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I loved Jane Harris' The Observations set in Victorian Scotland. One of the few examples where an author does an outstanding job reading her own work.
Another highly recommended title would be The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. Set in Japan on the verge of WW II, showing the tension between the outgoing traditional ways, and westernization.
The Frangipani Tree Mystery is the first in a series by Ovidia Yu, showing colonial Singapore from a non-white point-of-view.
Also from a non-white point-of-view: The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey, first in her series featuring 1920's Mumbai solicitor Perveen Mistry; as much about sexism as racism.
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