Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

After Professor Moriarty survives Reichenbach Falls and Sherlock Holmes dies, Moriarty finds himself caught up in a locked-room mystery Holmes couldn't solve. This time, it's up to Moriarty to crack the mystery, perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes ingenious retellings like the ones by...

The final book Iniquitousness picks up the metastasis of evil that has moved into the world of international politics. Power and evil can work together and always find ordinary people to do evil for a cause. This book takes C.E. on a journey corrupt...

Author: Lynn Morrison, Ann Ward RadcliffeISBN-10: 1917361076ISBN-13: 9781917361071Publisher: Marketing ChairLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/28/2025Pages: 370Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.82d

In the shadows of London and the splendor of Venice, a thief and a lady must risk everything for love and survival.Jack Covert, once known as Jack Redstone, left behind his noble heritage to become one of London's most skilled thieves, living by his...

"Karma Brown keeps delivering knockout after knockout. She is an auto-buy author for me!" --Taylor Jenkins ReidThe fates of two women. An abandoned camp. Secrets of the past that can no longer stay hidden. To get a break from a stalled career as a...

The legendary Judge Dee Renjie returns, in this lyrical combination of mystery, history and ancient Chinese politics from the author of the renowned Inspector Chen mysteries In Tang dynasty China, Empress Wu - seductive, ambitious and vindictive - rules with an iron fist. Her...

Two years before she would conceive of Frankenstein, sixteen-year-old Mary Godwin becomes captivated by the grim murder of a pregnant shopgirl and the disappearance of her stepbrother, involving her stepsister Jane "Claire" Clairmont and the seductive poet Percy Bysshe Shelley to solve the crime......

Inspired by the true story of Frances Glessner Lee, whose miniature replicas of crime scenes are still used to train forensic investigators today, this follow up novel to Death in the Details continues the adventures of intrepid amateur sleuth Maple Bishop. Maple Bishop has...

In the shadows of Victorian London, passion burns bright... After a desperate act leaves Jillian Morehouse a fugitive, she flees to Whitechapel and finds work in a Mayfair corset workshop, but the walls are closing in. Jillian catches the eye of the handsome Michael...

A spellbinding historical mystery, perfect for readers of Eve Chase, Lulu Taylor and Rachel Burton. Will the secrets of the past be the key to her future? Alex Hart loves her job as manager of Mallow Court, an historic Elizabethan house. But the discovery...

A roguish young lord, his intended bride, and his former lover race to survive when an arranged marriage goes wrong in this sparkling historical fantasy debut bursting with arcane magic, deadly conspiracies, and an irresistible queer romance--perfect for readers of Freya Marske, Alexis Hall,...

Author: Janina MatthewsonISBN-10: 1472299817ISBN-13: 9781472299819Publisher: WildfireLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/06/2025Pages: 384Format: Hardcover

Inspired by the remarkable life of Dorothy Peto, the Metropolitan Police's first female superintendent.During war, death isn't only found on the battlefield.It's 1915, and war continues to rage across Europe, but at home in England, the members of the Women Police Volunteers are more...

Tempers flare at the Garden Fair. But it's not about the floral competition. Politics and a land dispute cultivate a murder. Can she weed through the lies before someone else dies? Massachusetts, 1932. Aggie Burnside volunteers for what she thinks is a routine community...

"The Trial of John Jasper for the Murder of Edwin Drood" by G. K. Chesterton is a gripping novel filled with mystery and intrigue. The story revolves around John Jasper, a choirmaster with a troubled past involving opium addiction, and his nephew Edwin Drood,...

As the sun sets over New Orleans, two brothers, John and Wayne Carter, find themselves standing in a French Quarter alleyway, their clothes stained with blood, and their minds foggy. They have no memory of how they got there or what they have done....

Frances Wynn, the American-born Countess of Harleigh, returns in Dianne Freeman's charming, lighthearted mystery series set in Victorian England, and finds her wedding day overshadowed by murder ...On the eve of her marriage to George Hazelton, Frances has a great deal more on her...

