Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

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...

Author: Raymond ChandlerISBN-10: 8119007158ISBN-13: 9788119007158Publisher: Sanage Publishing House LlpLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/16/2023Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d

Heat in New Orleans - temperatures in the high 90s, humidity near 100%, the days steamy and stifling, the nights steamy and sultry. Add the heat New Orleans police must use to catch murderers. In the summer of 1901, a black man is lynched...

The game's afoot in 1894 Montpellier, France!An infestation is decimating the vineyards, cholera is threatening the population, and intrigue flourishes throughout the village and at its University: Jean-Philippe Devereaux, a world-renowned life scientist: dead Details of his work, a political and scientific collaboration of...

"Retired" detective and police captain's wife Molly Murphy Sullivan tangles with Tammany Hall in the next in Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles's New York Times bestselling historical mystery series. New York, Autumn, 1907: Former private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is happy with her place...

In 1920, Rocky Mountain National Park is only five years old. With the Great War finally over and the automobile readily available, many Americans are motoring to the National Parks for vacation. Ranger McIntyre's main job is to protect the wilderness from the campers...

A genteel Border South town not far from the nation's capital is shaken by a series of vicious slayings at historic sites. These include a Civil War cemetery for escaped slaves; a burial mound of Confederate soldiers; a church associated with George Washington; and...

A young woman investigates the murder of her mother in this absorbing historical mystery London, May, 1911. The new king, George V, is preparing for his coronation. The suffragettes are campaigning for women to get the vote. The East End seethes with unrest. And...

1554. Light-fingered Jack Blackjack knows he's not having a good day when he wakes with a sore head next to a dead body in a tavern's yard. But when he discovers what's in the dead man's purse, the one he'd stolen, his day is...

"When a counterfeiting scheme threatens the children of the Final Chance House of Refuge, Matron Gwendolyn Ellison knows she must find someone she can trust to help her expose the criminals and protect the children. The charming and chivalrous Secret Service operative Josiah Isaacs...

London, 1594. The opening night of 'Romeo and Juliet'. But it is not just the young lovers in the play who are star-crossed. Mercutio is found murdered in the middle of the play - but it is real, not stage, blood that flows from...

Welcome to Broadway - and to an unthinkable crime! Former theater starlet turned amateur sleuth Jessie Beckett gets mixed up in murder when an on-stage shooting turns all too real. New York, 1926. It's not like Jessie Beckett goes around looking for murders to...

The ninth and final Minnesota mystery, in which Shadwell Rafferty, with the inimitable Sherlock Holmes, may have solved his own murder​ Like many mysteries, this one begins with a murder. But in this case the victim happens to be the detective, on the verge...

Anna Fort wants to be a supportive wife, even if that means accompanying her husband for the winter of 1918 to a remote, frozen island estate so he can finish his book as the guest of an eccentric millionaire. When she learns three girls...

When assassin Rafe Fletcher returns home to London, he can't help falling for his brother's woman. For a man looking for redemption, it's the last thing he wants.Lizzie Croft has feared her friend's brooding brother for years. She remembers him as cold, calculating and...

Cold, ruthless Lord Warhurst needs to distance himself from scandal if he's to marry an heiress and save his decaying estate. But with his unwed sister falling pregnant, and his father's past indiscretions still haunting Leo, scandal threatens to erupt in an explosive way....

"To Sherlock Holmes, Irene Adler is "the woman." In "A Scandal in Bohemia," she defeated him in his attempt to retrieve an incriminating photograph of the King of Bohemia. Or did she? In the tradition of "The Great Game," this book will explore the...

In the 1800s, a number of Victorian and Edwardian writers began writing detective mystery stories - for this was the era when Arthur Conan Doyle was creating Sherlock Holmes tales on a regular basis. Modern authors have attempted to recapture the mystique of Conan...

Dr. Pendergast Investigates Frontier doctors of the late 19th century were the quintissential general practitioners. They brought children into the world and they struggled to keep their neighbours alive in the face of threats which included disease, accidents, natural disasters, and in the troubled...

Author: Anthony FlaccoISBN-10: 1648755518ISBN-13: 9781648755514Publisher: Severn River PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/03/2022Pages: 318Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.98w x 0.47d

When an apprentice from the Mapmakers' Guild goes missing, Matt and India are employed to find him. Going undercover as a married couple, they discover that not everyone at the guild is what they seem, and the lad's unearthly maps caused jealousy, suspicion and...

When a newspaper report of a medical miracle catches Matt's eye, he and India go in search of Dr. Hale in the hope he is more magical doctor than miracle worker and can lead them to Chronos. But Hale turns out to be an...

A granddaughter needs Fiona Wade's help writing a report on New Bern's twentieth century accomplishments. As Fiona struggles to maintain family harmony during their search through the town's history, she also entertains her visiting daughter. A former friend of her daughter's drops by asking...

A rich, compelling historical novel-and a mystery of royal intrigue. In a city-state known for magnificence, where love affairs and conspiracies play out amidst brilliant painters, poets and musicians, the powerful and ambitious Alfonso d'Este, duke of Ferrara, takes a new bride. Half of...

Glitzy parties, sightseeing at the Statue of Liberty and strolls through Central Park with Gladstone the bulldog... Lady Eleanor Swift is loving her first trip to the city that never sleeps, until she witnesses a murder! After crossing from England on the SS Celestiana,...

The night of London's grandest ball, a bold group of women downstairs plot a daring revenge heist against Mayfair society in this dazzling historical novel about power, gender, and classNamed a Best Book of Summer by The Washington Post * Good Housekeeping * Harper's...

