Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

Lady Georgiana Rannoch and her dashing husband, Darcy, are awaiting a bundle of joy, but an unexpected trip to Paris will thrust them straight into a tangled web of international intrigue in this all-new mystery in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series...

Daniel Pitt is under pressure to prosecute a beloved philanthropist whose good deeds may hide dark--and dangerous--secrets, in this gripping mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. Working his way up at the London law firm fford Croft and Gibson, Daniel Pitt...

A courageous doctor and his apprentice fight to save London's poor--and discover that the hearts of men can be colder than a winter chill--in this gripping holiday mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. Scuff has come a long way from his...

December 1864. As a cold winter wind scours the Worcestershire countryside, an excursion train comes through a tunnel in the Malvern Hills to be confronted by a blockage on the line ahead. The driver manages to slow the train down so that the impact...

Secrets hide in the Druid's Grove, in a murderer's heart, and in Niall Kier's past . .October 1851. After millions of visitors and months of success, the Great Exhibition is winding down. Mr. Niall Kier and Miss Kara Levett are busy with the celebrations...

It's May 1480 in the City of London.After workmen discover a nun's body in a newly-opened tomb, talented artist and bookseller Seb Foxley is persuaded to assist in solving the mystery of her death.Evil is once more abroad in the crowded, grimy streets of...

In the spring of 1968, twenty-six-year-old Vietnam vet and newspaper writer, Tom Williams returns to his hometown in rural Florida to visit his ailing grandmother and soon comes face to face with the horrors he'd fled the night he graduated from high school, the...

This highly anticipated debut novel by Robert Brighton is inspired by a true crime 'murderof the century' and transports us to Buffalo, New York, set against the backdrop of GildedAge splendor and excess...Named BookLife "Editor's Pick" - "... Written with grace and power ..."Love,...

The Last of the Greatest Generation captures the disruptive, uncertain times during WWII, as seen through the eyes of the last living WWII veteran. "Papa John" is nearing the end of his life and has been harboring painful wartime secrets for many years. A...

This highly anticipated debut novel by Robert Brighton is inspired by a true crime 'murderof the century' and transports us to Buffalo, New York, set against the backdrop of GildedAge splendor and excess...Named BookLife "Editor's Pick" - "... Written with grace and power ..."Love,...

A lethal new weapon endangers all of Europe--unless Elena Standish can rescue an ingenious scientist from Hitler's clutches--in this action-packed mystery by bestselling author Anne Perry. It is summer 1934, and Hitler is teetering on the edge of supreme power. Any small step forward...

From Julia Kelly, internationally bestselling author of The Last Dance of the Debutante, comes the first in the mysterious and immersive Evelyne Redfern series, A Traitor in Whitehall. "Kelly spins an Agatha Christie-esque mystery . . . thoroughly delightful and well-researched."--Susan Elia MacNeal 1940,...

Henry Johnstone has retired from the police, but when he suddenly disappears his old colleague and friend, Inspector Mickey Hitchens, investigates. December, 1930. Henry Johnstone has retired from his role as detective chief inspector at London's Scotland Yard and is staying at the home...

Author: Susan Elia MacNealISBN-10: 0593600541ISBN-13: 9780593600542Publisher: Random House Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/30/2023Pages: 416Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 7.40h x 4.09w x 1.10d

France, 1942. "With tremendous effort, I forced myself to hold his gaze. My heart was thrashing inside my chest like a bird battering its wings. The room was suddenly devoid of air. Time itself stood still. They knew who I was. They knew what...

Murder, Mystery and a dog, and cat, of distinctionBook 9 in the Heathcliff Lennox seriesA mediaeval moated Manor, and a series of strange deaths. Scotland Yard take an interest, and decide Lennox and Swift can investigate, but nothing is as simple as it looks...

