Regency / Napoleonic · Mystery · ~1789–1837

Regency / Napoleonic historical fiction mystery books

Looking for historical fiction in the mystery lane set during the Regency / Napoleonic (~1789–1837)? Regency / Napoleonic historical fiction mystery books collects historical novels that match both filters—Balls, war, empire, Austen-adjacent and beyond. Detection, intrigue, and crime in period settings HisFic is a free historical fiction discovery app: open a full reading journey with the same era and story-type filters, then add region, themes, or audience. Shelves mix curated historical fiction picks with Open Library titles so even thin combinations still have books to explore.

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Shelf · 18 titles

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The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon
In the winter of 1789, Maine midwife Martha Ballard is called to a body trapped in the frozen Kennebec River, then drawn into a rape accusation the town’s powerful men want buried. Drawn from Ballard’s real diary, it is historical mystery with a working woman’s eye for birth, ice, and justice.
Regency / Napoleonic · Mystery · Biographical
Jamaica Inn
Daphne du Maurier
On a November night Mary Yellan crosses Bodmin Moor to keep a promise to her dying mother, and finds Jamaica Inn shuttered to honest travelers: her Aunt Patience cowers, Uncle Joss Merlyn runs wreckers, and Mary is drawn to Joss’s brother Jem—a horse thief she dares not trust. Daphne du Maurier’s 1936 novel is Regency mystery historical fiction of Cornish smugglers, a haunted inn, and a young woman who will not look away.
Regency / Napoleonic · Mystery · Adventure & epic
The Lost Apothecary
Sarah Penner
On a February night in 1791, in a hidden London shop, the apothecary Nella waits for a customer who wants a poison the register will record, and twelve-year-old Eliza Fanning arrives with an errand that breaks Nella’s rules. Sarah Penner’s 2021 novel is Regency time-slip historical fiction of that book of names—and of Caroline Parcewell, who centuries later finds a small vial mudlarking on the Thames and follows it back to the shop.
Regency / Napoleonic · Time-slip · Mystery
The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes, #1)
Nancy Springer
Mystery · Characters in literature · Detective and mystery stories · London (England)
Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Open Library
The Case of the Gypsy Good-Bye (Enola Holmes, #6)
Nancy Springer
Kidnapping--Fiction. · Brothers and sisters--Fiction. · Self-realization--Fiction. · Characters in literature--Fiction.
Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Open Library
Gallows Thief
Bernard Cornwell
Fiction · Death row inmates in fiction · Private investigators · Private investigators in fiction
Regency / Napoleonic · Mystery · Military & war · Open Library
The body at the tower
Ying S. Lee
History · Murder · Sex role · Orphans
Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Open Library
The case of the deadly desperados
Caroline Lawrence
Disguise · History · Racially mixed people · Orphans
Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Open Library
The Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Hound of the Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / Return of Sherlock Holmes / Study in Scarlet / Sign of Four)
Arthur Conan Doyle
English Detective and mystery stories · Fiction · catalepsy · amyl nitrate
Ancient world · Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Military & war · Open Library
Works (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow / Hound of the Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes / Return of Sherlock Holmes / Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet / Valley of Fear)
Arthur Conan Doyle
catalepsy · amyl nitrate · suicide by hanging · broughams
Ancient world · Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Military & war · Open Library
Frog music
Emma Donoghue
Women dancers · Asesinato · Family Life · Crime
Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Military & war · Open Library
The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (Enola Holmes, #3)
Nancy Springer
Characters in literature · Characters and characteristics in literature · Juvenile fiction · Flower language
Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Open Library
A spy in the house (The Agency #1)
Y. S. Lee
Mystery and detective stories · History · Sex role · Swindlers and swindling
Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Open Library
Fire storm
Andrew Lane
Mystery and detective stories · Missing persons · Juvenile fiction · History
Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Adventure & epic · Open Library
Sherlock Holmes (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / Return of Sherlock Holmes / Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet)
Arthur Conan Doyle
catalepsy · amyl nitrate · suicide by hanging · broughams
Ancient world · Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Military & war · Open Library
The Patient's Eyes
David Pirie
Private investigators · Fiction · History · Physicians
Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Open Library
Works (Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of Wisteria Lodge / Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Hound of the Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / Return of Sherlock Holmes / Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet)
Arthur Conan Doyle
catalepsy · amyl nitrate · suicide by hanging · broughams
Ancient world · Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Military & war · Open Library
A Fatal Waltz
Tasha Alexander
Social life and customs · Fiction · Historical Fiction · History
Victorian / Gilded Age · Romance · Mystery · Open Library

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