Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

"Your tears come easy, when you're young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you're old, and leaving it."The Moonstone (1868) is Wilkie Collins's second masterpiece, the first being The Woman in White published almost a decade earlier. While both books are...

Dive into a collection of thrilling mysteries and captivating tales with Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Green Flag," part of a curated series of short stories. This volume showcases Doyle's exceptional storytelling prowess, blending suspense, intrigue, and vivid historical settings. Each story offers a unique...

"The Seventh Angel," penned by Alexander Black and originally published in 1921, is a compelling blend of historical fiction and mystery. Set against the backdrop of a bygone era, this novel weaves a tale that will captivate readers with its intricate plot and richly...

Step back in time to the Edwardian era with "The Garden of Fate," a captivating historical mystery. This enthralling novel weaves a tale of romance, suspense, and the supernatural. Journey through grand estates and shadowy secrets as the protagonist navigates a world of hidden...

The War is over. Nora Jensen must now work past the horrors of human carnage she experienced as an army nurse. Angry and bitter, she's turned her back on God and is at war with the army for the physical attacks and abuse she's...

Sid Hackbirn and Lisa Wycherly knew that their latest assignment in Lake Tahoe was not going to be your basic pick up of secrets. After all, their bosses upline sent them as people who would never be suspected as the domestic espionage agents they...

In 1955, at the height of alarm over the Emmett Till murder in Mississippi and after the Supreme Court ruling against school segregation, Associated Press reporter Rachel Feigen travels from Baltimore to Tennessee to report on a missing person case. Guy Saillot's last contact...

Still humiliated after his disastrous posting in Cobourg, preacher and sometime detective Thaddeus Lewis is asked to investigate a case of arson and murder that had its beginnings as a simple suit for seduction - a so-called "heart balm tort". The last person he...

A young English woman, on the run from her father, and a retired Prussian military officer sent to England by King Frederick the Great are plunged into the London demi-monde and a pursuit across Europe in search of fulfilment. The young woman's music book...

Have you ever received a phone call that changed your life? Emma Walters, a Canadian professor at the University of Victoria, is about to have that experience. Up until now, she has lived an extraordinarily quiet life with very few complications, but that is...

In 1946, sixteen-year-old David Harmony should have inherited a fortune when his father died. Instead, he vanished at sea the same night. In 1962, an elderly attorney hires an actor to pretend to be David. He claims the man about to receive the Harmony...

Charlotte and Daniel move to Italy to save Daniel's life, but will the mystery they find there threaten Charlotte's? While Daniel battles consumption, Charlotte explores the beauty of Florence, but discovers ominous signs of violence everywhere, even on the quiet grounds of Santa Chiara...

The future looks bright for Charlotte Edgerton when she moves to bustling New York City in 1843. But when first one and then another of the glamorous "sporting girls" who work in the city's famous brothels is murdered, Charlotte becomes aware of the darkness...

Is it murder? Medical Examiner Dante Nicosian, New York's leading coroner, can't be sure. So once again, optometrist-turned-sleuth Dr. Yoko Kamimura teams with the top detectives at NYPD's 13th Precinct, Dan Riley and Zoran Zeissing, to uncover the truth. As the case unfolds, Yoko...

The year is 1901 and Mary MacDougall has a rather improbable ambition-to become a consulting detective. With her nose in mystery novels and crime memoirs, Mary MacDougall dreams of bringing villains to justice-despite the disapproval of her wealthy father and almost everyone she knows....

In Victorian London, in 1886, Bertie Hawkins worked on the presses of "The Morning Post" for a number of years but lost his job when that tabloid was absorbed by a larger newspaper. Bertie was always interested in reading reports of the Metropolitan Police...

Prince Honoré, a talented Spiritualist medium, bursts upon the scene and becomes the idol of London Society. But at one of the prince's séances, a sitter is murdered. Bertie Hawkins is called in to investigate and checks on the backgrounds of all those involved....