A seaside party at a Cornish mansion with plenty of fizz, what could be more perfect? But something fishy is afoot... a killer lurks among the guests, and only Cressida Fawcett can stop them. When Cressida Fawcett is invited to stay at Penbeagle House...

Old bones speak from the grave as a curse descends on Saltaire in acclaimed author Frances Brody's thirteenth Kate Shackleton mystery, perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen and Jacqueline Winspear. When Kate Shackleton disembarks at Saltaire station, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, she...

Lady Georgiana Rannoch is looking forward to her first ever turn as hostess for her very own house party when the festivities lead to murder... Georgie, back home at her estate in Eynsleigh, impatiently awaits the birth of her baby. But she has plenty...

International Latino Book Award Gold Medal Winner!"A beautiful book about family, memories, and the power of stories." --BuzzFeed"Mystical, masterful storytelling." --Ms. MagazineA gorgeously written family saga about a Puerto Rican woman who finds herself gifted (or cursed?) with a strange ability.There was always an...

When Miss Tiffany Woodall assumes the identity of her half-brother after his death, she realizes she isn't the only one with a secret to hide in this historical series debut, perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn and Sherry Thomas. 1784 London. Miss Tiffany Woodall...

An arcane horror emerges from battle and blood. To stop it, Lily must risk becoming everything she fears.In a Europe devastated by four years of war, a platoon of elite Italian soldiers is horrifically and mysteriously slaughtered. Strangford's arcane ability can uncover the truth...

July 1816-Kendra Donovan could use a distraction. The FBI agent has been dealing with a serious case of cold feet after impulsively agreeing to marry Alec, the Marquis of Sutcliffe. And if that isn't enough, there is also the tantalizing possibility that maybe, just...

In the aftermath of World War I, nurse Bess Crawford is caught in a deadly feud between two families in this thirteenth book in the beloved mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd.Restless and uncertain of her future in the wake...

Vamp is a hot new Valentino mystery by Loren D. Estleman, the master of the hard-boiled detective novel and recipient of the Private Eye Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award. Renowned film detective Valentino is on a quest to help restore The Comet, an...

July 1816-Kendra Donovan could use a distraction. The FBI agent has been dealing with a serious case of cold feet after impulsively agreeing to marry Alec, the Marquis of Sutcliffe. And if that isn't enough, there is also the tantalizing possibility that maybe, just...

Author: Rebecca RoanhorseISBN-10: 1982166193ISBN-13: 9781982166199Publisher: S&s/Saga PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/02/2023Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.10h x 5.00w x 0.70d

It's the season of peace and goodwill, but a Victorian Christmas is no holiday for the world's most popular detective in this new book from Bonnie MacBird, author of the bestselling Sherlock Holmes novel Art in the Blood.It's Christmastime in London, and Sherlock Holmes...

The toughest sheriff in Texas is about to meet his match. Outlawry. Fire. Murder. An arsonist is on the loose in Saddler County, Texas, burning down ranch houses with the families still asleep in their beds-including children. When the local mercantile is set on...

Amy Chua's debut novel, The Golden Gate, is a sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change. In Berkeley, California,...

Katsuhiro, 'Kats' Takemoto is a war hero turned private detective in the exploding metropolis of San Francisco in 1958. Drawn into a deadly cover-up, Kats investigates the US Navy, the west coast organized crime families and the Beat art scene of North Beach in...

Set in modern times, The Last of the Greatest Generation is a mystery wrapped up in a WWII international plot, created in two timelines with parallel love stories and an alcoholic reporter with a nose for a good story. Nations collide as the last...

On Thanksgiving 1849, the richest man in Boston vanishes. A Harvard Medical College janitor finds cut-up pieces of a human body in chemistry professor John Webster's privy vault beneath his laboratory. He is charged with murder despite only circumstantial evidence, and the notorious trial...

When brilliant FBI agent Kendra Donovan stumbles back in time and finds herself in a 19th century English castle under threat from a vicious serial killer, she scrambles to solve the case before it takes her life-200 years before she was even born. Tipsheet...

First Published as Enemy Action.September, 1940. With London having endured the Blitz for nearly a month, people are calling for vengeance, but once again the night heralds more destruction. In Custom House, anxious residents dutifully head to the nearest public air-raid shelter as the...

Midnight assignations, dresses fit to meet the queen . . . and murder most horrid! Printer's apprentice Lucy Campion investigates a puzzling death in this thrilling historical mystery set in seventeenth-century London. London, 1668. Printer's apprentice Lucy Campion is suspicious when she meets a...

Hoping to escape the horrors of World War II, Jeanne Butte and her family take refuge in an ancient Roman quarry on the outskirts of their French village. But the little girl soon finds the quarry, like her family, holds deep, dark secrets. When...

Hidden treasure and betrayal mingle with unexpected love within the walls of Avonthorpe Hall.After studying art under Miss Drake, a renowned painter, Phoebe Radcliff is certain she can finally move beyond the childish mistake that's kept her away from home. She is thrilled when...

The final volume of the critically acclaimed mystery series featuring Jane Austen as amateur sleuth March 1817: As winter turns to spring, Jane Austen's health is in slow decline, and threatens to cease progress on her latest manuscript. But when her nephew Edward brings...

SHERLOCK HOLMES MEETS THE OLD WEST IN THIS THRILLING MURDER MYSTERY ON A KILLER RANCH.It's 1893, and wandering cowboy brothers Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer are down to their last few pennies. When a job becomes available at a ranch run by a...