A Supper Sleuths List for February 10, 2009
* not owned by Wakefield

NOTE: The Victorian era is generally agreed to be through the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901).

NONFICTION
Summerscale, Kate.
The suspicions of Mr. Whicher: murder and the undoing of a great Victorian detective.

Tasha Alexander. Emily Ashton
And only to deceive 2005
Poisoned season 2007
Fatal waltz 2008

Louis Bayard
Mr. Timothy 2003
Pale blue eye 2006
Black tower 2008

Emily Brightwell. Mrs. Jeffries
The inspector and Mrs. Jeffries 1993
Mrs. Jeffries dusts for clues 1993 in Mrs. Jeffries learns the trade
The ghost and Mrs. Jeffries 1993 in Mrs. Jeffries learns the trade
Mrs. Jeffries on the ball* 1994
Mrs. Jeffries takes stock* 1994
Mrs. Jeffries on the trail 1995 Not in NOBLE.
Mrs. Jeffries plays the cook 1995
Mrs. Jeffries and the missing alibi* 1996
Mrs. Jeffries stands corrected 1996 Not in NOBLE.
Mrs. Jeffries takes the stage 1997 Not in NOBLE.
Mrs. Jeffries questions the answers 1997 Not in NOBLE.
Mrs. Jeffries reveals her art 1998 Not in NOBLE.
Mrs. Jeffries takes the cake 1998 Not in NOBLE
Mrs. Jeffries rocks the boat 1999 Not in NOBLE.
Mrs. Jeffries weeds the plot 2000
Mrs. Jeffries pinches the post 2001
Mrs. Jeffries pleads her case 2003
Mrs. Jeffries sweeps the chimney 2004
Mrs. Jeffries stalks the hunter 2004
Mrs. Jeffries and the silent knight 2005
Mrs. Jeffries appeals the verdict 2006
Mrs. Jeffries and the best laid plans 2007
Mrs. Jeffries and the feast of St. Stephen 2007
Mrs. Jeffries holds the trump 2008
Mrs. Jeffries in the nick of time. Due in March 2009

Wilkie Collins
Moonstone 1868
Hide and seek:, or, the mystery of Mary Grice* 1854
Woman in white* 1859
Haunted hotel: a mystery of modern Venice* 1879
Who killed Zebedee?; and , John Jago’s ghost* 1881
Sensation stories: tales of mystery and suspense* 2004

Bernard Cornwell
Gallows thief 2002

Quinn Fawcett. Mycroft Holmes
Against the brotherhood* 1997
Embassy row* 1998
Flying Scotsman* 1999
Scottish ploy* 2000

Ashley Gardner. Captain Lacey
Hanover Square Affair 2003 Not in NOBLE
Regimental Murder 2004 Not in NOBLE
Glass house 2004 Not in NOBLE
Sudbury school murders* 2005
Body in Berkeley Square* 2005
Covent Garden mystery 2006

Jason Goodwin. Yasmin the eunuch. Turkey
Janissary tree 2006
Snake stone 2007
Bellini card 2009 Due in March 2009

Ann Granger. Lizzie Martin
Companion* 2007
Mortal curiosity* 2008

Barbara Hambly. Benjamin January. USA
Free man of color 1997
Fever season 1998
Graveyard dust 1999
Sold down the river* 2000

Ray Harrison. Sgt. Bragg/Constable Morton
Why kill Arthur Potter?* 1983
Death of an honourable member* 1984
Death of a dancing lady* 1985
Deathwatch* 1985
Counterfeit of murder* 1986
Season for death* 1987
Harvest of death* 1988
Tincture of death* 1989
Sphere of death* 1990
Patently murder* 1990

Peter Heck. Mark Twain. USA
Death on the Mississippi* 1995
Connecticut Yankee in criminal court* 1996
Prince and the prosecutor* 1997
Guilty abroad* 1999
Mysterious strangler 2000 Not in NOBLE
Tom’s lawyer* 2001

