Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

November 1939It's been a year since Stella Bled Lawrence and her husband, Nicky, escaped Italy by the skin of their teeth and a lot has changed. Nicky joined the Royal Air Force and Stella spent the year training as a spy for His Majesty's...

USA Today best-selling author When the music stopped, it was murder Back in London's swinging '60s, Steve Cook was teen idol number one. But that changed when a sixteen-year-old fan was found dead in his hotel room bed. Steve's career came to a crashing...

Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was an English journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction, and was one of the most prolific English writers of detective fiction.Fletcher...

A controversial, graphic and often disturbing account of how Sherlock Holmes, the archetypal detective, discovered the identity of Jack The Ripper, the killer who stalked Whitechapel in 1888. Based on newly discovered journals of his intimate friend, Doctor Watson, confidential Scotland Yard files, plus...

"A psychological account of a crime"--that's how Fyodor Dostoyevsky described his novel Crime and Punishment, which tells of two horrific axe murders in St. Petersburg. It becomes much more than a mere "account," however, when a pair of dead bodies turn up in London's...

It is a cold London morning in 1887, and the discovery of a dead man in an abandoned house plunges Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson into a series of eight trying cases that will test the friendship of the two companions and threaten...

When a half-naked man is found gibbering on the moor, Sherlock Holmes uncovers a series of bizarre murders. At their heart lies a shadowy figure known only as The Sorcerer. He can talk to the dead, they say. He can bend any will to...

As Chaucer's pilgrims shelter for the night, it's the physician's turn to enthral his fellow travellers with a terrifying tale. When Brother Anselm and his novice Stephen are summoned to the Church of St Michael's, Candlewick, to perform an exorcism, the demons that plague...

In Rouletabille at Krupp's (1917), Gaston Leroux followed the template created by John Buchan in Greenamtle (1916), in which a heroic secret agent is conscripted to carry out an officially-sanctioned dangerous mission in enemy territory. Here, it's fearless investigative journalist Joseph Josephin, aka Rouletabille,...

A beautiful city with ugly traditions of corruption and racism. A black man set to hang for a murder he didn't commit. A world-famous author -- and detective -- who isn't about to let it happen..."An enjoyable tour of 1890s New Orleans... Twain can...

The events of the novel The Night Reporter take place in Lviv in 1938. Journalist Marko Krylovych, nicknamed the "night reporter" for his nightly coverage of the life of the city's underbelly, takes on the investigation of the murder of a candidate for president...

Author: Jd ArnoldISBN-10: 1432895885ISBN-13: 9781432895884Publisher: Wheeler Publishing Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/12/2023Pages: 371Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.20dLarge Print

Hampshire, 1943.Kim Maxwell has been languishing in the 'cooler' in what she sees as punishment for getting caught - and tortured - by the Nazis, before being freed by Resistance fighters and smuggled back into England. Now she is sent for by the head...

In 2022, Andrew Foster is a long-tenured News Director for a local television station. After an exhaustive search, Andrew purchased his lifelong dream car. The car is a 1963 Corvette C2 Coupe with a highly desired split-back rear window. Unknown to Andrew and the...

One good turn deserves anotherEllie Porterfield is not one of THE Porterfields though she works in high-end fashion at their department store.When a severely beaten man collides with her at a bus stop she calls an ambulance and renders first aid.Is drawn further into...

Get ready to step back in time to the Great Depression, where Olivia Wainwright is the only thing standing between the people of Big Town and the ruthless crime families that dominate the area. As the District Detective, Olli is used to going it...

The queen's half-sister, Ursula Stannard, returns to solve another Tudor mystery in this page-turning tale of suspicious riches, murder and hidden treasures - can she find the golden cargoes? May 1589. Being the queen's half-sister and occasional secret agent, can take its toll, which...

The rich are getting richer--and stone-cold dead--in the next installment in Kate Belli's thrilling Gilded Gotham Mystery series, for fans of Rhys Bowen and Deanna Raybourn. Spring, 1890. The long New York winter is over, the buds are blossoming, and romance is in the...