Author: Emily BrightwellISBN-10: 8200012816ISBN-13: 9798200012817Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/07/2015Format: CD

--Nominated for an Anthony Award and a 2004 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award."Daniel Chavarría has long been recognized as one of Latin America's finest writers." --Edgar Award-winning author William Heffernan "Celebrated in Latin America for his noir detective fiction, Uruguayan author Chavarría makes his English-language...

Lieutenant Mark Ritchie is called to investigate a very puzzling murder at a very unlikely location. What was a man doing in the churchyard of an iconic colonial church, on a cold November morning and why would someone shoot him for doing it? Clues...

In 1935, Nate Heller is hired to escort Amelia Earhart on a speaking tour due to numerous cut-and-paste death threats against her life. Heller suspects the threats are a stunt by Earhart's publicity-hungry husband, and the detective's growing closeness to the bisexual aviatrix leads...

Lady Margaret of Hutton Hall in Surrey is being slow poisoned, or so the evidence suggests.Or is an even more convoluted and murderous plot being hatched in which Sherlock Holmes is an unwitting confederate? Christmas at Hutton Hall is marred by tragedy as Holmes...

On January 24, 1925, The Saturday Evening Post began its serialization of the book that would make Earl Derr Biggers famous: The House Without a Key, the first of the Charlie Chan series. Chan, the first Chinese detective in literature, was modeled after Chang...

Against her will and better judgment, the elegant Lady Darriby-Jones sets off with her loyal household to the picturesque coast of Devon. Her destination? The charming estate of her dear friends, the identical Barrington-Webb triplet sisters. Renowned for their flourishing military supply firm, inherited...

Ambitious advice columnist Ginny Dugan knows she's capable of more than solving other people's beauty problems, but her boss at Photoplay magazine thinks she's only fit for fluff pieces. When she witnesses the kidnapping of a famous singer at Harlem's hottest speakeasy, nobody takes...

Coming soon! The Midnight Estate by Kelly Rimmer will be available Jul 22, 2025.Author: Kelly RimmerISBN-10: 1525831666ISBN-13: 9781525831669Publisher: Graydon HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/22/2025Pages: 336Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.22lbsSize: 9.25h x 6.13w x 1.13d

Physician-sleuth Dr Gabriel Taverner has to face his greatest challenge yet - a serious danger from the East threatens not just his life, but everyone he loves! All aboard this adventurous historical mystery set in the early seventeenth century. March, 1605. Country doctor and...

"A beautiful story of unfolding secrets and unforeseen consequences, filled with moments that are somehow restrained and astute and gorgeously written all at the same time."--Holly Gramazio, bestselling author of The Husbands"Infinitely moving, quirky, acutely observed and beautifully written...Confirms Clare Chambers as one of...

Time to confront reality - and a worrying mystery. Lord Petteril and his new viscountess return to England to face the consequences of their unequal marriage, only to discover that Petteril's valet, the enigmatic Stewart, has been arrested for theft. Naturally, Piers and April...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"First-rate mystery and an engrossing view into a vanished world." --Booklist STARRED reviewGeorge Furnace, flight instructor at Baston Aero Club, dies instantly when his plane crashes into the English countryside. People who knew him are...

Author: Alys ClareISBN-10: 1448313023ISBN-13: 9781448313020Publisher: Severn HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/02/2025Pages: 256Format: Hardcover

After barely surviving a US Army contract turned hostile in Vietnam, Charles Albright has settled into a quiet life in Hawaii as a realtor. But that changes when a letter arrives notifying him of a mysterious inheritance from his aunt Helga, stowed in a...

From the author of Unladylike Rules of Attraction comes the swoon-worthy, suspenseful final installment of the Marleigh Sisters series. Mira Marleigh, as far as the public is concerned, is an unassuming companion. She quietly drifts through London society accompanying her dear friend and confidant,...

Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket A priceless yellow diamond, said to be cursed, disappears from a young woman's bedroom the very night she receives it-setting off a twisting mystery of deception, obsession, and intrigue. As suspicion grips the household, loyalties fracture, and those...