John Buxton Hilton. Derbyshire
Gamekeeper’s Gallows* 1976
Rescue from the Rose* 1976
Dead-Nettle* 1977
Mr. Fred* 1983
Quiet Stranger* 1985
Slickensides* 1987

Laurie King. Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes
Beekeeper’s apprentice 1994
All others in series take place after Queen Victoria’s death

Peter King. Ned Parker
Hangman’s corner* 2008

Peter Lovesey. Sergeant Crib
Wobble to death* 1970
Detective wore silk drawers* 1971
Abracadaver* 1972
Mad Hatter’s holiday* 1973
Tick of death* 1974
Case of spirits* 1975
Swing, swing together* 1976
Waxwork 1978

Anna Maclean. Louisa May Alcott. USA
Louisa and the missing heiress 2004
Louisa and the country bachelor 2005
Louisa and the crystal gazer 2006

Edward Marston. Robert Colbeck
Iron horse* 2007
Murder on the Brighton Express* 2008

R. N. (Roger) Morris. Porfiry Petrovich. Russia
Gentle axe* 2007
Vengeful longing* 2008

Robin Paige. Sir Charles Sheridan
Death at Bishops Keep* 1994
Death at Gallow’s Green 1995 Not in NOBLE
Death at Daisy’s Folly* 1997
Death at Devil’s Bridge* 1998
Death at Rottingdean* 1999
Death at Whitechapel* 2000
Death at Epsom Downs* 2001
Death at Dartmoor* 2002
Death at Glamis Castle* 2003
Death in Hyde Park* 2004
Death at Blenheim Palace* 2005
Death on the Lizard* 2006

Anne Perry. Charlotte and Thomas Pitt
Cater Street hangman 1979
Callander Square 1980
Paragon Walk 1981
Resurrection Row* 1981
Rutland Place 1983
Bluegate Fields* 1984
Death in the Devil’s Acre 1985
Cardington Crescent 1987
Silence in Hanover Close* 1988
Bethlehem Road 1990
Highgate Rise 1991
Belgrave Square 1992
Farriers’ Lane 1993
Hyde Park Headsman 1994
Traitors’ Gate 1985
Pentecost Alley 1996
Ashworth Hall 1997
Brunswick Gardens 1998
Bedford Square 1999
Half Moon Street 2000
Whitechapel Conspiracy 2001
Southampton Row 2002
Seven Dials 2003
Long Spoon Lane 2005
Buckingham Palace Gardens 2008

Deanna Raybourn. Lady Julia Grey
Silent in the grave 2006
Silent in the sanctuary 2008
Silent on the moor Due March 2009

Joel Rose
Blackest bird 2007

Allan Rustage (aka Sally Spencer). Inspector Blackstone
Rendezvous with death* 2003
Blackstone and the tiger 2004 Not in NOBLE
Blackstone and the golden egg 2004 Not in NOBLE
Blackstone and the firebug* 2005
Blackstone and the balloon of death 2006 Not in NOBLE
Blackstone and the heart of darkness* 2007
Blackstone and the new world Due in June 2009

Francis Selwyn. Sergeant Verity
Cracksman on velvet* 1974
Sergeant Verity and the Imperial diamond* 1975
Sergeant Verity presents his compliments* 1977
Sergeant Verity and the blood royal* 1979
Sergeant Verity and the swell mob* 1980
Hangman’s child 2000 Not in NOBLE

Jean Stubbs. Inspector Lintott
Dear Laura* 1973
Painted face* 1974
Golden crucible* 1976

D.J. Taylor
Kept* 2006

Edwin Thomas. Martin Jerrold
Blighted cliffs* 2003
Chains of Albion 2004 Not in NOBLE
Treason’s river* 2006

Treasury of Victorian detective stories 1979, Bleiler, Everett F., ed.

Robert Walker. Alastair Ransom. Chicago
City for ransom 2006
Shadows in the white city 2006
City of the absent 2007

Jenny White. Kamil Pasha. Turkey
Sultan’s seal 2006
Abyssinian proof 2008

Victorian tales of mystery and detection* 1992, ed. Michael Cox

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