A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder: Wednesday’s Emma Myers to Lead BBC Series

For fans of recent-ish historical fiction (1970s), murder mysteries, and returning back home.

West Mills, North Carolina is still segregated in the mid 1970s when the first murder in decades occurs and is of three siblings: Marian, Marva, and Lazarus. While the town is filled with gossip and accusations, the white authorities don’t care to solve the case. Moving back home to marry her childhood sweetheart after living in NY, Ms. Jo Wright discovers her fiancée is on the list of culprits as the victim’s half-sibling and decides to clear his name. But what she finds is a town full of dark secrets.

For fans of atmospheric historical mysteries, amateur sleuths, and speakeasies.

Vivian Kelly lives in NY with her sister in the mid 1920s and has just gone from patron at a local speakeasy to serving drinks — on top of her job at a dress shop. But the feeling of things looking up quickly changes when Vivian learns that her friend’s Uncle Pearlie has died. Because he was the doorman at the club, and thanks to her friend’s insistence, Vivian decides to ignore the police having ruled it a non suspicious death and decides to look into the case…

If you want to start at the beginning pick up Last Call at the Nightingale.