Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

A Victorian True-crime NovelA devastating fire at Danvers's ancestral home induces Charles to accept his brother Frederick's plea for help with his work among fallen women and impoverished orphans in York. Charles soon finds himself struggling to identify a ruthless murderer while Antonia helps...

A twisting tale of murder, mystery and eighteenth-century England by a dramatic and gripping new voice in the genre. On the frozen fields of Romney Marsh stands New Hall; silent, lifeless, deserted. In its grounds lies an unexpected Christmas offering: a corpse, frozen into...

Sherlock Holmes Plays the Game is an interesting new collection of the further adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. It is unique in combining the style and intrigue of Holmes and Watson stories with the developing technology of turn-of-the-century Victorian England. Written in...

From the creator of Charlie Chan Set in England at the outbreak of WWI, The Agony Column is a murder mystery and romance told mostly through the device of an "Agony Column" in the newspaper (what Americans would call the "Personals").Author: Earl Derr BiggersISBN-10:...

"This series is perfect for fans of historical crime " -Anne Bonny Book ReviewsIt is 1905, and Chicago is an open town. The most accessible part of town is the Levee District. It is an area of the city that's hard to tell the...

In 1931, Nate Heller--on a leave of absence from the Chicago P.D.--goes to Hawaii to work as an investigator for family friend Clarence Darrow. One of five Honolulu natives accused of the rape of recent bride Thalia Massie has been murdered; facing murder charges...

Since his introduction in 1983's True Detective, Chicago-based private eye Nathan Heller has handily earned his spot alongside American crime-fiction greats Phillip Marlowe, Archie Goodwin, and Mike Hammer. Now the classic gumshoe is back in this collection of three novellas, all based on real...

Newspaper rookie, Alex Woollcott, assigned to produce a story about an aging Colorado adventurer, finds the man and a century-old tale of treasure. Alex soon learns the power of a story-and the danger of chasing a compelling narrative that has the bones to draw...

The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is a classic of the mystery genre and the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 stories starring the fictional detective. The...

In the beautiful green waters in Charlotte Amalie harbor sits a little island that was the scene of a horrible murder. The actual case was never solved, but for this story the only surviving member of the family was a little girl. Over two...

Medium's assistant - and reluctant sleuth - Maddie Pastore is shocked when her long-lost sister is accused of murder, in this twisty, atmospheric mystery set in 1920s Chicago. Summer, 1924. Young widow Maddie Pastore has been working for fraudulent spiritual medium Madame Carlotta for...

Author: Ace CollinsISBN-10: 194251350XISBN-13: 9781942513506Publisher: Elk Lake Publishing IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2016Pages: 138Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.30d

The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection... All 9 original mysteries of The Holmes and Watson Series comprising of 4 scripts of Series One and 4 of The Corvus Conspiracy. This unique collection also includes the Sherlock Holmes feature-length Special.Now you can enjoy the entire Holmes...

Winner of Library Journal's "Best Mystery of 2015" in the SELF-e category "A fun historical whodunit with a delightful background of the early days of women's collegiate education." Library JournalAn unseemly lesson...in murderThe year is 1896, and Professor Concordia Wells has her hands full:...

When a man dumps a body on a beach in full view of onlookers, the investigation that follows throws up a number of dark twists for DCI Henry Johnstone.January 5, 1930. On a cold, grey winter morning, a mysterious man walks along Bournemouth beach...

In the lobby of a Blackpool hotel, one year after the end of the Great War, Britain's spymaster recruits a young sideshow fortune-teller for a mission of historic importance.A standalone novella from the author of The Bedlam Detective and The Authentic William James.Kirkus Reviews:...

In an adventure spanning the United States and Mexico as well as the Pacific war front, Helen Meeker and her team are on the trail of the Nazi's top spy, under attack by the forces of Imperial Japan, and asked to solve the attempted...

DCI Monika Paniatowski recognises her latest assignment as advisor to the Earl of Ridley's rock festival for what it really is - an attempt by the chief constable to destroy her career. Matters are not as simple as they first appear, but it is...

The enthralling new Burren mystery . . . April 1511, Ireland. Mara, Brehon of the Burren, is celebrating the christening of her son when she notices that three of her law students have disappeared from the party. The next morning, one of them is...

"Hereward is dead."His estranged wife, Torfrida, doesn't believe it. Beautiful, clever and wise in the lore of the stars, she assumes it's a trick to win back her wifely submission. Hereward the Wake, the legendary English hero who defied and defeated William the Conqueror,...

If you have ever read "A Scandal in Bohemia" and wondered what Watson's allusion to "Mr. John Hare" means... if you aren't sure who was in charge in southeast Asia when Mycroft Holmes mentions "the present state of Siam"... if you're wondering about Watson's...

February, 1571. Ursula is once more plunged into affairs of the state when she escorts her foster daughter Margaret to the Netherlands to meet her suitor. The queen's spymaster, Sir William Cecil, learns that the wealthy Italian banker Roberto Ridolfi will be hosting their...

The foremost teller of scary stories in his day and a profound influence on both the novelists and filmmakers of the 20th century, Anglo-Irish author JOSEPH THOMAS SHERIDAN LE FANU (1814-1873) has, sadly, fallen out of scholarly and popular favor, and unfairly so. To...

Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, an impoverished man who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker seemingly for her money, thereby solving his financial problems and at the same time, ridding...

Ageing spin doctor and political guru, Stig Folkesson, celebrates as his far-right Fatherland Sweden Party is elected into the Swedish Parliament for the first time. Soon after, he finds out his mother has died. On her deathbed she has denied his paternity and deprived...

