Historical Fiction Firsts
9. 
Shadow of the Serpent: An Inspector McLevy Mystery 1
by:
David Ashton
3.58 avg rating β 894 ratings 9. 
11. 
Murder at Fenway Park:: A Mickey Rawlings Baseball Mystery
by:
Troy Soos
3.58 avg rating β 787 ratings 11. 
The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)
by:
Bernard Cornwell
4.26 avg rating β 53,362 ratings 13. 
The Garden on Sunset (Hollywood's Garden of Allah #1)
by:
Martin Turnbull
3.75 avg rating β 2,560 ratings 
15. 
The Gaslight Stalker (Esther & Jack Enright Mystery #1)
by:
David Field
3.99 avg rating β 839 ratings 
17. 
The Murder of Patience Brooke (Charles Dickens & Superintendent Sam Jones #1)
by:
J.C. Briggs
4.05 avg rating β 947 ratings 
19. 
The Cater Street Hangman (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #1)
by:
Anne Perry
3.91 avg rating β 21,848 ratings 
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27. 
Not the Faintest Trace (Sergeant Frank Hardy #1)
by:
Wendy M. Wilson
3.91 avg rating β 1,874 ratings 
29. 
Murder at Manassas (The Harrison Raines Civil War Mysteries Book 1)
by:
Michael Kilian
3.82 avg rating β 198 ratings 29. 
31. 
The Ruffler's Child (Thomas the Falconer Mystery #1)
by:
John Pilkington
4.19 avg rating β 1,581 ratings 32. 
Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1)
by:
Jodi Taylor
3.88 avg rating β 50,757 ratings 
34. 
The Day the Music Died (The Sam McCain Mysteries Book 1)
by:
Ed Gorman
3.59 avg rating β 369 ratings 35. 
John Brown's Body (Alphonso Clay Mysteries of the Civil War, #1)
by:
Jack Martin
3.20 avg rating β 5 ratings 36. 
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38. 
Smoke and Mirrors (The Miss Barnum Mysteries Book 1)
by:
Casey Daniels
3.75 avg rating β 114 ratings 39. 
Snap Shot: An atmospheric historical thriller (Julia McAllister Victorian Mysteries Book 1)
by:
Marilyn Todd
3.96 avg rating β 176 ratings 40. 
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #1)
by:
Ellis Peters
3.96 avg rating β 43,628 ratings 
45. 
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by:
Agatha Christie
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 484,633 ratings 46. 
Interviewing The Dead (Carlyle & West Victorian Mysteries #1)
by:
David Field
4.03 avg rating β 442 ratings 
48. 
A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #1)
by:
Dianne Freeman
3.81 avg rating β 14,812 ratings 
50. 
The Anatomist's Apprentice (Dr. Thomas Silkstone, #1)
by:
Tessa Harris
3.36 avg rating β 9,108 ratings 
52. 
53. 
A Far Distant Land (The Australian Historical Saga, #1)
by:
David Field
3.83 avg rating β 818 ratings 54. 
The Bookseller's Tale (Oxford Medieval Mysteries, #1)
by:
Ann Swinfen
4.12 avg rating β 4,066 ratings 55. 
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59. 
The Case of the Mysterious Madam (Shipwreck Point Mysteries #1)
by:
Elise M. Stone
4.44 avg rating β 277 ratings 
61. 
Lady Helena Investigates (Scott-De Quincy Mysteries, #1)
by:
Jane Steen
4.09 avg rating β 4,959 ratings 
64. 
Children to a Degree: Growing Up Under the Third Reich: Book 1
by:
Horst Christian
3.88 avg rating β 2,445 ratings 65. 
Still Life With Murder (Nell Sweeney Mysteries, #1)
by:
P.B. Ryan
3.92 avg rating β 10,387 ratings 
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74. 
Turpin's Assassin: Hero. Highwayman. Legend. (Dick Turpin Book 1)
by:
Richard Foreman
3.84 avg rating β 19 ratings 75. 
A Plague on Both Your Houses (Matthew Bartholomew, #1)
by:
Susanna Gregory
3.83 avg rating β 4,837 ratings 
78. 
Murder in the Crypt (Redmond and Haze Mysteries, #1)
by:
Irina Shapiro
4.27 avg rating β 6,543 ratings 
80. 
Mars the Avenger (Judge Marcus Flavius Severus Mystery #1)
by:
Alan Scribner
3.95 avg rating β 560 ratings 81. 
Hoard It All Before (The Circus of Unusual Creatures Book 1)
by:
Tammie Painter
3.85 avg rating β 211 ratings 
84. 
In Search of the Castaways or, The Children of Captain Grant
by:
Jules Verne
4.07 avg rating β 14,287 ratings 85. 
A Case of Blackmail in Belgravia (Freddy Pilkington-Soames Adventures #1)
by:
Clara Benson
3.80 avg rating β 2,985 ratings 86. 
A Peculiar Combination (Electra McDonnell #1)
by:
Ashley Weaver
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 7,273 ratings 87. 
Marbeck and the Double Dealer (Martin Marbeck Mysteries Book 1)
by:
John Pilkington
4.05 avg rating β 1,393 ratings 88. 
The Case of the Purloined Pyramid (The Masked Man of Cairo Book 1)
by:
Sean McLachlan
4.06 avg rating β 736 ratings 89. 
The Bastard Princess (The Elizabeth of England Chronicles, #1)
by:
G. Lawrence
4.26 avg rating β 643 ratings 90. 
The Arnifour Affair (Colin Pendragon Mysteries, #1)
by:
Gregory Harris
3.40 avg rating β 606 ratings 91. 
The Hangman's Daughter (The Hangman's Daughter, #1)
by:
Oliver PΓΆtzsch
3.75 avg rating β 78,686 ratings