John Hall was born in Leeds and worked for twenty-five years as an analytical chemist before embarking on a career as a writer. His stimulating Sherlock Holmes novels are written with a wonderful knowledge of his subject and are highly popular with Sherlockian enthusiasts...

A WOMAN WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED. A 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 patientshave illnesses and injuries that cannot be treated, and his inability to help...

When a courier for Sweden's Press and Military Office is killed on his final mission, the Norwegian government-in-exile appoints a writer to find the missing documents ... breathtaking WW2 thriller. **International NUMBER ONE bestseller** ' A stylish stand-alone thriller from the godfather of Scandi...

The New York Yacht Club's exclusive gathering at Newport, Rhode Island's Beacon Rock mansion hits stormy seas in the summer of 1900 when reporter Emma Cross, a lesser Vanderbilt, discovers a drowned corpse in Alyssa Maxwell's tenth Gilded Newport Mystery... As a reporter, Emma...

A murder shocks the small town of Walden. And it's only the beginning...Walden, 1921. Local reporter Iris Woodmore is determined to save her beloved lake, Waldenmere, from destruction.After a bloody and expensive war, the British Army can't afford to keep the lake and build...

#1 Historical Romance BestsellerWinner of the Maggie Award of ExcellenceFinalist for the Daphne du Maurier Award, the Golden Leaf, & the Passionate PlumeWill a lady from London's high society and a brute from its darkest streets defy destiny and find everlasting love?After the tragic...

From USA Today Bestseller Grace CallawayA spirited lady detective. A buttoned-up spy for the Crown. A steamy marriage of convenience that threatens to lay bare their secrets...and their hearts.When her overprotective family tries to curtail her activities, spirited and independent debutante Fiona Garrity decides...

Boston, 1966. Someone is killing Korean War veterans and Detective Jody Brae might know why."Gripping. Atmospheric. And hard as nails." - Colin Campbell, author of Beacon Hill and Snake PassOf all his regrets in life, Jody Brae wished he hadn't lost touch with his...

Escape to Enchanted Hill in this historical mystery where two people with a dark, shared past collide while working undercover at a glittering mansion on the California coast. The year is 1930 and Cora McCavanagh is posing as a maid at Hollywood magnate Truman...

Adult sisters on a quest for truth. An old lady with a long-held secret.​​Sisters Claudia and Bonnie find their father hallucinating on his deathbed. As he reminisces with an imaginary woman about their dancing past, he alludes to a mysterious bygone event where everything...

The fifth in the Wiki Coffin series finds the U.S. Exploring Expedition off Cape Horn, a grim outpost made still more threatening by the report of a corpse on a drifting iceberg, closely followed by a gruesome death on board. Was it suicide, or...

Chasing his dream of a glittering architectural career, Merlin Richards has left the Welsh valleys for the Arizona desert, propelled by a handwritten note from the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright. Richards arrives at the Arizona Biltmore hotel, where he meets a beautiful young designer...

Chicago, 1931. While the Great Depression has tightened its grip on the world, there are still some who have the means to make their dreams a reality. One of these men is Hobart St John, who wants a mansion in the suburb of Oak...

John T. Cullen's novel Lethal Journey - Victorian gaslight noir - is closely based on the 1892 true crime at the Hotel Del Coronado near San Diego. This fast, atmospheric thriller combines the best elements of legend and true history about the tragic young...

England, AD 879. Called away from his own wedding to accompany his brother on an urgent diplomatic mission for King Alfred of Wessex, the young royal official Lord Edwin of Wimborne becomes suspicious of an "accidental" death that occurs during their stay in neighboring...

In the Soviet Union, there are no murders.In the Soviet Union, the truth is a lie.One defiant officer has the courage to seek the truth. Winter 1987, Moscow. On the eve of the 70th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution, Captain Viktor Voloshin of the...