For Chicago police detective Tony Alfano, it was not like most mornings. Today it was five bombings throughout the Loop, two hundred pounds of missing dynamite, and one dead Hungarian in an alley off Washington Street. Is it the Outfit, the Mob, Bolsheviks, or...

GUERNSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS, 1991Ruth Samuels is moving to Guernsey. She feels alive again for the first time since her husband's death.Ruth recently met islander Matthew Frelé and knew right away that their attraction is mutual. He is enigmatic and exciting, but there's something odd...

The first of a new mystery series featuring Winston Churchill and King George V: an intriguing departure for bestselling children's author Jim Eldridge. London, 1921. Prominent Cabinet minister Lord Amersham has been shot dead outside his Regents Park home, two bullets to the chest...

Can 1920's script girl Jessie do Mary Pickford's bidding and uncover a real killer? When Jessie is asked by her idol, the famous actress Mary Pickford, if she can do some private investigating for her, Jessie reluctantly accepts. A girl was found stabbed in...

"Buckley draws even the most minor characters with subtlety and skill, making the dramatic conclusion that much more satisfying."- Publishers Weekly Starred Review Ursula Blanchard must acquire a mysterious medieval manuscript in the latest enthralling historical adventure. February, 1577. Sir William Cecil has a...

Widow Ursula Blanchard is urged to remarry for the sake of Queen and Country in this latest enthralling historical adventure January, 1576. After three husbands, widow Ursula Blanchard has no desire to marry again. However, she is not in a position to refuse when...

Detective Chief Inspector Henry Johnstone is summoned to investigate the murder of a silent movie star in this compelling historical mystery. 1928. A rising star of the silent screen, Cissie Rowe had a bright future ahead of her in the new talking pictures. Not...

"Brings a creepy new note to Spencer's long-running series" Kirkus Reviews The discovery of a body on a local allotment site re-opens an unresolved cold case for Monika Paniatowski and her team. He was going to have to terminate Monika, he decided. It was...

Ursula's quiet life on her Surrey estate is thrown into chaos by the arrival of a new neighbour in this absorbing Tudor mystery. August, 1582. The queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, has ordered Ursula to keep an eye on her new neighbour, Giles Frost,...

This brand-new novel featuring Margery Allingham's Mr Campion recaptures the Golden Age of British Detective Fiction. The Danish Ambassador has requested Albert Campion's help on 'a delicate family matter'. He's very concerned about his eighteen-year-old daughter, who has formed an attachment to a most...

Book Five of the "Annie Grace Kree" Chronicles takes Shoelace, a hobo girl to Memphis, Tennessee where she learns why she was kidnapped, why her daddy stole her, and why she's missing part of her family. She'll make history stopping the baby stealer from...

The sixth installment in the series finds John Pickett and his bride Julia departing London for a wedding trip to Somersetshire, where Pickett faces his greatest challenge yet: meeting his in-laws. Sir Thaddeus and Lady Runyon are unimpressed with their new son-in-law, but the...

The Annie Grace Kree Chronicles take you to the rail with a hobo girl, Shoelace, as she discovers she's a messenger of hope. She encounters the Phantom Killer, an angel named Chula, the Choctaw girls, the Crush Boys, and Big Jake and Uncle Silas....

For CIA Agent Alex McCormick, the past, present, and future all merge into one. A common thread winds through two thousand years of history, and it's his job to track down and use this information to keep a nuclear device from being detonated in...

1947. A hobo girl meets up with some ghosts in Jefferson, Texas. Some of them are alive. This is book 3 of the "Annie Grace Kree Chronicles." "Untied Shoelace" and "Unknown Soul" are books one and two.Author: Pam KumpeISBN-10: 0692467165ISBN-13: 9780692467169Publisher: Pam KumpeLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Witnesses all said the same thing: the lunatic who jumped in front of a moving car claimed the vehicle was a ghost. His death proved him wrong.
 Why would a man do this? ThatAuthor: Scott Dennis ParkerISBN-10: 0692461175ISBN-13: 9780692461174Publisher: Quadrant Fiction StudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2015Pages:...

