Thrillers by Gaslight

What better setting for a murder than a nineteenth-century city shrouded in fog dimly pierced by gaslight? These historical thrillers evoke a vanished world while providing unstinting suspense and stories of shocking crimes.

Fiction

All of these titles are located in the Adult Fiction section of the Library.

Bayard, Louis. Mr. Timothy. 2003. Also available: CD

Carr, Caleb. The Alienist. 1994.

Clark, Clare. The Great Stink. 2005.

Cox, Michael. The Meaning of Night: A Confession. 2006. Also available: CD

Crabbe, Richard. Suspension. 2000.

Darnton, John. The Darwin Conspiracy. 2005. Also available: Large Type, CD

Ford, Jeffrey. The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque. 2002.

Palliser, Charles. The Unburied. 1999.

Pearl, Matthew. The Dante Club. 2003. Also available: Large Type, CD, eAudiobook

Priest, Christopher. The Prestige. 1996. Also available: CD

Waters, Sarah. Fingersmith. 2002.

Mystery

All of these titles are located in the Adult Mystery section of the Library.

Akunin, Boris. The Winter Queen. 2003. Also available: CD

Gray, John. White Stone Day. 2005.

Jennings, Maureen. Except the Dying. 1997.

O'Neill, Anthony. The Lamplighter. 2003.

Perry, Anne. The Face of a Stranger. 1991.

Raybourn, Deanna. Silent in the Grave. 2007. Also available: eBook

Schechter, Harold. Nevermore. 1999.

Silvis, Randall. On Night’s Shore. 2001.

True Tales of Victorian-Era Villainy

All of these titles are located in the Adult Nonfiction section of the Library.

Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed. 2002. (364.1523 C). Also available: Large Type, CD

Larson, Erik. Thunderstruck. 2006. (364.1523 L).
Also available: Large Type, CD, eAudiobook

Kent, David. Forty Whacks: New Evidence in the Life and Legend of Lizzie Borden. 1992. (364.1523 K).

Ruddick, James. Death at the Priory: Love, Sex, and Murder in Victorian England. 2001. (364.1523 R).