Seven titles that delve into the great mysteries of Oxford

A. D. Bell lives in Oxford, haunting the city’s bookshops of a weekend, writing in their cafes and walking the winding paths of her characters.

Their debut, The Bookbinder’s Secret, features Lilian ("Lily") Delaney, apprentice to a master bookbinder in Oxford in 1901, who chafes at the confines of her life.

At CrimeReads Bell tagged seven novels that delve into the great mysteries of Oxford. One title on the list:

Simon Mason, A Killing in November

Rounding out this list is a modern crime novel published in 2022, first in the DI Wilkins series. In Mason’s series, two detectives share a surname and little else. One is from the wrong side of the tracks and the other immaculately groomed and privileged Oxford graduate. When a woman is found strangled in St Barnabas Church in Jericho, the unlikely duo investigate.

Read about the other entries on the list at CrimeReads.

--Marshal Zeringue