For the reader who delights in historical fiction, almost always historical mystery though we’ve been known to sneak one or two great historical fictions into the lineup. Picks are often UK. eds. One Signed First per Month.

2021

February: Allison Epstein. A Tip for the Hangman

January:  Stephanie Graves. Olive Bright, Pigeoneer

2020

January: Montgomery, Jess. The Hollows

February: Hornby, Gill. Miss Austen.

March: Watson, Sterling. The Committee

April: Pattison, Eliot. The King’s Beast

May: Quick, Amanda. Close Up

June: Edwards, Martin. Mortmain Hall

July: Wade, James. All Things Left Wild

August: Hart, Elsa. The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne

September: Clarke, Susanna. Piranesi.

October: Spotswood, Stephen. Fortune Favors the Dead

November: March, Nev. Murder in Old Bombay

December: Goodwin, S.M. Absence of Mercy.