Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

He would rise up as savior of the State, but Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger already has a lot on his mind. In the year of his aedileship, Decius is expected to stage elaborate and expensive games out of his own pocket. Along with...

The town of Durham is excited when the circus arrives... until the body of a young Shaker girl is found beaten. Growing weary of his farmland chores, Will Rees takes it upon himself to investigate but quickly becomes entranced by the lives of the...

1666: The Great Fire of London sweeps through the streets and a heavily pregnant woman flees the flames. A few months later she gives birth to a child disfigured by a red birthmark. 1718: Sixteen-year-old Eliza Tally sees the gleaming dome of St. Paul's...

The latest in the "terrifically imaginative" (The Wall Street Journal) Akitada mystery series brings eleventh-century Japan to life I. J. Parker's phenomenal Akitada mystery series has been gaining fans with each new novel. The latest, The Convict's Sword, is the most fully realized installment...

Memories, fears, the fog of nightmares... Five years after a series of Dante-inspired killings stunned Boston, a politician is found in a London park with his neck crushed by an enormous stone device etched with a verse from the Divine Comedy. When other shocking...

"As always, Todd's intense feelings for the traumatized survivors of war make one mother's son the broken hero of an entire generation of lost souls." -- The New York Times Book ReviewIn the aftermath of World War I, English nurse Bess Crawford attempts to...

Don't miss the latest Natchez Burning novel, SOUTHERN MANThe #1 New York Times BestsellerGoodReads Choice Award semi finalist, Amazon Best Mysteries & Thrillers of 2017 selectionThe final installment in the epic Natchez Burning trilogy by Greg Iles"Natchez Burning is extraordinarily entertaining and fiendishly suspenseful....

Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge finds himself caught in a twisted web of vengeance, old grievances, and secrets that lead back to World War I in the nineteenth installment of the acclaimed bestselling series.On the eve of the bloody Battle of the Somme, a group...

In Belle poque Paris, the morgue is the place to see and be seen ... "This morning I was called upon to photograph the dead again." So begins the story of Edouard Mas, a photographer's assistant with a detective's soul. Edouard's job is to...

"A wonderful new mystery series that will let us see the horrors of World War I through the eyes of Bess Crawford, battlefield nurse."--Margaret Maron"Readers who can't get enough of Jacqueline Winspear's novels, or Hester Latterly, who saw action in the Crimean War in...

#1 New York Times bestselling author returns with another thrilling story from the Casebook of Barnaby Adair . . .Miraculously spared from death, Malcolm Sinclair erases the notorious man he once was. Reinventing himself as Thomas Glendower, he strives to make amends for his...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens pulls back the curtain on a world that has been hidden from us . . . until now. Montague has devoted his life to managing the wealth of London's elite, but at a huge cost: a...

New York, 1943: Aspiring actress Rosie Winter has been marooned in New York throughout the war. Now, faced with the news that her ex-boyfriend Jack might not be coming home again, she's desperate to leave the home front and head for the war front....

Caro Peacock, the acclaimed author of A Foreign Affair, once again ingeniously blends history, suspense, and adventure and returns an endearing and exceptional heroine to the fictional fold.In Victoria's England, there are perilous intrigues a proper young lady would do well to avoid ....

It's tough shooting for stardom when there's a war on. But Rosie's got enough pluck for two: she's willing to stumble around in a Broadway dance chorus that she has no right to be a part of, in a musical that's got "flop" written...

A new year, 1917, is dawning, and the Great War that ravages the world shows no sign of abating. Answering the siren call of Egypt once more, Amelia Peabody and her family arrive at their home in Luxor to learn of a new royal...

Two thousand years ago, a Persian general and his seneschal march through the dunes, leaving behind rivers of blood.In 2011, the dark side of NATO's presence in Iraq pushes a local woman to flee into the night, clutching a golden vase to her chest.Fast...

Two thousand years ago, a Persian general and his seneschal march through the dunes, leaving behind rivers of blood.In 2011, the dark side of NATO's presence in Iraq pushes a local woman to flee into the night, clutching a golden vase to her chest.Fast...

With Martin Edwards as librarian and guide, delve into an irresistible stack of bibliomysteries, perfect for every booklover and armchair sleuth, featuring much-loved Golden Age detectives Nigel Strangeways, Philip Trent, Detective Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn, and others. But readers should be warned that the...

When an old flame comes calling, Hugh Everton is powerless to resist.Hugh Everton was intent on nothing more than quietly drinking in the second-rate hotel he found himself in on England's south coast--and then in walked his old flame Lucy and her new husband...

Hamilton Hatcher has been searching for his sister, Sarah Hatcher, for over a year, and, with no luck coming his way, he hires Jake Kincaide of the Pinkerton Detective Agency to do the job for him. After six months of searching, Jake finally comes...

Sergeant Penny was a jovial 40-something policeman in Cornwall. Dedicated to upholding the law, he took his position very seriously, but only up to a point. His one failing was that he sympathized with the wrecking gangs, who earned their living plundering wrecks around...

The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1908) is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. The Perfume of the Lady in Black marked the second appearance of popular character Joseph Rouletabille, a reporter and part-time sleuth who features in several of Leroux's novels....

The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1908) is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. Originally serialized in L'Illustration from September to November 1907, The Mystery of the Yellow Room marked the first appearance of popular character Joseph Rouletabille, a reporter and part-time sleuth...

"Fans of the series will race through this hefty page-turner to see where Matthew's latest adventure leads him."- Publishers Weekly The year is 1703, and Matthew Corbett, professional "problem solver," is missing. Following a hunch, his comrade-in-arms Hudson Greathouse retraces Matthew's steps only to...

In the winter of 1703, Matthew Corbett's Manhattan neighborhood is shaken by explosions. Someone is trying-and trying very hard-to get his attention. That someone is a shadowy figure from Matthew's past: the elusive Professor Fell. The professor, it turns out, has a problem of...

The world of Colonial America comes vibrantly to life in this masterful historical thriller by Robert McCammon.New York City. 1702. Matthew Corbett, an apprentice problem solver for the London-based Herrald Agency, accepts an unusual and hazardous commission. Together with his colleague, Hudson Greathouse, he...

The Maid of Kent pub sits in the village of Cobshaw and at the centre of controversy.The local descendants of the Plantagenets and the Tudors each have an eye on the property, but for different reasons. The current owner Percival needs to sell, but...

Set in London during World War II, a thrilling murder mystery where the world's greatest detective must uncover the truth behind a seemingly impossible series of high-profile assassinations. London, 1943. Across the city, prominent figures in science and the military are bursting into flame...

When a shocking crime endangers the life of a friend, Jane must set aside her suspicions about her Pemberton cousins and try to unravel the motives of a killer. But while Jane hunts one villain, another might be closer than she thinks...Author: Blythe BakerISBN-10:...

When the body of a renowned British archeologist is found inside a sarcophagus he was bringing back from a dig in Egypt, Redmond and Haze must determine who aboard the Sea Witch had reason to want him dead. The method of murder suggests it...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...