Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

Four men have been marked for death by the vengeful Hindu who earned the name of the Rajah from Hell. A serialized novel by the "King of the Pulps"-H. Bedford-Jones-which includes all of the original pulp illustrations.Author: H. Bedford-JonesISBN-10: 1618275259ISBN-13: 9781618275257Publisher: Steeger BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

In the aftermath of Prince Rhun's death, King Owain and King Madog agreed their children should marry as a way to seal the peace between them. Two years later, the wedding date has finally arrived, though relations between the two kingdoms have improved only...

After a man is murdered during a trip on the Switzerland Trail of America railroad, police officer Harry McBride sorts through the suspects among the passengers in the hope of finding the killer before the train returns to Boulder.Author: Mike BefelerISBN-10: 8668609556ISBN-13: 9798668609550Publisher: Independently...

London, 1889. In a city still reeling from the depredations of Jack the Ripper another killer arises. Stalking the West End and Marylebone and striking at a seemingly unconnected group of victims, the murderer leaves fear and confusion in his wake. Mr. Sherlock Holmes,...

Sherlock Holmes, the world's 'only unofficial consulting detective', was first introduced to readers in A Study in Scarlet published by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. It was with the publication of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, however, that the master sleuth grew tremendously...

The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service is a 1903 novel by Erskine Childers. The book, which enjoyed immense popularity in the years before World War I, is an early example of the espionage novel and was extremely influential in the...

The world's greatest gentleman thief is back and this time he must summon all his brilliance and prowess to escape the clutches of his most worthy adversary: the master English detective, Herlock Sholmes Assisted by his trusty companion Dr Wilson, Sholmes is called to...

Cumbria, 1967. Grieving the loss of her son, Cordelia Hemlock is in a village graveyard when lightning strikes a tumbledown tomb--and gives her a glimpse of a new corpse that doesn't belong among the crumbling bones. But when the body vanishes, the authorities refuse...

On the eve of his wedding, Major James Mallory receives an invitation to attend a reunion of his old Army comrades, to be held at the Wyoming ranch home of his former commander, Colonel Isaiah Johnston. James and Anneka decide the trip to Wyoming...

In the wake of the 1932 Lindbergh kidnapping, gunman Jimmy Quinn leaves his midtown speakeasy to guard an ex-gangster's beautiful young wife and son. He has no idea what's really happening.Author: Michael MayoISBN-10: 1603816607ISBN-13: 9781603816601Publisher: Coffeetown PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/08/2020Pages: 214Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 9.00h x...

London, 1817. An impatient crowd is gathered outside the stage door of the Covent Garden Theatre, desperate for a glimpse of actress Hannah Granville after her latest performance as Lady Macbeth, amongst them the Prince Regent himself. But before she can appear a gunshot...

June 1926Violet and Jack are the matron of honor and best man at Rita and Ham's wedding. Rita's father is so excited, he's bought the couple a country house near Vi's and arranged a several day long celebration culminating in a wedding, wedding breakfast,...

Lighthearted 1920s cozy mystery.Evie, Countess of Woodridge, is on a mission to rescue her favorite modiste from the consequences of an unfavorable review. Her quest is a timely diversion as her granny, Toodles, appears to be suffering from a case of restlessness. All goes...

A wealthy family massacred. Unidentified mummified remains. Is there a connection? Gibraltar is shaken by echoes from its history once again. Detectives Tamara Sullivan and Gus Broderick face the most dangerous and elusive murder investigation of their lives, and for Sullivan, it's about to...

A brothel, together with the neighbouring property and two more in Strathblane, are all part of a deal offered to Gil Cunningham and his wife Alys by the forceful Dame Isabella. Then Dame Isabella is found dead in strange circumstances, and the more Gil...

Money, love, and murder in 1880s Newport high society... Pinkerton detective Penelope Hamilton is summoned to fashionable Newport to investigate the two-year-old death of a wealthy matron. Did she fall from the Cliff Walk's Forty Steps in the middle of the night, as was...