In their fifth adventure Rosalind Bernaud, an artist/photographer from Brisbane, and Edinburgh archaeologist Philip Trevasco travel to Cornwall to help his uncle Jeremy achieve his dying wish: to find King Arthur's grave and the site of the Holy Grail. Their modern story is set...

A compass is a very helpful tool-as long as its wielder knows the direction he wants to go. This wasn't often the case in the sixties in America, when many felt directionless, with an unpopular war that had the country's moral compass spinning. Hope...

What does a box full of third century parchments, the untimely death of a professor of ancient history, and a rogue F.B.I. agent have in common? It is a puzzle Dr. Jackie Macklin and her limerick writing husband, Harland or Harley to his friends,...

Memphis socialite Nell Marchand never meant to become a psychic. Not a real one, anyway. And if she has to be cursed with the true sight, she wishes the dadgum thing would at least perform on command.When a family friend disappears from a magician's...

A murder unsolved . . . A fortune vanished . . . A family disgraced . . . Spanning over 135 years, the novel Bell Park is a heartbreaking novel of love and loss that revolves around Juls Bell and Jack Robbins as they...

In the decadent and dangerous Shanghai of 1929, someone is spying for the Japanese, and the International Settlement's British police are on the hunt. Now, in the midst of the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, American aviator Jack "Ace" Jordan becomes the prime suspect. Embarking on...

Russian journalist Leo Krakin pursues an unusual second job in an unlikely time and place--as a private investigator in the Soviet Union of the early 1960s. He takes on a seemingly simple task of finding a professor's missing manuscript that draws him and his...

Author: Jamie S. EcclestonISBN-10: 0595156657ISBN-13: 9780595156658Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/20/2000Pages: 300Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.98lbsSize: 9.06h x 6.24w x 0.71d

Everyone knows Collin Griffen is a quiet, hard working young man who just wants to give his son the childhood he himself never had. But when he violently murders his two-year-old son, his family is left shocked and searching for answers.After unearthing the truth...

"ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2013. Spellbinding ... highly entertaining ... a must-read for die-hard James Bond fans. 5 stars." - IndieReader.com "Combines the best ingredients of an edge-of-your-seat action movie and a page-turning thriller into one riveting punch. I wish I could...

Bloodstained land. Harrowing secrets. Can a wrongly accused rancher solve a brutal crime before he's locked away forever?Rural Sacramento, 1870. Caleb Stewart can't wait to be a family man. After battling natural disasters and legal challenges to secure his land claim, he's finally free...

Sequel to Betrayal by an Irish RoseThis family saga moves on to the next generation and is a tragic story of how life could go so wrong for one as wealthy as Lord Charles Rothchild. All the Irish relatives from the estate were gone:...

Concerned about an elderly woman in an upstairs window, the ever-critical Giselle Dougal heads to the police station, where the fabulously good-looking Zoltan Baker looks into the matter.Soon afterwards, Giselle leaves Dunedin for what she assumes will be a quiet work trip to the...

London, 1924. When a young maid is viciously murdered at the apartment of a respected member of the establishment, newly promoted Detective Inspector Justin Lamoureaux is assigned to the case. A decorated war hero, still troubled by harrowing visions of his time in the...

What decides a man's fate? The bloody corpse of Sebastian Torres, a wealthy banker in the city of Barcelona, sprawled face-down on the floor of his office. A revolver lay close by. His son Roberto was first on the scene - and so begins...

Armadale by Wilkie Collins is a classic sensation novel that weaves a complex web of mystery, identity, and fate. The story centers on two men, both named Allan Armadale, whose lives become intertwined through a dark secret from the past. When Lydia Gwilt, a...

When Nina finds the dead body of a woman who could easily be her twin, she must divide the men in her life into two groups: the ones she can trust and the ones who might be the killer. A refreshing new take on...