April, 1867. A train departs King's Cross station bound for Lincoln. Among the passengers is a man attired in the garb of one in high ecclesiastical office. He is accompanied by a brawny man carefully carrying a large leather bag, who ensures that they...

Award-winning crime novelist Abir Mukherjee returns to his brilliant mystery series set in late-1920s Calcutta, as Sam Wyndham and Surendranath Banerjee must reunite to solve a high profile murder and disappearance. In The Burning Ghats of Calcutta, where the dead are laid to rest,...

When the murder of a scientific genius on the verge of a momentous discovery upsets the wedding of their beloved friends, Wrexford and Charlotte must risk all they hold dear to deconstruct a sinister conspiracy . . . Celebration is in the air at...

The death of a scholar, the birth of a detective...Oxford, Spring 1353. When young bookseller Nicholas Elyot discovers the body of William Farringdon floating in the River Cherwell, all the signs point to suicide.Soon, however, Nicholas discovers evidence of murder. Who could have wanted...

During the untold millennia before patriarchy was conceived, the world was a very different place. Nothing concealed stays buried forever.THE ARKANA SERIESThe forgotten past refuses to stay buried in an artifact hunt spanning continents, centuries, and lost civilizations. The prize is a cache of...

During the untold millennia before patriarchy was conceived, the world was a very different place. Nothing concealed stays buried forever.THE ARKANA SERIESThe forgotten past refuses to stay buried in an artifact hunt spanning continents, centuries, and lost civilizations. The prize is a cache of...

During the untold millennia before patriarchy was conceived, the world was a very different place. Nothing concealed stays buried forever.THE ARKANA SERIESThe forgotten past refuses to stay buried in an artifact hunt spanning continents, centuries, and lost civilizations. The prize is a cache of...

One evening in a disreputable lodging-house in Paris, "Papa" Ravinet, a dealer in second-hand goods and curiosities, becomes alarmed at what sounds to him to be the last gasps of someone dying. Forcing the disinterested concierge and his wife to investigate, the life of...

A killer who can't be stopped. A request that can't be refused.1482, Granada, Andalusia. Englishman Thomas Berrington is living in the last remnants of Moorish Spain. A physician, he is an unwilling friend to the most powerful man in the kingdom. Bodies are discovered,...

John Watson loves his husband, but he'd like Sherlock Holmes to leave this case alone.They're supposed to be taking a break from London and from work, but when has Sherlock's brain ever taken a holiday? And honestly, the disappearance of Gloria Evans bothers them...

For the first time, Madeline has permission to meddle.Something's not adding up in the Wintherwood, Ohio bank, and Madeline's there to figure out why.Sent by the Rockland Pinkerton's office to investigate shady banking practices, Madeline finally has the opportunity to try out all her...

As advance guard for the Queen's Progress, Christopher Marlowe tackles murder and intrigue within some of England's grandest stately homes. May, 1591. When Queen Elizabeth decides to embark on a Royal Progress, visiting some of the grandest homes in England, her new spymaster, Sir...

In this late medieval tale of mystery and witchcraft, Laura Rahme breathes life into a Venice long forgotten. From the dark sottoporticos of the Arsenal, to the wealthy mansions of Castello, and deep within the secret passages of the Ducal Palace, The Mascherari is...

*Named one of the best audiobooks of 2017 by The Times (UK)*This program includes a bonus interview with the author"The pleasures of this English murder mystery, set in 1920, are many. Rachel Atkins's crisp performance is just right...A concluding interview with author Jessica Fellowes,...

It is New Year's Eve 1915 and the Hardcastle family are welcoming 1916 at their home in Kennington, London. But an hour into the New Year, Hardcastle is called to a murder in a jeweller's shop in Vauxhall. In a first for the A...

Accident . . . or murder? Detective Inspector Hardcastle's seemingly simple investigation turns more complicated, in his latest case June 1918. A patrolling constable discovers the body of Georgina Cheney, wife of a naval commander, in the basement area of a house in Westminster....