Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

A birthday celebration at Seattle's historic Paramount Theater turns tragic when a fire erupts on stage, leaving behind smoldering clues and a magician burnt beyond recognition. When the smoke clears, private detectives Alan Stewart and Vera Deward once again find themselves thrust into the...

What if the deadliest weapon of World War II wasn't the atomic bomb... but something hidden in your DNA?When a wave of mysterious viral outbreaks strikes across Europe, Interpol agent Jack Kavanaugh is thrust into a dangerous investigation that leads straight to a buried...

Tensions flare when the mayor is gunned down in a nightclub parking lot, leaving a trail of questions and a tangled web of suspects.Author: Andrea KressISBN-13: 9798231338955Publisher: Andrea KressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/28/2025Pages: 232Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.49d

"They say you can never go back...but some things that happen to you as a child can never be forgotten..." 1893: After an absence of 20 years, Charlie O'Reilly is drawn back to the goldmining town of Maiden's Creek. Despite the bitter memories of...

It's 1920 and millionaire playboy, Cranston Walker, is dusting off his wartime interrogator skills to find the people threatening to kidnap a progressive heiress. Back when Cranston was still in short pants, Rosamunde Syme was the stern girl who kept the boys in line....

In 1905, Rebecca Bryan, the first woman to practice law in Kalispell, Montana, is sent by her uncle/ senior partner to a remote hunting lodge near the Canadian border. She's to find the missing will of his deceased longtime love, the wealthy artist Lucinda...

Richard has been charged with carrying out a murder - but can he do it? Edward Courtenay, the last Plantagenet, has a claim to the throne of England that he must never be allowed to make. Courtenay has already tried to bolster his right...

A Legacy Bound by Darkness. A Mystery Shrouded in Blood. A Battle Between Light and Shadow.Cora Hughes has always sensed the weight of her family's past, but nothing could prepare her for the chilling truth. When a cryptic message delivered by a crow shatters...

Leonora Spencer has an acquaintance with death. Sixteen years ago, only she survived the brutal murder of her family. Now, as an assistant in her uncle's London morgue, she uses her photographic memory to catalogue details for his coroner reports. She also isn't opposed...

April 1903: Emma and Derrick Andrews have been invited to the wedding of her cousin Reggie Vanderbilt and heiress Cathleen Neilson at the Bellevue Mansion, Arleigh. Their hosts are a popular young couple who are leasing the home for the summer--Harry and Elizabeth "Bessie"...

Cradled in sumptuous luxury and pampered in a way only the richest can afford, the whole world is laid out before them for their gratification. But beneath this dignified calm, all is not well...Following the disasterous crash of her competitor, a rebuilt R 100...

"A delightfully quirky tale both unpredictable and affecting."An adventure-driven novel chronicles an eventful road trip taken by a dying man and the Cajun French version of Forrest Gump. Boudreaux Clemont Finch generally responds to Peck-short for Peckerwood-a moniker he was given as a child...

From the author of the bestselling Phryne Fisher Series comes Murder and Mendelssohn, the next murder mystery novel featuring the unstoppable, elegant amateur sleuth. To the accompaniment of heavenly choirs singing, the fearless Miss Fisher returns in her 20th adventure with musical score in...

This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked social disgrace...

It's 1969 and Catholic girls are a species of their own. When Katie Hayes arrives at Eastern Michigan University to attend college, John Norman Collins has just been arrested as a suspect in the brutal rapes and murders of 7 co-eds. Armed with her...

Skillfully plotted ... Adams shines light on the darker realities of the times without being heavyhanded Publishers Weekly Detective Chief Inspector Henry Johnstone discovers that things are not as they first appear when clockmaker Abraham Levy's nephew goes missing. February, 1929. Clockmaker Abraham Levy's...

Historical fans are in store for an edifying treat Publishers Weekly Starred Review When two bodies are washed up in the Kentish marshes, Detective Chief Inspector Henry Johnstone is propelled into a disturbing investigation. December, 1928. When two bodies are found washed up in...

