Gilded Age
The Gilded Age ran in the United States from roughly 1870 to 1900, and was defined by railroads and labor and the robber barons of the time.
The Candlestick Mysteries (R. A. Wallace) In May 1893, Mrs. Henry Case finds her amateur sleuthing skills are tested while searching for clues to mysteries both past and present. Unwilling to take everything she hears at face value, Mattie determinedly works to uncover the truth.
The Cassie Gwynne Mysteries (Genevieve Essig)
The Gilded Age Chicago Mysteries (N. S. Wikarski)
The Gilded Newport Mysteries (Alyssa Maxwell)
The Hattie Davish Mysteries (Anna Loan-Wilsey) On the eve of the heated presidential election of 1892, Miss Hattie Davish arrives in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, a scenic resort town where those without the scent of whiskey on their breath have the plight of temperance on their tongues.
The Jubilee Showboat Mysteries (Cynthia Thomason) 1898. Small-town librarian Gwen Barlow’s inheritance of her uncle Eli’s lavish showboat, the Jubilee Palace, is complicated by serious financial straits, Eli’s death has been declared a murder, and the entire showboat cast is on the list of suspects. Republished as the Magnolia Showboat Mysteries.
The Magnolia Showboat Mysteries (Cynthia Thomason) 1898. Small-town librarian Gwen Barlow’s inheritance of her uncle Eli’s lavish showboat, the Jubilee Palace, is complicated by serious financial straits, Eli’s death has been declared a murder, and the entire showboat cast is on the list of suspects. Originally published as the Jubilee Showboat Mysteries.
The Newport Gilded Age Mysteries (Shelley Freydont) In 1895, the height of the Gilded Age, the social elite spend their summers in Newport, Rhode Island. During her first Newport season, Deanna Randolph attends a ball.
The Notebook Mysteries (Kimberly Mullins) Chicago, 1881. 16-year old Emma Evans is restless and bored, working at her family bakery. She sees the delivery boys having adventures and convinces her Papa to let her work on the delivery wagons dressed as a boy.
The Ophelia Wylde Mysteries (Max McCoy) The Civil War is over, and many a young widow has turned to spiritualism to contact their husbands on “the other side.” Ophelia Wylde leaves New Orleans and heads West, selling her services as a spiritual medium who speaks to the dead.
The Shipwreck Point Mysteries (Elise M. Stone)