"Readers of historical fiction will love every page of this exciting story." Readers' Favorite ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️A cowardly murder. A knight with a cause. A lady in danger. England, 1141Returning from battle at Lincoln, Geoffrey de Mortagne, undersheriff of Gloucester and spy for the Empress Matilda,...

St. Paul, Minnesota. October 1, 1917. High above the city, a renowned local financier named Artemis Dodge lies facedown on the floor of his armored penthouse sanctuary, a single bullet hole in his head. Thirty stories up, in the city's tallest building, and not...

It's 1949, and Denver private investigator Dewey Webb isn't thinking about murder, he's pondering the stack of bills he can't pay. Then he runs into an old army acquaintance, Roy Jefferson, who is well-dressed, flashing cash, and wanting Dewey's help. Dewey has his suspicions,...

The past has a way of coming back with a vengeance.On an October day in 1949, private eye Dewey Webb's life is turned upside-down when his long-lost father shows up and asks for Dewey's help. It seems simple: find Gus's friend Len. But is...

Wealthy Cynster connection Penelope Ashford has devoted herself not to making a perfect society match, but to rescuing young orphans from London's streets. But when her charges start disappearing, she turns to attractive Barnaby Adair for help. A deadly avenger in an elegant guise,...

It's the thought that counts...Seth, the seven-year-old Earl of Woodridge, is spending Christmas at Halton House and he would like nothing better than to help trim the tree with the Christmas decorations his father had carved for him. But no one has any idea...

Murder, mystery, and solving crime--the foundations of detective fiction.Meet C. Auguste Dupin, the first literary example of a brilliant detective created by Edgar Allan Poe, undisputed master of chills and suspense. Follow Dupin's genius skill at problem solving through three detective cases, Poe's only...

"In the tradition of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and, more recently, Bernhard Schlink's "The Reader," comes a provocative and unsettling modern morality tale of subtly evolving horror--a mesmerizing debut from a brilliant young writer"--Author: Andrew TaylorISBN-10: 1432881825ISBN-13: 9781432881825Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Ten-year-old Trent McShane watches in horror as his beautiful young mother is swept away from California's Typhoon Coast into the unforgiving wild blue Pacific, never to be seen again. Lost and bewildered, Trent falls under the spell of class clown Eddie Thompson, who has...

New Hard-Boiled Detective Series Uncovers Bones, Bodies and Murder "A fiercely intelligent crime drama as emotionally sharp as it is historically inventive. Krishtalka's prose is powerfully versatile, alternating between the sort of terse, unsentimental phrasing that one would expect from a detective story and...

A young inventor--the man whose name appears in the title of Dr. Watson's narrative, "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans"--lies dead on the floor of an old house, two bullet holes in his back. To solve the gruesome murder, Sherlock Holmes enlists the aid...

Old houses...do they celebrate happy times with us? Do they hurt when we hurt? Or do they have their own stories to whisper in the night, their own dark secrets to hide?In this fifth book in the award-winning Sidra Smart Mystery Series, slightly psychic...

It's 1949. World War II is over, but it has a way of haunting people for years to come.Gordon Sandalwood suspects his wife Edith is hiding something from him, and he asks Denver private investigator Dewey Webb to find out what. Dewey, toughened by...

May 1453: Lemster, the English MarchesWhen thirteen-year-old Thomas Berrington is attacked by a group of boys on his way home he believes it is just another beating he must take--until one of the boys is found dead, and Thomas is accused of the murder....

As the 1910 London Season comes to an end, it's time for Lady Theodora Prescott-Pryce's annual pilgrimage to visit her cousins in Scotland. Accompanied by only her maid, Molly, she thinks she's in for another long, dull trip aboard the Flying Scotsman.The last thing...

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...

Orlando Pearson presents five more scandalously entertaining stories in his well-known Redacted Sherlock Holmes series;- A Perilous Engagement: Mycroft Holmes and a Whitehall whitewash;- Death at Tennis: The hunt for the lady who fled the ball;- An Encirclement Thwarted: Espionage work at the outbreak...

