1950s
Are we talking about businessmen in suits and wives in the kitchen, or is it the sock hop and the beginning of teen rebellion?
The Catskill Summer Resort Mysteries (Vicki Delany) It’s the summer of 1953, and Elizabeth Grady is settling into Haggerman’s Catskills Resort. As a vacation getaway, Haggerman’s is ideal, and although Elizabeth’s well-meaning mother is new to running the resort, Elizabeth is eager to help her organize the guests and the entertainment acts.
The Classy Cohorts Mysteries (Nelly Stein) Dorothy Lang goes undercover as an amateur detective.
The Duchess of Snodsbury Mysteries (Kathryn Mykel) London, 1958. Lady Mary, Duchess of Snodsbury has received a royal dispatch to travel to London to prepare the last of the debutants for entrance into society. Written by P. C. James and Kathryn Mykel.
The Flavia de Luce Mysteries (Alan Bradley)
The Flora Steele Mysteries (Merryn Allingham) Sussex, 1955. When Flora Steele opens up her bookshop one morning she finds the body of a young man. Determined to save her beloved bookshop’s reputation and solve the baffling mystery, Flora enlists the help of Jack Carrington: crime writer, recluse and her most reliable customer.
The Four Seasons Mysteries (Randolph Crew) Nate Hawke, hampered by his reputation in town as a liar and prankster, solves four murders as a junior high student, with help from his classmates, Nate’s spunky mom, the Korean War widow who uses Marine fighter pilot jargon, and his intrepid but stubborn wise-cracking mutt, Superman.
The Francis Oughterard Mysteries (Suzette A. Hill)
The Gertrude Harrington Mysteries (Benjamin Ford)
The Home Economics Mysteries (Kathleen Suzette) April 1955. Mary Taylor never planned on becoming an amateur sleuth, but when another teacher at Salyers High School ends up dead and her best friend is a suspect, she can’t sit idly by.
The Lacey Casket Mysteries (R. M. Wild) Dark Haven, Maine, 1957. An impossibly beautiful mannequin stands in the shop window of a boutique bridal shop. A mannequin that looks all too real.
The Lauren Kaye Mysteries (Dale Kesterson)
The Lord James Harrington Mysteries (Lynn Florkiewicz) Lord James Harrington and his wife, Beth, adore hosting seasonal events at their country hotel in the tiny village of Cavendish in England.
The Marion Lane Mysteries (T. A. Willberg) A mysterious group of detectives recruited for Miss Brickett’s Investigations & Inquiries use their cunning and gadgets to solve crimes that have stumped Scotland Yard.
The Miss Riddell Mysteries (P. C. James) Northern England, 1953. Pauline Riddell has grand ambitions for her future at the armament factory. So, when her closest workmate reveals a salacious affair with a married man, Pauline refuses to risk her career by listening to the scandal.
The Poppy Cove Mysteries (Barbara Jean Coast) California, 1957. Daphne and Margot, two independent young California women, own their own dress shop called Poppy Cove.
The Rosa Reed Mysteries (Denise Jaden) It’s 1956 and WPC (Woman Police Constable) Rosa Reed has left her groom at the altar in London. Time spent with her American cousins in Santa Bonita, California is exactly what she needs to get back on her feet. The series was written by Lee Strauss and Denise Jaden.
The Ruby Hobbs Mysteries (Celia Kinsey)
The Stranded in Provence Mysteries (Susan Kiernan-Lewis) Jules Hooker flees to Provence to escape the reality of being dumped by her boyfriend, but a dirty bomb that explodes over the Riveria throws her, and everyone else in France, back to the 1950s. So now she’s stranded, trying to make a living by solving murders the old fashioned way.
The Trengillion Cornish Mysteries (Daphne Neville)