Good Reads - Fiction

Mystery

Historical Mysteries in Series: 1900 – 1929

All titles are shelved in the Mystery section of the library and are the first in each series in the Downers Grove Public Library's collection.

M/AIRTH
Airth, Rennie - River of Darkness - 1999, 386p
When: 1920s
Where: Surrey, England
Who: Inspector John Madden, Scotland Yard, and Dr. Helen Blackwell

M/BECK
Beck, K.K. - Death in a Deck Chair - 1984, 167p.
When: 1920s
Where: onboard a luxury liner in the Atlantic Ocean
Who: Iris Cooper, companion, secretary, student

M/CHURCHILL
Churchill, Jill - Anything Goes - 1999, 264p.
When: 1929
Where: New York
Who: Lily Brewster, bank clerk, and her brother, Robert

M/DAMS
Dams, Jeanne - Death in Lacquer Red - 1999, 225p.
When: 1900
Where: South Bend, Indiana
Who: Hilda Johansson, Swedish immigrant, head housekeeper for the Studebaker family

M/DAY
Day, Dianne - The Strange Files of Fremont Jones - 1995, 229p.
When: 1905
Where: San Francisco
Who: Fremont Jones, feminist, secretary, companion, lighthouse keeper

M/DUNN
Dunn, Carola - Death at Wentwater Court - 1994, 216p.
When: 1920s
Where: England
Who: Daisy Dalrymple, writer for Town and Country magazine

M/GRAYSON
Grayson, Richard - The Murders at Impasse Louvain - 1978, 158p.
When: Early 1900s
Where: Paris
Who: Inspector Gautier of the Sûreté

M/JACKSON
Jackson, Marian, J.A. - The Cat's Eye - 1991, 256p.
When: 1900
Where: San Francisco
Who: Abigail Danforth, detective

M/LINSCOTT
Linscott, Gillian - Sister Beneath the Sheet - 1991, 224p.
When: 1909
Where: Biarritz
Who: Nell Bray, suffragette, feminist, daughter of a privileged family

M/SOOS
Soos, Troy - Murder at Ebbets Field - 1995, 280p.
When: 1914
Where: New York
Who: Mickey Rawlings, baseball player for the New York Giants

M/TODD
Todd, Charles - A Test of Wills - 1996, 282p.
When: 1919
Where: England
Who: Inspector Ian Rutledge, Scotland Yard

Prepared by Carol Yarmolich, November 2001