When Julia, Lady Fieldhurst, returns from her sojourn in Scotland restless and out of sorts, her friend Emily, Lady Dunnington, decides what Julia needs is a lover. Lady Dunnington plans a select dinner party with half a dozen male guests from whom Julia may...

Charles Dickens's last and unfinished novel, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" was originally published in 1870. When Dickens died in 1870, just six of the intended twelve chapters had been completed, with no remaining plan or indication to how the story should continue. Despite...

Five years after he left, vowing never to go back, Abe Weir returns to the family farm in the spring of 1967. Abe's mom, Abby, has asked him to help her get the crops off the field, his father, Isaac, being deathly ill. Abe...

Do you love Cornwall, with its cliffs and breakers, sleepy fishing harbours and villages? Would you like to meet a real English Lord? And do you enjoy an authentic, well researched historical crime story? With the author you will accompany the renowned Baker Street...

Bobby Clark is a small city detective in late 1950's Mason-Barrie, Pennsylvania. He is still trying to drown out the nightmare of last year's calamitous encounter with Willard Strickland by ingesting generous doses of morphine from his trusty silver flask. His fateful encounter with...

When Gino Donatelli is accused of murder, beloved sleuths Sarah and Frank Malloy have to catch a killer who is out to destroy their innocent friend's life in the latest installment of the national bestselling Gaslight mysteries.Author: Victoria ThompsonISBN-10: 1643586416ISBN-13: 9781643586410Publisher: Premier Mystery SeriesLanguage:...

Eva is excited for a visit from her sister Alice, who lives in Suffolk with her husband and three children. But when Alice arrives alone, desiring a break from her family, Eva becomes concerned. Her dismay deepens as Alice starts spending time with a...

Bradecote and Catchpoll discover that sometimes the difference between the law and justice is a great one. June, 1144. The naked corpse of an unknown man is discovered near Worcester, while the Prince of Powys's messenger has gone missing. Making the connection, Undersheriff Hugh...

A fast-paced and suspenseful medieaval mysteryApril, 1144. A body is found floating by Fladbury mill, a man who has been stabbed but not robbed. Undersheriff Hugh Bradecote, Serjeant Catchpoll and their young apprentice Walkelin discover him to be a horse dealer with a beautiful...

September 1937Georgette Dorothy Aaron is expecting a bundle of joy, focusing on updating her house, writing books, and enjoying her family. What she's not doing is meddling. She's not sticking her nose in other people's business. She's not writing books about her neighbors. She's...

Several children have died in a measles outbreak in the village of Newton-Upon-Sea. Equally as frightening is what begins to look like an epidemic of murder that may be related in some way to the measles contagion. Dr. Alexandra Gladstone finds herself deeply involved...

A brutal murder. A heinous secret. A deadly conspiracy.The brutal murder of the little old lady next door puts FitzHugh Donovan on the case. A retired New York City Police Chief, he knows a cover-up when he sees one and his Irish Cop conscience...

Spain: 1489. Cordoba, Andalusia When Thomas Berrington is sent to Cordoba on the orders of a man he hates he welcomes the distraction of a murder, but is shocked when the evidence points to the killer being his closest companion. With Jorge is imprisoned,...

September 1925. Vi and Jack have fled for the sea shore. Both to enjoy the sea air and to gather up their friend, Rita Russell who's come home at last. A little sea air, a ramble or two, afternoon naps, lingering mornings over a...

July 1937 Georgette Dorothy Aaron has found her dream home, her dream village, and her dream husband. She and Charles purchase their house, move, and the discover all isn't as it seems.Have they found another village with dark secrets? Is their happily ever after...

All Hallows, 1925Vi Wakefield decides it is time to embrace the fun. She's arranging a scavenger hunt with prizes, specialty cocktails, and costumes. What she doesn't expect is a series of pranks that ends in a body. Once again, Vi, Jack, and friends are...

July 1925Lady Violet is Mrs. Wakefield now, and she's settled rather comfortably into her life. During a trip to her country house, she meets a chocolate artisan, she decides that nothing else will suit than an evening at home-with chocolate-as a married woman. When...