Mysteries set in earlier centuries
I've been a Sherlock Holmes fan for many decades and over the last few years have found a number of book series set as British mysteries in the 19th and early 20th centuries, especially the Charles Lenox, Ian Hamilton, Ian Lavendar, and Sebastion St. Cyr series. Not only are they well crafted mysteries, but they provide a fascinating view of life in Great Britain during that time, with strong emphasis on the inequities in the lives of the fifferent classes. I'm also reading Peter Ashers "The Beatles from A to Zed", and Mo Rocca's "Mobituaries". Both are very informative and interesting, and they have the advantage of being books you can put down and come back to sometime later without having to worry about where you are in the story!
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