Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

Against a backdrop of murder and intrigue at the dissolute court of King Charles II, can Susannah and Raphael save their friend and find each other along the way?After a three-year absence mired in anxiety and trapped by her lack of speech, portrait miniaturist...

Against a backdrop of murder and intrigue at the dissolute court of King Charles II, can Susannah and Raphael save their friend and find each other along the way?After a three-year absence mired in anxiety and trapped by her lack of speech, portrait miniaturist...

The suspicious death of a foreign bishop brings trouble to Sister Fidelma and the kingdom of Muman. Ireland. AD 672. The abbey of Muman at Imleach Iubhair is being renovated when its guests' hostel burns to the ground. There is one fatality: Bishop Brodulf...

A thrilling chase as Sherlock Holmes is set a fiendish puzzle by Irene Adler over a snowy London Christmas, in this stunningly packaged mystery. Sherlock Holmes's discovery of a mysterious musical score initiates a devious Christmas challenge set by Irene Adler, with clues that...

From the acclaimed author of Sherlock Holmes & The Christmas Demon comes another beautifully presented seasonal mystery.1889. The First Terror.At a boys' prep school in the Kent marshes, a pupil is found drowned in a pond. Could this be the fulfilment of a witch's...

Summer 1911. A scorching heatwave engulfs the quiet town of Littleton Cotterell and brings about an unusually early harvest. The villagers are thrilled, but events quickly turn sour when one of them turns up dead in an apple orchard, stabbed through the heart.Amateur sleuth...

Jane Pemberton always knew she had not been invited to accompany her uncle's family to the seaside merely to enjoy herself. It was her duty to act as a companion for her invalid cousin Celia and a respectable chaperone for Celia's elder, headstrong sister...

A deftly crafted, scintillating mash-up of Victorian mystery and horror - Sherlock Holmes and Mr Hyde encounter villains with unfathomable, terrifying abilities... 1903. A darkness has descended on London. A series of grisly murders are uncovered, trophies taken, bodies arranged and soon there are...

"...Crandell crafts not only a tantalizingly complex crime-one with conspiratorial proportions-but also deftly limns an atmosphere of gloomy transgression and a dark world of crime and subterfuge...A thrilling crime drama, suspenseful and thoughtful."KIRKUS REVIEWS "An exceptional read."MIDWEST BOOK REVIEWA Maryland State Arts Council Award-Winning...

In this riveting novel full of imaginative art world revelations, betrayals, and twists, an aspiring art historian leaves her troubled parents to study in New York where she struggles to impress her misogynist advisor- until she discovers a hidden painting and flees to Spain...

Princess of Colchis, sorceress and Priestess of Hekate, niece of Circe, and procurer of the Golden Fleece.The devoted wife of Jason, and a brave adventurer with his Argonauts, Medea was also a loving mother and a loyal friend of Herakles.And yet, legend says she...

Mona Moon is not your typical young lady in the 1930s. She is a scholarly cartographer by trade, an intrepid explorer by nature, and an ardent adventurer by heart. But there's a problem. Miss Mona is broke. It's during the Depression, and her application...

Author: Clara McKennaISBN-10: 1432897594ISBN-13: 9781432897598Publisher: Wheeler Publishing Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/11/2022Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.10dLarge Print

Buried secrets. An ancient fossil. And one woman's determination to unravel a nineteenth-century mystery.Australia, 1847. The last thing Mellie Vale remembers before the fever takes her is sprinting through the bush with a monster at her heels--but no one believes her. In a bid...

For readers of The Light Between Oceans and The Island of Sea Women, a feminist adventure story set against the backdrop of the dangerous pearl-diving industry in nineteenth-century Western Australia, about a young English woman who sets off to uncover the truth about the...

From the CWA Historical Dagger Award-nominated author of The Angel's Mark and The Serpent's Mark The Elizabethan world is in flux. Radical new ideas are challenging the old. But the quest for knowledge can lead down dangerous paths... London, 1594. The Queen's physician has...

An inventive, page-turning crime thriller set in an alternate United States during the height of the Red Scare--with shocking parallels to America in the 2020s.USA, 1958. President Joseph McCarthy sits in the White House, elected on a wave of populist xenophobia and barely-concealed anti-Semitism....

Billy Boyle is sent to the heart of the USSR to solve a double-murder at a critical turning point in the war in this latest installment of critically acclaimed James R. Benn's WWII mystery series. It's September 1944, and the US is poised to...

"Excellent . . . The surprising revelations that populate the book, mixed with a mood of regret and wistful longing for dead loves, imbue the story with a seductive power. Readers will eagerly anticipate the final volume in this trilogy" Publishers Weekly Starred Review...

There are many ways in which a poor relation might make herself useful to her newly discovered kin - but Miss Jane Pemberton never expected guarding her uncle's household from danger to be one of them. Yet that's exactly what occurs when a sudden...

When Miss Jane Pemberton joins her uncle's household as a companion to her invalid cousin, she does not realize what a dangerous world she is stepping into. From the moment she enters the house, Jane senses secrets and unresolved tensions hanging like a shadow...

1501: London, EnglandCan a man turn his back on all hope to protect those he loves?Returning to an England now alien to him Thomas Berrington falls foul of a thieves' guild. In his efforts to protect a stranger he becomes their target. When the...

In 1540, newly married and pregnant Isobel Devlin vanished from a tiny island in Lancashire, never to be seen again.In 2020, leaving London for the first time since the pandemic began, Nicole Rayburn and Kyle Walsh head to a guesthouse in the Lake District...

