca Falls Historical Mystery Series is set in New York during the 19th century and Monfredo’s Cain Trilogy is a continuation of her Seneca Falls series, taking place during the Civil War, and featuring the two nieces of the Seneca Falls sleuth.
Gilbert Morris: The Lady Trent Mystery Series takes place during the 19th Century, and is set in London.
Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini: The Carpenter & Quincannon,Professional Detective Services Mystery Series features an ex-Pinkerton operative & an ex-Secret Service agent in 1890s San Francisco.
J. J. Murphy: The Algonquin Round Table Mystery Series takes place in New York during the 1920s.
Amy Myers: The Auguste Didier Mystery Series takes place in Victorian England (1830s to the 1900s) and features a master chef in London.
Amy Myers: The Nell Drury Mystery Series is set during the 1920s in England and features a chef at country houses.
Beverle Graves Myers: The Baroque Mystery Series features a “Castrati” sleuth in 18th century Italy.
Beverle Graves Myers & Joanne Dobson: Helluva War Mystery Series is set in New York City, right after the Pearl Harbor Attack.
Sharan Newman: The Catherine LeVendeur Mystery Series features a 12th century novice at a convent in France.
Robin Paige (aka Susan Wittig Albert & husband Bill Albert): The Kate Ardleigh Sheridan & Sir Charles Sheridan Mystery Series takes place in Victorian (1890s) England.
Bernadette Pajer writes the Professor Bradshaw Mystery Series which takes place in the state of Washington during the early 1900s.
Kate Parker: Milliner Mystery Series (early 1900s), Victorian Bookshop Mystery Series, & Deadly Mystery Series (1930s)
Paula Paul (aka Paula Carter): The Alexandra Gladestone Mystery Series is set in Victorian England.
Cynthia Peale: The Beacon Hill Mystery Series: This series features a brother and sister in Victorian Boston.
Sharon Kay Penman: Penman writes several historical series. The Medieval Mystery Series takes place in late twelfth century England.
Andrea Penrose: Lady Arianna Regency Mystery Series is set in London during early 1800s.
Andrea Penrose: Wrexford & Sloan Mystery Series is set in Regency London.
Anne Perry: Both her Thomas & Charlotte Pitt Mystery Series and her William Monk Mystery Series take place in Victorian England.
Elizabeth Peters (aka Barbara Mertz & Barbara Michaels): The Amelia Peabody Mystery Series features an Egyptologist/feminist in Victorian England. The Vicky Bliss Mystery Series isn’t really a historical mystery, but it does feature a historian.
Ellis Peters: The Brother Cadfael Mystery Series features a monk who happens to know his herbs in England during the 12th century. Peter’s Inspector George Felse Mystery Series takes place in England right after WW II.
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Molly says
You know, the thing I love the most about this blog is that when I run out of stuff to read, all I have to do is come here and find a new series to start! I’ve just started the Beau Brummel mystery series by Rosemary Stevens and have now placed a hold on the first of her Murder a Go Go series!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Molly,
Let us know about the Murder A-Go-Go series…
Mary Ann says
You forgot Edward Marston’s Shipboard Detective Series, which takes place 1907 forward into the teens.
It’s one of my favorite series. Thanks for all you do for us mystery lovers!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Hi Mary Ann,
I included Edward Marston’s Dillman Mystery Series under his "aka" Conrad Allen. I probably should have listed it under Marston also… or even under Keith Miles…. Some of these authors with different pseudonyms really keep me on my toes!
Molly says
I’ll be sure and report back on the Murder-A-Go-Go series when I get the first book from the library. I really enjoyed the first of the Beau Brummel series, so I’m sure I’ll like her other stuff. She has very good attention to detail from what I’ve seen so far, so I’m really looking forward to seeing this next series!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Terrific!
Rosemary says
If you like the Old West, you will enjoy Robert B. Parker’s Vergil Cole series — “Appaloosa”, etc.
Dawn says
I just discovered your site today and fear I will be adding to my growing TBR pile:o) I have a couple of names to add that others may be interested in (after all if my TBR pile will be growing I have to try to do the same for other readers).
Ian Morson’s Master William Falconer medieval mysteries set in 13th century at Oxford University. I noticed that the first book was re-released November, 2010 and hope that means the same for the rest of the series.
William J. Palmer, English professor and Dickens historian, wrote a four book series featuring Charles Dickens and his friend Wilkie Collins, that delves into the seedier side of Victorian life as well as Dickens’ life, during the time he meets and falls in love with actress Ellen Ternan.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Thanks, Dawn, for telling us about Ian Morson and Willam J. Palmer.
Paula says
Margaret Miles! She is fantastic and her books are set in Colonial America in the 1760’s. It is really too bad she only wrote 4 books, I haven’t been able to find anything that is comparable to her.
Paula says
Oh sorry…I see on second pass through that she is already there.
M. J. Barber says
An author whose name I did not notice in your listing of “Historical Theme” mystery writers is Andrea Penrose, whose “Sweet Revenge” and “The Cocoa Conspiracy” I have read and enjoyed. “Sweet Revenge” is set in 1813 London, “The Cocoa Conspiracy” in England and Europe around the time of the Congress of Vienna (1814).
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Thank you, M. J., for telling us about Andrea Penrose.
Pat W says
Donald E Westlake’s Dortmunder series are funny and non horror or suspense violent! Love them!
Margie says
Paul Doherty has written soooo many books. A series in England or two and one series in Egypt. Very readable and informative and still cozy.
Please forgive me if he is already mentioned in your lists.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Margie, thanks! He’s such a prolific author! I have added all of his series to the historical theme C – F page.