This must-have collector's edition includes Ground Sweet as Sugar and The Virtues of Vice, the alternate-ending novella, Into the Complete Unknown, and Catherine C. Heywood's research notes on "Building the World of Seven Stars."1797: After a century of clarifying oppression, Ireland seethes on the...

In 1939, on the eve of World War II, the World's Fair begins at Flushing Meadows, near New York City. Blathers and Duff, descendants of private investigators, are running the security for the Fair. When they investigate a murder on the Fair's premises, they...

In 1849, Charlotte Parker's father struck it rich in the gold fields of California, then vanished. Back in Boston, Charlotte has only a mysterious letter telling her he was murdered. Charlotte is desperate to go and learn the truth, but her cruel husband confines...

Who is the Lady of Ellerslie?F. Scott Fitzgerald is hoping for a quiet retreat to write his next novel following The Great Gatsby. He and his wife, Zelda, rent a mansion in Edgemoor Delaware, known as Ellerslie. Their stay is anything but quiet. There...

In the year 1889, a young girl by the name of Nancy Hamilton arrived with her family in the small town of Fairmount, Indiana with what seemingly was a gift of prophecy, reciting poems that foretell of upcoming horrible deaths. Is she a witch...

HEEDLESS. STUBBORN. DISGRACED.Small town Illinois, 1870: Desperate to avoid marriage, Nell Lillington refuses to divulge the name of her child's father and accepts her stepfather's decision that the baby be born at a Poor Farm and discreetly adopted.Until an unused padded cell is opened...

A Pride and Prejudice MysteryMary Bennet has always been the quiet sister, the studious and contemplative middle child in a busy family of five. She is not interested in balls and parties, and is only slightly bothered by the arrival of the distant cousin...

April 1937 When Georgette watches a neighbor murdered over her book, she thinks the world has gone mad. With her second book on the market and mostly fiction, she expects things to go back to normal. Only another person dies. The deaths clarify her...

THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Illustrated) by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleEDITION: Cactus Classics Dyslexic Friendly Font - 11 Point Font FONT: 11 point OpenDyslexic 3 BOOK TRIM SIZE: 6" x 9" (15.2 cm x 22.9 cm) COVER: Glossy PAPER: Cream TABLE OF CONTENTS: Yes...

Saigon, 1957: Banished from the set of The Quiet American, actress Cara Walden stumbles onto a communist insurgency-and discovers her brother's young Vietnamese lover right in the thick of it. A bittersweet story of love and betrayal set in the early years of American...

Tommy Jacks, reporter/political columnist, encounters new love and old threats while covering one of the most brutal U.S. Senate races in history. With a massive oil ­fire threatening the city of Tulsa, three candidates face off, a ruthless oil baron, an idealist college professor,...

Ensign the Hon. Ian Lewin, 112th Foot, deliberately allowed the French to capture his regiment's flag at the Battle of Waterloo.A seventy-year-old cold case of cowardice in the face of the enemy leads Holmes to France on the trail of the missing Waterloo colour....

Government girl Louise Pearlie is thrilled to be posted to London, but her journey across the Atlantic proves to be anything but plain sailing... February, 1944. Washington D.C. With the war entering its most dangerous phase, Louise Pearlie is thrilled to be reassigned to...

THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD REMBRANDT. A young man is facing execution in two weeks and appeals to Sherlock Holmes, his last hope, to try to save him from the gallows. Five years ago he was accused and convicted of the greatest theft of...

"Wonderful. . . a richly detailed story that quite simply gets to your heart." -- Michael Connelly, bestselling author It's 1939. Halfway around the world, war has begun, but for Dorie Lennox, a newly-minted private eye on her first tail, danger is more immediate....

Paris, 1900. The height of the Belle- poque: decadence, wealth, hedonism...and murder. Homicide investigator Guillaume Devr stands for the silenced victims, bound to seek justice as he makes his way from the wide boulevards frequented by the tout-Paris to the narrow byways of Montmartre,...