Available as a set for the first time, the 'Secrets of Spain' Trilogy brings BLOOD IN THE VALENCIAN SOIL, VENGEANCE IN THE VALENCIAN WATER and DEATH IN THE VALENCIAN DUST together in a collector's edition. The best-selling series tells the story of two families,...

It's 1927 and mainland America is roaring through the 20's while, in the Territory of Hawaii, Irishman Joe Kelly is an exile in paradise. Having barely survived the Easter Rebellion and and World War I in Europe, Joe is now working on the Honolulu...

Those in line to the Malenfer estate are succumbing to terrible ends - is a supernatural legacy at work, or something entirely more human?Young Irish mercenary Dermot Ward retreats to Paris at the close of World War I where he drinks to forget his...

A murdered priest, a missing body, stolen treasure: Brother Athelstan tackles his most challenging investigation to date. October, 1381. Brother Athelstan is summoned to the church of St Benet's in Queenhithe to investigate the murder of a priest. Parson Reynaud has been found stabbed...

Summer, 1381. The Great Revolt has been crushed; the king's peace ruthlessly enforced. Brother Athelstan meanwhile is preparing for a pilgrimage to St Thomas a Becket's shrine in Canterbury to give thanks for the wellbeing of his congregation after the violent rebellion. But preparations...

Cambridge, 1906.On the very day Jonty Stewart proposes that he and Orlando Coppersmith move in together, Fate trips them up. Rather, it trips Orlando, sending him down a flight of stairs and leaving him with an injury that erases his memory. Instead of taking...

It is 1483, and the Pyrenees mountains are a dangerous place for a woman. Especially if you're Elena de Arazas.Haunted by a childhood tragedy, mountain woman Elena navigates the world like a bird in flight. An unexpected romance gives her new hope. But when...

Fiona Wade finds the body of a local politician, who is also the director of the fife and drum corps, pinned to the wall with his drum major's mace. Is the motive dirty politics, greed, power or something else? Fiona must unscramble the mystery,...

A baby is kidnapped - and the repercussions reach the highest levels of government in this absorbing historical mystery. London, April, 1912. The third Irish Home Rule Bill is passing through Parliament and the situation is growing ever more tense. Closely involved in the...

Cork, Ireland, 1923. When Reverend Mother Aquinas discovers a body at the gate of the convent chapel, she immediately sends for her former pupil, Police Sergeant Patrick Cashman, to investigate. Dead bodies are not unusual in the poverty-stricken slums, but this one is dressed...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Room, a young French burlesque dancer living in San Francisco is ready to risk anything in order to solve her friend's murder--but only if the killer doesn't get her first. Summer of 1876: San Francisco is...

The turning of the wheel by the tilling of the wheat. With these cryptic words, a conspiracy is set into motion that threatens the new translation of the Bible ordered by King James I, and the lives of the scholars working on it. In...

The year is 1880, the place San Francisco. Intelligent, outspoken Sarah Woolson is a young woman with a goal and the fortitude to achieve it. She has always dreamed of becoming a lawyer. The trouble is, everyone believes women belong in the home---that it...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky's seminal classic, now in a beautiful clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a...

From the bestselling author of A Beautiful Poison comes another spellbinding historical novel full of intrigue, occult mystery, and unexpected twists.New York City, 1899. Tillie Pembroke's sister lies dead, her body drained of blood and with two puncture wounds on her neck. Bram Stoker's...

'Brett performs his magic on the traditional cozy, making the frame rock with laughter at human foibles and quake with well-placed surprises' - Booklist Starred Review The genteel game of Real Tennis takes a murderous twist in Simon Brett's witty and entertaining new Fethering...

Three women checked into the Hotel del Coronado-one never checked out.IN THE EARLY morning hours of November 29, 1892, a woman's body was discovered lying on the blood-drenched steps outside the famous Hotel del Coronado. To this day, no one knows the truth of...

From the No.1 bestselling author of The Last Protector and The Ashes of London comes the next book in the phenomenally successful series following James Marwood and Cat Lovett during the time of King Charles II. Two young girls plot a murder by witchcraft....

2017 Arthur Ellis Award, Best Novel -- ShortlistedSaddlebag preacher Thaddeus Lewis uncovers murder and conspiracy in Northumberland County. A body is discovered on an isolated island in Rice Lake. Saddlebag preacher Thaddeus Lewis is sent on a desperate hunt for the truth when a...

A life-changing crime story, Mosaic brings to life the compelling story of the 1960s murder of a charismatic woman doctor who courted danger trying to dismantle a racially segregated healthcare system in a large southern city. The search for who ordered the killing takes...

An atmospheric, entertaining new mystery series introducing a plucky heroine and set in the world's most famous hotel. It's 1968. London is in full swing and the Savoy Hotel is at the height of its legendary glitz and glamor, welcoming the rich, famous and...

A life-changing crime story, Mosaic brings to life the compelling story of the 60s murder of a charismatic woman doctor who courted danger trying to dismantle a racially segregated healthcare system in a large southern city. The search for who ordered the killing takes...

A lone German bomber crosses the east coast of Britain on a moonless night in the long, hot summer of 1940. The pilot picks up the silver thread of a river and, following it to his target, drops his bomb over Cambridge's rail yards....

Diagnosed autistic at an early age, Sherlock Holmes is on the outer edge of every curve.From his birth to his unique adulthood, Sherlock finds his immeasurable gifts of observation and deduction overbalanced by struggles with his senses and the incomprehensible nature of humanity.Though nourished...

Maggie Gilbert and her children, Jack and Alice, live a pretty normal life. That is, until Maggie starts looking into her family tree. In doing so, she uncovers a dark mystery that endangers her children. She has to solve the mystery in the past,...