Beyond the Bookends 2024 Reading Challenge - hosted by jackie_beyondthebookends

October- Read a Historical Mystery
The October prompt is to Read a Historical Mystery

All books added
A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather

A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

Lina Rather

160 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Beyond The Grave by C.J. Archer

Beyond The Grave

The Ministry of Curiosities #3

C.J. Archer

380 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen by Charlie Lovett

First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen

Charlie Lovett

10 hours, 37 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical mystery lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

316 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont

The Christie Affair

Nina de Gramont

311 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical mystery emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

The Forgotten Garden

Kate Morton

648 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction historical mystery emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

The Thirteenth Tale

Diane Setterfield

432 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Mother Daughter Traitor Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal

Mother Daughter Traitor Spy

Susan Elia MacNeal

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous medium-paced
The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard

The Pale Blue Eye

Louis Bayard

432 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction historical mystery dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis

The Lions of Fifth Avenue

Fiona Davis

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical emotional mysterious medium-paced