Noticing a dark theme in these covers - that's because it was a time or freedom and fun, but also the era when crime gained a new sophistication and criminals became celebrities. Many of these novels contrast the bright freedom of the age with dark crime or monsters.
Girls, glamour & financial disaster in the 20s | Child performers on a world tour adventure | Ghostly 20s mystery set in Sydney's crime centre | The Big Apple isn't all glamour and jazz bars |
Flapper murder mysteries set in 1928 Melbourne | Mystics and Mysteries in 1920s New York | Love trumps poverty and violence in a 20's circus | WWI spies with a hint of romance |