Bridgerton goes Gothic in this sweeping Regency romance by celebrated author KJ Charles.Major Rufus d'Aumesty has unexpectedly become the Earl of Oxney, master of a remote Norman manor on the edge of the infamous Romney Marsh. There he's beset on all sides, his position...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens explores what happens when Fate tosses two people who had no intention of marrying each other into the hothouse of a noble betrothal under the avid eyes of the ton.A gentleman seeking a suitable wife is...

The 7 year wait is over--Miss Fisher is back in a new adventure!"The real star is Phryne with her Jazz Age fashions, devil-may-care attitude, and dry narrative wit."--BooklistTaking the waters has never been more delicious--or dangerous...When a mysterious invitation for a spa vacation arrives...

1972. The raid on the Rebels chop-shop went south. DC Jack Tuesday's partner and best friend, Brodie, ended up dead. But that is all he has managed to piece together after waking up in the hospital with a head injury and no memory of...

A fifty-year-old cold case involving California royalty comes back to life--with potentially fatal consequences--in this gripping standalone novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar A magnificent...

"Celeste, a card sharp with a need for justice, takes on the role of advocatus diaboli, to defend her sister Mariel, accused of murdering a Virtue, a member of the ruling class of this mining town, in a new world of dark fantasy from...

"This 1958 Edgar Award winner for best novel from Lacy (1911-1968) masterfully combines a classic genre trope with a powerful depiction of the impact of racism in 1950s America."-- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review"Though private investigators were the most popular figures in crime writing, especially...

A spellbinding murder mystery with the plotting and characterization of Louise Penny or Agatha Christie set in Auschwitz at Christmas, 1943. Auschwitz, 1943. It's snowing outside and Block 10 looks even bleaker than usual. Gioele Errera, a young Jewish boy imprisoned in the camp,...

1972. The raid on the Rebels chop-shop went south. DC Jack Tuesday's partner and best friend, Brodie, ended up dead. But that is all he has managed to piece together after waking up in the hospital with a head injury and no memory of...

It is the summer of 1946, the sinister, Gatsby-like millionaire Cary Morrison is found dead in his Chicago mansion, apparently the victim of a burglary gone hopelessly wrong. Soon after, the burglars themselves are found dead, one by one. Ray Foley, just returned from...

The first book in the No. 1 Times bestselling series'This is terrific stuff' Daily Telegraph'A breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era' Financial Times'A masterclass in how to weave a well-researched history into a complex plot' The TimesOver 1 Million Andrew Taylor Novels Sold!A CITY...

Author: Max Wallace, Mike HambrickISBN-10: 8987295419ISBN-13: 9798987295410Publisher: BookbabyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/14/2023Pages: 464Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.60lbsSize: 8.70h x 6.20w x 1.60d

Boston might be white with snow, but there's nothing but a winter's darkness for Shane Cleary, a former cop, veteran, and reluctant PI. There's an international war within the mafia over drugs, and he has been asked to find the nephew of the local...

When talented FBI agent Kendra Donovan stumbles back in time to find herself in a nineteenth century English castle--and under threat from a vicious serial killer--she races to solve the case before it takes her life--200 years before she was even born. Beautiful and...

May 1943. Betty Ahern is studying for her private investigator's license when a new client-Edward Kettle-hires her to clear his name after he was dismissed from his job at the American Shipbuilding Company. When Edward is brutally murdered, the dead man's sister hires Betty...

A new job, a brutal murder, and Camelot has ended.In 1963, Dot Morgan's life was changed forever. She witnessed the assassination of John F Kennedy through the lens of her boxy Kodak Instamatic camera, bringing traumatic aftereffects of the brutality that happened as they...

Southampton, 1910. When the Oceanic sets sail its ultimate destination is New York. But it must make one very important stop first: at Cherbourg, to pick up internationally renowned financier and art collector J. P. Morgan, fresh from a continental buying spree. George Dillman...

