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The Innocents by Bridget Walsh

By Vicki Weisfeld

28 March, 2024

This is the second novel in the entertaining historical mystery series Bridget Walsh launched last year with The Tumbling Girl. The stories are set in Victorian London, in a particular world we less often read about – a music hall called the Variety Palace. The…

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The Tumbling Girl by Bridget Walsh

By Vicki Weisfeld

23 May, 2023

The new historical mystery The Tumbling Girl by Bridget Walsh blends murderous deeds with a healthy dose of romance between an unlikely pair of investigators. Set in the Victorian era, Walsh’s novel effectively evokes the sights, smells and sounds of 1870s London, while believably capturing…

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The Royal Ghost by Linda Stratmann

By spriteby

1 November, 2016

Linda Stratmann is an author we’re familiar with here at Crime Fiction Lover for her Frances Doughty mysteries. The Royal Ghost is slightly different. It’s the second book in the author’s Mina Scarletti series and is set in 1870s Brighton. It features an amateur sleuth…

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Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse

By RoughJustice

18 September, 2015

On top of being one of the greatest baskeball players of all time, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has recently revealed his love of murder mysteries and, in particular, those involving Sherlock Holmes. Here he’s teamed up with co-writer Anna Waterhouse to begin a series exploring Mycroft Holmes,…

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The Innocents by Bridget Walsh

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The Royal Ghost by Linda Stratmann

Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse

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