In 1950's Boston, the Irish Republican Army is running guns and killing witnesses. Cal and Dante are committed to stopping them. When a body is discovered at the Charlestown locks -- tarred, feathered and shot to death -- it appears to be a gangland...

Bicycle-riding, aspiring archaeologist Marigold Manners is back and ready for adventure in Elizabeth Hobb's next mesmerizing historical mystery. "A humdinger...whose characters bring to mind those of both Emily Brontë and L. M. Montgomery" (Kirkus), this second installment is perfect for fans of Deanna Rayborn....

Recent widower Jeff Morgan never expected the treasure he would find after receiving a call from an attorney inform ing him that a fellow soldier from his Vietnam days has died. His old combat buddy willed Morgan a project - a manuscript containing details...

'Hawkswood is proving to be a master of two crafts: crime writing and historical fiction'Mystery People Worcestershire, September 1145: A Templar knight is found dead in the Forest of Wyre, clutching a bloodstained document naming a traitor. Undersheriff Hugh Bradecote, Serjeant Catchpoll, and Underserjeant...

Bicycle-riding, aspiring archaeologist Marigold Manners is back and ready for adventure in Elizabeth Hobb's next mesmerizing historical mystery. "A humdinger...whose characters bring to mind those of both Emily Brontë and L. M. Montgomery" (Kirkus), this second installment is perfect for fans of Deanna Rayborn....

The twenty-fourth gripping Brother Athelstan medieval mystery sees the friar-sleuth investigate a series of ominous murders with a dark secret at their heart - perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom, Bernard Cornwell, Candace Robb and Peter Tremayne. London, 1383. William the weaver bursts into...

Who stole the king's coronation gift? Owen encounters murder, secrets and spies as he attempts to recover a missing gold lion. 'A standout . . . Robb reinforces her place among the top writers of medieval historicals' - Publishers Weekly Starred Review York, 1377....

✨ Brand new from the bestselling author of THE HOUSE OF THE WITCH. Perfect for fans of The Midnight House and The Square of Sevens. ✨ Two women, linked by the cardsAuthor: Clare MarchantISBN-10: 1836030584ISBN-13: 9781836030584Publisher: Boldwood Books LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/18/2025Pages: 434Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.20lbsSize:...

Stan Kaminski is a Polish immigrant getting by on odd jobs and inside connections, the kind that keep him close to the city's underbelly but just out of reach of real trouble. When a wealthy businessman offers him a job--finding a missing woman--Stan figures...

The BRAND NEW utterly gripping, unputdownable novel from Richard and Judy NUMBER ONE bestseller Louise Douglas 1864, Bristol, England The seamstress is found in the darkened docks, floating, silenced. Those who found her are sure it must be a tragic accident, probably the result...

Max Spitzkopf, the Yiddish Sherlock Holmes, " heads the famous Viennese detective bureau Blitz . . . He's bold as a lion and takes the wildest risks." Meet Max Spitzkopf: legendary private eye, undefeated foe of villains, and passionate defender of the Jewish people....

Uncover a world where the Earth lies flat and secrets hum beneath the surface in *The Tartarian Veil*, Book 2 of *The Flat Earth Unveiled Series*. In 2025, archaeologist Grace Hawkins stumbles upon a relic that defies everything she's been taught-a crystalline coil pulsing...

In this imaginative cozy mystery, the search for a missing maid leads Miss Caroline Bingley from Jane Austen's beloved Pride & Prejudice into murder and mayhem in the gritty underbelly of Regency London.Two years after her brother Charles Bingley weds Miss Jane Bennett, Miss...

1920s London isn't the ideal place for a brilliant woman with lofty ambitions, but research assistant Saffron Everleigh is determined to beat the odds in a male-dominated field at the University College of London. She embarks on her first research study alongside the insufferably...

Jake Reynolds is an art thief. Perhaps the greatest, luckiest art thief ever. He steals rare paintings and replaces them with forgeries so exact that nobody can tell the difference.It's 1915 and WW1 rages across Europe. After finding the owner of an unknown Rembrandt...

By day, actor John Wilkes Booth is a charming Confederate spy; by night, a troubled man leading a double life.As he attempts to uncover Abraham Lincoln's habits by speaking with his medium, Booth becomes tormented by a malevolent spirit and devises a plan to...