The Picture Box is the story of an American descendant of a well-known Croatian family and his journey back to his homeland and the mysteries he has yet to discover.Author: Carlo ArmeniseISBN-10: 1977244351ISBN-13: 9781977244352Publisher: Outskirts PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/19/2021Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w...

London, 1593. An anonymous ballad calls for violence. The mayor offers 100 crowns for the author's name. Thomas Clarady wants that money and drags Francis Bacon in to help.Then the authorities turn on two popular playmakers. One is tortured. Another is killed in a...

A WOMAN WRONGFULLY INCARCERATEDA DOCTOR FIGHTING TO FREE HER London, 1864. Dr Felix Cowdrey is working in a London free hospital, and hating every minute of it. So many of his patients have illnesses and injuries that cannot be treated, and his inability to...

It's 1665 and the Black Death has London in its hideous grip. Bad news for everyone...almost. Where better, after all, to hide a dead body than among a whole city full of dead bodies? And who gets the delightful task of pawing through the...

The Alienist meets the magical mystery of The Ninth House as W. M. Akers returns with the third book in his critically acclaimed Jazz Age fantasy series set in the dangerous Westside of New York City, following private detective Gilda Carr's hunt for the...

'Had I known what was to happen soon after we arrived at Mr and Mrs Walker's lovely old West Country house, my apprehension about spending Christmas in Devon would have dwindled to nothing.' Library Assistant Jan Christopher is to spend Christmas with her boyfriend,...

A headless body on a boat. An international conspiracy. Can he survive a controversial scientific discovery?Esteemed Australian journalist Jack Rogan is on a mission to solve the disappearance of his mother in the 70s. But when a friend needs help rescuing a kidnapped world-renowned...

A desperate plea from the Vatican. A kidnapped chef. An ambitious mob boss. One perilous game. When Professor Alexandra Delacroix is called in to find a cure for the dying pope, she follows clues left by her mentor and friend, the late Professor K,...

This anthology contains the first, second, third, and fourth Argolicus mysteries: The Roman Heir: Argolicus begins a journey home to retire from politics. As a personal favor, he delivers a book to a young scholar. But the young man's father is murdered hours before...

May 1149. Unexplained death follows Gareth and Gwen wherever they go, as does their reputation for solving murders. So when a man turns up dead at Carlisle Castle, where the pair have traveled as representatives of Gwynedd, King David of Scotland naturally turns to...

Taking on a role with the Cairo Police force places Inspector Rowan Pierce into a completely foreign environment. His first case is the murder of the beautiful young Egyptian woman found floating in the Nile, and without Captain Salid, he'd be utterly lost, with...

Winner of the Passionate Plume AwardFinalist for the Maggie Award for ExcellenceIn this sweeping finale to the bestselling Heart of Enquiry series, a flawed heroine seeking redemption finds the hero who is everything she needs...but who can't give her the one thing she wants....

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This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted,...

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted,...

NEW ZEALAND, 1878: Has the missing man been murdered in the dense bush, or has he simply abandoned his wife and children for another woman?Sergeant Frank Hardy and his new wife Mette attempt to solve two real mysteries from nineteenth-century New Zealand: the whereabouts...

After the collapse of an ancient empire, Casper, Nadika, Jayani and Sharif each acquire a crystal with extraordinary properties.Their minds and futures intertwined, the four begin a journey to find clues about the mysterious empire, and discover its secrets.But in their search for Lemuria,...

From USA Today Bestseller Grace Callaway comes a sizzling enemies to lovers romance between a lively hoyden and a grumpy, buttoned-up viscount...and the exciting Regency house party whodunnit that brings them together! National Reader's Choice Award Finalist Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in...

Checkmate (1871) is a novel by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Although less well-known than his more popular works of Gothic horror and mystery, including the vampire novella Carmilla (1872) and the novel The House by the Church-Yard (1863), Checkmate remains central to Le Fanu's...

Return to both the grandeur and the gothic underbelly of the Victorian age in the company of Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr John H Watson. Holmes was often reluctant to allow Watson to chronicle publically some of his most sensitive cases. In such circumstances,...

Lady Emily Black will do anything for redemption. Haunted by a tragic mistake in her past that endangered her family and nearly cost the life of the only man she could ever love, Emily now lives a life of exile that just so happens...

Winner of the Kops-Fetherling International Book AwardInto the Woods is haunting, tragically beautiful, and an absolute must-read! Legends told of a creature living in the woods... Three friends unite to solve the mystery of a mysterious creature that has been butchering local livestock. In...

"Dunn's masterful portrayal of the glittering world of the Sun King's court and the contrasting dark, human stew of 17th Century Paris, will delight any reader familiar with the Affair of the Poisons - and equally thrill those new to the period." Kate Braithwaite,...

She's an accomplished spy for the British War Office, carrying out daring missions no one else has the tenacity to attempt. And yet, no one can remember her name.The daughter of a revered naval captain, Katharine Cavanaugh, the Countess of Stirling, is only ever...

The last thing Eleanora Quinton expects when the dead body hits the floor is love with the son of a duke.As society's most capable housekeeper, Eleanora has conquered any number of social disasters. But when a dead body falls right into the middle of...

San Francisco, May 1942. Four months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The city prepares for a possible attack by Japanese forces in retaliation for the Doolittle raid on Tokyo in April. The German American president of the local America First Committee is shot,...

From USA Today Bestseller Grace Callaway comes a steamy and riveting tale...A former spy with dangerous secrets fears nothing...except his dark desire for the delicate virgin he cannot have. "It had me captivated from the beginning with a hot alpha and dark sensual promises;...