Why do readers keep coming back to historical mysteries when they already know how the period ends?

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How much anachronism can a historical mystery get away with before the illusion breaks? What makes a period setting in a historical mystery feel researched rather than dressed up? The hardest part of plotting one historical mystery is that the detective cannot check anything quickly Historical mysteries keep inventing royal and clerical detectives because ordinary people had no access to power Most readers say they read historical mysteries for the history and then skip the history Ancient Rome and medieval England both produce detectives and the two eras read nothing alike Why do locked-room mysteries still sell when every room now has a camera in it? The English locked-room mystery tradition kept the fair-play rules while the American pulps ignored them A small case that grows into a citywide conspiracy is the standard hardboiled mystery plot A police procedural set in a tiny department has no lab so the plot has to work harder