Author: Loren D. EstlemanISBN-10: 8885787525ISBN-13: 9798885787529Publisher: Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage CompLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/22/2023Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.43w x 0.79dLarge Print

Miss Marple meets Tony Hillerman in Death on the Rio Chiquito New Mexico, 1943: Emily Schwarz, the Anglo teacher at the isolated Pueblo of San Antonito, discovers the corpse of a nineteen-year-old boy, his blood mingling with the muddy waters of the tiny Rio...

The Bell in the Fog, a dazzling historical mystery by Lev AC Rosen, asks--once you have finally found a family, how far would you go to prove yourself to them? San Francisco, 1952. Detective Evander "Andy" Mills has started a new life for himself...

With Sandra Dallas's incomparable gift for creating a sense of time and place and characters that capture your heart, The Last Midwife tells the story of family, community, and the secrets that can destroy and unite them. It is 1880 and Gracy Brookens is...

Portraying the true diversity of the Regency-era and the hidden intrigue of England's abolitionist movement, this vibrant, inclusive new historical mystery from acclaimed author Vanessa Riley features an engaging heroine with an independent streak, a notorious past, and a decided talent for sleuthing... Pressed...

"The novel combines the mystery and honesty of Craig Johnson's Longmire with the first-person narration of a fiercely independent Oregon character." --Sheila Deeth, author of John's Joy Winner of the 2018 Killer Nashville Readers' Choice Award 2017 Foreword Indies Finalist for Historical A Korean...

Spies, secrets and suspicious circumstances: Friar-sleuth Brother Athelstan races against time to solve impossible crimes and uncover a traitor in this gripping historical mystery set in medieval London. London. March, 1382. Deep in the shadows, a clandestine organization known as the Secret Chancery operates...

Death occurs once or not at all. So thought Adolph Hitler in war-torn Germany. In current day Poland, a bulldozer cracks the foundation of a secret underground Nazi biochemical lab. The papers found there reveal profound anachronistic medical research. Additionally, an odd connection is...

"Suicide was all the rage in L.A. the summer of '39." When an oddball sister and brother hire him to find out if their father's suicide was suicide, private investigator Nate Ross figures he's in for an easy job. That is, until he discovers...

"Karma Brown keeps delivering knockout after knockout. She is an auto-buy author for me!" --Taylor Jenkins Reid If you want to transform, you can't be tentative. --Eddie Callaway, Wild Women Handbook (1975) An aspiring contemporary screenwriter, a 1970s socialite-turned-feminist, and the camp in the...

In this engaging historical mystery, Agatha Christie's ever-capable housekeeper, Phyllida Bright, not only keeps the celebrated author's English country home in tip-top shape, she excels as an amateur sleuth. But when a murder-themed game goes awry, can she outfox the guilty party? "A murder...

Author: Ethan J. WolfeISBN-10: 1432892673ISBN-13: 9781432892678Publisher: Wheeler Publishing Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/08/2023Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.94dLarge Print

Tis the season of goodwill, and Dickens extends the hand of friendship to a stranded stranger and his nephews for Christmas, with deadly consequences . . ."The ingenious solution to the mystery makes this the series' best entry yet. Victorian whodunit fans are in...

A perplexing murder in a renowned Oxford University library and a suspicious fire at a famous inventor's London laboratory set Wrexford and Lady Charlotte on two separate investigations in this masterfully plotted, atmospheric Regency-set mystery from USA Today bestselling author Andrea Penrose. "[Penrose] mixes...

Elizabeth II's coronation is looming, but DI Edgar Stephens is busy investigating the death of a local fortune-teller. Meanwhile, his old pal, the magician Max Mephisto, is rehearsing for his television debut, a coronation day variety show. But upon hearing that their wartime commander,...

Perdition is a city of lost souls. It's a city of filth and crime and misery. It's where the destitute dwell, and the hopeless live in torment. It's where dreams go to die.For renowned Detective, Spencer Havelock, a new partner from the upper-class city...

Bombay, 1909. Genevieve Masefield and George Dillman make a living as detectives aboard the early twentieth century's most extravagant ocean liners. From the members of first class in all their finery, to the card cheats and pickpockets plying their trade, they've experienced more than...