Thursday, December 12, 2024

Six Regency-era historical mysteries with headstrong heroines

Celeste Connally is an Agatha Award nominee and a former freelance writer and editor whose novels include historical mysteries set in Regency-era England and genealogy-themed cozy mysteries set in modern-day Austin, Texas. Whether the mystery is set in past or present, she delights in giving her books a good dose of romance and a few research facts she hopes you’ll find as interesting as she does. Passionate about history and slightly obsessed with period dramas, what Connally loves most is reading and writing about women who don’t always do as they are told.

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Connally's new novel is All's Fair in Love and Treachery.

At The Nerd Daily the author tagged six Regency-era historical mysteries with obstinate, headstrong heroines. One title on the list:
Murder in Highbury, by Vanessa Kelly (book one in the Emma Knightly Mysteries)

Now that Emma Woodhouse has been happily married to her Mr. Knightly for a year, she suddenly needs her famous confidence even more when she finds herself sleuthing with her friend Harriet Martin after the unpleasant Mrs. Elton, the vicar’s wife, is found murdered at the village church.
Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue