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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 Librarys 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 Wentworth 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 Cats Eye 1991, 256p.
When: 1900
Where: San Francisco
Who: Abigail Danforth, detective
M/KINGSBURY
Kingsbury, Kate Room with a Clue 1993, 204p.
When: 1901 1910
Where: Badgers End, England
Who: Cecily Sinclair, widow, mother, feminist, proprietress of the Pennyfoot Hotel
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

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