Winnipeg, 1935. 47 year old Detective Inspector Sidney Baxter is the finest Detective with the Winnipeg Police Force with a keen analytical mind. He's also blind. When two grisly murders are discovered in different places, they appear to be unrelated. There is no evidence...

First comes love, then comes murder.In a London slowly recovering from the ravages of World War II, two very different women join forces to launch a business venture in the heart of Mayfair―The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. Miss Iris Sparks, avuncular and unmarried, and...

When Cat, a former prostitute, steps off the train in Butte, Montana, she walks right into hell. The dark smoke-filled air reeks of menace. And the stares--scorning her blue jeans, cowboy hat, and empty holster--don't help put her at ease. Still reeling from her...

1854, Edinburgh.Respectable public faces hide sordid private sins. Apprentice Sarah Fisher is helping to fund Dr Will Raven's emerging medical practice in exchange for being secretly trained as a medic, should the rules barring women ever change. Sarah needs no instruction in the inequalities...

Home is where the horror is... Jilted thriller writer Lady Violet Thorn has withdrawn to the Suffolk market town of Montford with two servants and her leading character, the adventuress Ruby Gibson, for company. Violet's peace is disturbed when a stranger asks her for...

Private detectives Grand & Batchelor embark for the Wild West - and headlong into a baffling murder investigation in this gripping Victorian mystery. March, 1875. Although he has never had much time for George Custer, hero of the American Civil War and Commander of...

When loathed landholder Fred O' Donnell is found dead in a locked room with a bullet in his chest, rookie Detective Hartley must seek help from a mysterious wanderer to solve the case. And it's one where everyone, including O' Donnell's family, has a...

Edgar Allan Poe and C. Auguste Dupin strive unravel a mystery involving old enemies, lost soul-mates, ornithomancy, and the legendary jewel of Peru. Philadelphia, 1844. As violent tensions escalate between nativists and recent Irish immigrants, Edgar Allan Poe's fears for the safety of his...

From the author of All These Beautiful Strangers comes a haunting and operatic tale of the love, regret, and family secrets that beat in the dark heart of a towering cliffside mansion.Wealthy heiress Saoirse Towers vanished during her eighteenth birthday gala four decades ago....

(Text only, look also for the illustrated edition, 1st edition, 2014). In this 2nd volume of the series Cosmic Agents: Universal Mission Command = UMC, on a massive planet, hidden somewhere in the universe, is targeted by Global Killers, in possession of global killer...

First in a captivating new series, Jane Austen's Emma Knightley entertains a different role in Highbury--going from clever matchmaker to Regency England's shrewdest sleuth. "Clever and charming, Vanessa Kelly brings Austen's world in Highbury village to life with beloved characters, twisty hijinks, and a...

A boy bishop is chosen in Lavenham, and in Mary Pettiman's assessment, 'Bishop o' Satan' is a fair description. Mark Fosser blackmails his neighbours with cheerful ecumenism, and when he turns up dead, the suspects might be considered to include most of the town...

Following the adventure aboard ship in [i]Poison for a Poison Tongue[/i], Artists Robin and Felicia meet Robin's old friend Thomas Wolsey, who has a problem - a missing ambassador. The fate of the ambassador precipitates the pair into a dangerous search for a ruthless...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"Not only is this a first-rate puzzler, but Crofts' outrage over the financial firm's betrayal of the public trust should resonate with today's readers." --Booklist STARRED reviewThe Chichester is making a routine journey across the...

Quirke finds himself at the center of a deadly intergenerational feud in the latest novel from Booker Prize-winning "literary polymath" (The New York Times) John BanvilleTwo men go sailing off the coast of Ireland. Only one comes back, claiming the other shot himself. But...

Author: Allison MontclairISBN-10: 144831593XISBN-13: 9781448315932Publisher: Severn HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/06/2026Pages: 256Format: Hardcover

Author: Neil McRobertISBN-10: 1068563109ISBN-13: 9781068563102Publisher: Wild Hunt BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/09/2025Pages: 150Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.35d