Historical Mystery

Murder in another century

Mysteries set in the past, where detectives solve crimes using the tools, customs, and limits of their era.

Styles: Novel · Literary · Pulp · Noir, or Random
Aisle: Mystery

Begin with

The Scriptorium Murders
In a 12th-century abbey, monks are dying with ink-stained tongues. You are the novice who copies the same forbidden book they were reading.
Your role: A monastery novice
Pompeii, Three Days Before
A wealthy merchant is murdered in Pompeii. You have three days to solve it, though you do not know the mountain is about to erupt.
Your role: A Roman magistrate's freedman
The Blitz Detective
In 1940 London, bodies are turning up in bomb craters, killed before the bombs fell. You are an air-raid warden who notices.
Your role: An air-raid warden

Start a premise as written, or make it yours with your own hero, style, tropes and intensity. Every scene after the first is written around your choices.

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