* – Set in the present day about a murder in the 1920s | Bold titles are part of an ongoing series | ~ – Set in the 1930s
River of Darkness
by Rennie Airth
The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree ~
by Susan Wittig Albert
Mark of the Lion
by Suzanne Arruda
Everything Under the Sky
by Matilde Asensi
Devil’s Garden
by Ace Atkins
The William Powell and Myrna Loy Murder Case
by George Baxt
Anything Goes ~
by Jill Churchill
The Winter Garden Mystery
by Carola Dunn
Frames *
by Loren Estleman
Carter Beats the Devil
by Glen David Gold
Cocaine Blues
by Kerry Greenwood
The Sleepwalkers
by Paul Grossman
Justice for None
by Gene Hackman
Touched
by Carolyn Haines
A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion
by Ron Hansen
The Jazz Bird
by Craig Holden
Straight Into Darkness
by Faye Kellerman
A Monstrous Regiment of Women
by Laurie R. King
Live by Night
by Dennis Lehane
The False Inspector Dew
by Peter Lovesey
Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder
by Catriona McPherson
Murder Me Now
by Annette Meyers
The Impersonator
by Mary Miley
The Winter Ghosts
by Kate Mosse
A Friendly Game of Murder
by J.J. Murphy
The Serpent on the Crown
by Elizabeth Peters
The Egyptologist
by Arthur Phillips
Rosa
by Jonathan Rabb
A Spear of Summer Grass
by Deanna Raybourn
The Other Typist
by Suzanne Rindell
Masquerade
by Walter Satterthwait
The Abominable
by Dan Simmons
Murder at Wrigley Field
by Troy Soos
The Return of Captain John Emmett
by Elizabeth Speller
The Haunting of Maddy Clare
by Simone St. James
The Light Between Oceans
by M.L. Stedman
The Shadow of the Shadow
by Paco Ignacio Taibo
The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern ~
by Phoebe Atwood
A Test of Wills
by Charles Todd
An Expert in Murder
by Nicola Upson
The Little Stranger
by Sarah Waters
Mortal Sins
by Penelope “Penn” Williamson
Maisie Dobbs
by Jacqueline Winspear
The Maid’s Version
by Daniel Woodrell
www.stopyourekillingme/HistoryCats/1920s.html
Maisie Dobbs series handout for Just Desserts book group (through 2014)
Jade Del Cameron series handout for Just Desserts book group (also through 2014)
brerfox.tripod.com/1920s.html (not completely accurate)