Allison Montclair grew up devouring hand-me-down Agatha Christie paperbacks and James Bond movies. As a result of this deplorable upbringing, she became addicted to tales of crime, intrigue, and espionage. She now spends her spare time poking through the corners, nooks, and crannies of history, searching for the odd mysterious bits and transforming them into novels of her own.
Genres: Historical Mystery
New and upcoming books
Series
Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery
1. The Right Sort of Man (2019)
2. A Royal Affair (2020)
The Haunting of the Desks (2021)
3. A Rogue's Company (2021)
4. The Unkept Woman (2022)
5. The Lady from Burma (2023)
6. Murder at the White Palace (2024)
7. An Excellent Thing in a Woman (2025)
8. Fire Must Burn (2026)
9. Death Comes to the Marriage Bureau (2027)
1. The Right Sort of Man (2019)
2. A Royal Affair (2020)
The Haunting of the Desks (2021)
3. A Rogue's Company (2021)
4. The Unkept Woman (2022)
5. The Lady from Burma (2023)
6. Murder at the White Palace (2024)
7. An Excellent Thing in a Woman (2025)
8. Fire Must Burn (2026)
9. Death Comes to the Marriage Bureau (2027)
Allison Montclair recommends
Consider the Ravens (2026)
(Scribe of Lindisfarne, book 1)
Cressida Downing
"A woman flees her chequered past, as well as the men who checkered it. She takes refuge as a scribe in a priory on an isolated island - and then the bodies start to fall! Cressida Downing's true achievement is in bringing to life daily existence in 15th century Lindisfarne Priory, keeping track of every detail while building the mystery and its solution. In Linnet, she has created a fascinating woman who is fighting to survive in a man's profession and who becomes a reluctant detective to do so."
The Case of the Missing Maid (2024)
(Harriet Morrow, book 1)
Rob Osler
"Harriet Morrow is an unusual heroine in an interesting era, Chicago of the 1890s. Working her first case as the first female detective with the Prescott Detective Agency, she peddles her trusty bicycle through one scrape after another, confronting prejudice, physical dangers, and her own secrets and doubts. Rob Osler brings vivid detail to Chicago's Polish neighborhoods and its gay and lesbian underground. Like me, you'll be rooting for Harriet from the first page to the last."
Last Call at the Nightingale (2022)
(Last Call at the Nightingale, book 1)
Katharine Schellman
"Katharine Schellman deftly evokes one of my favorite eras, the Jazz Age of 1920's Manhattan. Complete with speakeasies, mobsters, and an unflappable flapper as its heroine, this is a book that should be savored with a glass of bootleg gin in one hand and a 78 of Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five on the gramophone."
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