Cross-shelving tells a story of its own. Blessop’s Wife is filed here under crime and thriller, general fiction and romance simultaneously, which is the signature of historical mystery written with a full emotional register rather than as a puzzle in period costume.
Barbara Gaskell Denvil’s work reaches us under a historical mysteries collection heading. That is a shelving label in our data rather than a promise of one continuing plot, so each title can safely be approached on its own terms.