Historical mysteries are an amazing blend of mystery with a deep sense of a past time and place. There are many historical mystery authors that I love so much that I never want to miss their most recent additions including Jeri Westerson, C.S. Harris, Andrea Penrose, D.M. Quincy, M.L. Huie, Ambrose Parry, and so many more. We may have once thought of historical mysteries as being dominated by English authors, but that is far from the truth today where brilliant historical mysteries are coming from authors from all over the globe. Here are just a few historical mystery authors from the United States with books out this month.

 

Reading right now:

Somehow I missed Allen Eskens’ stand-alone novel “Nothing More Dangerous” which actually came out last year, but the paperback is now available. This timely novel is set in a small town in Missouri in 1976 when the disappearance of a black woman reveals the social and racial divides. Two teenagers, one black and one white, join forces to try to discover what happened to Lida Poe and uncover secrets that could tear their world apart.

On hold right now:

“The Silver Shooter” by Erin Lindsey is the third book in the Rose Gallagher mystery series. Pinkerton agent Gallagher and her partner are hired by Theodore Roosevelt to investigate attacks on animals and people that are taking place in the South Dakota Badlands where Roosevelt owns a ranch. The attacks are being blamed on the supernatural and Gallagher finds the Badlands really are the wild west.

Rosemary Simpson’s “Death, Diamonds, and Deception” is the fifth book in the Gilded Age Mystery series. Heiress Prudence MacKenzie and ex-Pinkerton Geoffrey Hunter are searching New York for stolen diamonds which once belonged to Marie Antionette.

S.M. Goodwin just introduced a brand new series with two detectives Jasper Lightner and Hieronymus Law in “Absence of Mercy.” A string of murders in Pre-Civil War New York bring Lightner and Law together to stop the murders while the city’s law enforcement is falling into the hands of dangerous gangs. This could be the start of a beautiful friendship.

Other Mysterious Things:

I have to mention a few of the best known American historical mystery authors including Laurie R. King who has a new book coming out in December, Charles Todd who has two books coming out in 2021, and Deanna Raybourn. Not all American historical mystery authors set their historical mysteries in the United States for instance Laurie R. King’s Mary Russell series is set in England. Nancy Herriman, however, has a San Francisco based mystery series which is worth reading. No matter what your taste you should be able to find something you will love when you look closely at historical mystery authors.