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Historical Mysteries in Series: 1800 – 1850
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/BARRON
Barron, StephanieBlank spaceJane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrove ManorBlank space1996, 288p.
When: Early 1800s
Where: England
Who: Jane Austen, author

M/BASTABLE
Bastable, BernardBlank spaceDead, Mr. MozartBlank space1994, 183p.
When: 1820s
Where: London
Who: Wolfgang Gottlieb Mozart, musician, composer

M/BURNS
Burns, RonBlank spaceThe Mysterious Death of Merriwether LewisBlank space1993, 242p.
When: 1809
Where: United States
Who: Harrison Hull, a United States Army Captain, investigator

M/HAMBLY
Hambly, BarbaraBlank spaceA Free Man Of ColorBlank space1997, 311p.
When: 1830s
Where: New Orleans
Who: Benjamin January, former slave, piano player at the Salle d’Orleans

M/HATVARY
Hatvary, George EgonBlank spaceThe Murder of Edgar Allan Poe: A NovelBlank space1997, 211p.
When: 1849
Where: New York, Richmond, and Baltimore
Who: Auguste Dupin, amateur detective created by Edgar Allan Poe

M/MONFREDO
Monfredo, Miriam GraceBlank spaceSeneca Falls InheritanceBlank space1992, 259p.
When: 1848
Where: Seneca Falls, New York
Who: Glynis Tryon, librarian

M/MYERS
Myers, AmyBlank spaceMurder Makes an EntréeBlank space1996, 279p.
When: 1800s
Where: London
Who: Auguste Didier, cooking school instructor and Egbert Rose, detective

M/PERKINS
Perkins, WilderBlank spaceHoare and the Portsmouth AtrocitiesBlank space1998, 217p.
When: 1805
Where: Portsmouth, England
Who: Bartholomew Hoare, Lieutenant in the British Navy

M/ROSS
Ross, KateBlank spaceCut to the QuickBlank space1993, 337p.
When: 1820s
Where: England
Who: Julian Kestrel, Gentleman

M/SCHUNK
Schunk, LaurelBlank spaceDeath in ExileBlank space1998, 310p
When: 1816
Where: England
Who: Anna Katherine Forsythe, governess, and Quillen Rossiter, Fourth Earl of Wentworth

Prepared by Carol Yarmolich, November 2001
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