1900s
The start of the twentieth century. A whole lot of hope, and a whole lot of misery. But our cozies will stay in the upper class so we don’t have to see bad things.
The Barcarolle Mysteries (Kathryn Rose)
The Calendar Mysteries (Juliet Kincaid) Kansas City, 1899. The first chance Minty Wilcox gets, she sets off to find a job as a stenographer/typist. But her search is jinxed because the sheriff accuses her of murder. And, in spite of Minty’s efforts to clear her name, bad luck soon spreads like a nasty cold. So Minty decides that only she can put things right.
The Flora Maguire Mysteries (Anita Davison)
The Milliner Mysteries (Kate Parker) London, 1905. Talented milliner Emily Gates creates amazing hats for Society ladies, but to collect from those who don’t pay her bill, she burglarizes their homes.
The Stella and Lyndy Mysteries (Clara McKenna) Stella Kendrick takes adventure by the reins when she’s asked to attend a mysterious wedding in rural England. When she arrives, her ambitious father reveals he has arranged to give away his daughter as bride to the Earl of Atherly’s financially strapped son.
The Vita Carew Mysteries (Fran Smith) Cambridge, England, 1903. Bookish, bespectacled Vita Carew longs to be left to her scientific studies. But, to her chagrin, she cannot avoid the event of the season, a gala at Pemberton Hall.