The Shelves

Mystery & Detective Historical Books

Books selected for readers looking for mystery & detective historical books.

57 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 470+ tracked lists·3 crossover shelves·107% reader overlap with International Mystery & Crime Books

1. The Dark Enquiry
Deanna Raybourn
Fits this list for its focus on historical and mystery.
Shelf signal: Historical Mystery
2. The Secret of Chimneys
Agatha Christie, Hugh Fraser
Fits this list for its focus on detective and historical.
Shelf signal: British Mystery
3. The Man in the Brown Suit
Agatha Christie
Fits this list for its focus on historical and mystery.
Shelf signal: British Mystery
4. The Dark Eyes of London
Edgar Wallace
Fits this list for its focus on detective and historical.
Shelf signal: British Mystery
5. Smallbone Deceased
Michael Gilbert, Martin Edwards
Fits this list for its focus on detective and mystery.
Shelf signal: British Mystery
6. The Dain Curse
Dashiell Hammett
Fits this list for its focus on detective and historical.
Shelf signal: Hard-Boiled Mystery
7. A Study in Scarlet Women
Kate Reading, Sherry Thomas
Fits this list for its focus on detective and mystery.
Shelf signal: Historical Mystery
8. The Frozen People
Elly Griffiths
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Historical Mystery
9. A Knife in the Fog
Bradley Harper
Fits this list for its focus on historical and mystery.
Shelf signal: Historical Mystery
10. Lost Books and Old Bones
Paige Shelton
Fits this list for its focus on mystery and shelf.
Shelf signal: Cozy Mysteries
11. The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin
Alison Goodman, Kristin Atherton
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Regency Romance
12. The Woman in the Camphor Trunk
Jennifer Kincheloe
Fits this list for its focus on detective and mystery.
Shelf signal: Historical Mystery
13. The French Widow
Mark Pryor
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: International Crime Fiction
14. The Man Who Was Poe
Avi
Fits this list for its focus on historical and mystery.
Shelf signal: Historical Mystery
15. A Moment's Shadow
Anna Lee Huber
Fits this list for its focus on historical.
Shelf signal: Historical Mystery
16. The House of the Arrow
A.E.W. Mason
Fits this list for its focus on detective and historical.
Shelf signal: British Mystery
17. Knave of Diamonds
Laurie R. King
Included for strong gifts alignment with this mystery & detective historical list.
Shelf signal: Historical Mystery
18. Holmes Entangled
Gordon McAlpine
Included for strong mystery alignment with this mystery & detective historical list.
Shelf signal: Mystery & Crime Crit
19. A Rather Peculiar Poisoning
Chrystal Schleyer
Included for strong murder alignment with this mystery & detective historical list.
Shelf signal: Cozy Mysteries
20. The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Gaston Leroux
Fits this list for its focus on detective and historical.
Shelf signal: British Mystery
21. See No Evil
Fiorella De Maria
Fits this list for its focus on detective and mystery.
Shelf signal: Historical Mystery
22. Whose Body?
Dorothy L. Sayers
Fits this list for its focus on detective and historical.
Shelf signal: British Mystery
23. The Valley of Fear
Arthur Conan Doyle, Christopher Lee
Fits this list for its focus on detective and historical.
Shelf signal: British Mystery
24. House of the Arrow
A E W Mason
Fits this list for its focus on detective and historical.
Shelf signal: British Mystery