Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

"Carr (1906-1977) is at the top of his game in this taut whodunit first published in 1931."--Publishers Weekly, Starred reviewThe British Library resurfaces an early gem from one of the great writers of the Golden Age of classic crime fiction.As the thick, autumnal fog...

"Opportunity" is the true story of the largest cash heist in American history. Six young men from Carson and Compton (Los Angeles, California) robbed the Dunbar Armored Car facility of $18,900,000 without firing a shot. Top FBI agents stayed on the case for two...

Against all expectations in Edwardian England, newly married American heiress Stella Kendrick and British aristocrat Viscount "Lyndy" Lyndhurst are bucking traditions--and investigating murder--on their honeymoon in the latest installment of the Stella & Lyndy Mysteries from acclaimed author Clara McKenna. Leaving behind tragedies surrounding...

In the year 1907, workmen digging at a local gravel pit were startled by unearthing a human skull that rolled down an embankment at their feet. The gruesome discovery made interesting reading in the morning issue of the Chronicle newspaper, but the good citizens...

As a girl in the West, Valentine Mackle dodged quicksand along the rivers of the mining camps, but as Mrs. Roderick W. DeVere of New York's Fifth Avenue, Val is sucked into Society's own quicksand in Spring, 1899, when a weekend at a country...

Veronica must find and stop a devious killer when a group of old friends is targeted for death in this new adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn. Veronica's natural-historian beau, Stoker, has been away in Bavaria for...

A suicide, a derelict barge, and floating pink chiffon nightdresses...When the San Angelo drifts into port in the Pool of London, telephones begin to ring across the capital and an intricate series of events is set in motion. Beset by dreadful storms in the...

Owen Archer suspects an old adversary is on his tail as he seeks to solve the mystery surrounding a dead body found on the road to York. "A standout . . . Robb reinforces her place among the top writers of medieval historicals" -...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"Despite its title, this British Library Crime Classics reissue of a 1936 novel isn't just an entertaining Christmas read. It's a fine example of the old-time country-house murder mystery, with loads of suspects, lots of...

Rhys Bowen's characteristic blend of atmospheric turn-of-the-century history, clever plotting, and sparkling characters will delight readers in The Edge of Dreams, from her bestselling Molly Murphy series. Molly Murphy Sullivan's husband Daniel, a captain in the New York City police force, is stumped. He's...

The Family Way, the twelfth entry in Rhys Bowen's bestselling Molly Murphy series, will delight fans and win over newcomers with its elegantly plotted mystery, atmospheric historical detail, and vivid characters. Molly Murphy--now Molly Sullivan--is a year into her marriage, expecting her first child,...

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...

Author: Alison GoodmanISBN-10: 8885790623ISBN-13: 9798885790628Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/26/2023Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.65lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.20dLarge Print

'Tis the season to be witching...The case of three spirits singing, two witches brewing, & a partridge in a pear tree.While the little town of Halifax decks their halls with boughs of holly and the Beaumont Bros Circus prepare for their first yuletide together,...

At the palatial Hamptons estate of wealthy artist Alfonso Ossorio, Jackson Pollock's masterpiece, Lavender Mist, is the crown jewel in a fabled collection of modern art. When Ossorio's decision to sell the painting to finance his obsessive landscaping projects proves fatal, suspicion falls on...

Author: Raymond ChandlerISBN-10: 8119007093ISBN-13: 9788119007097Publisher: Sanage Publishing House LlpLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/16/2023Pages: 240Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d

"A vile crime is being planned," he said."And heaven knows, it may even have been executed."When an old schoolfriend whisks private detective Asbj rn Krag away by train to an isolated snow-covered manor house, his curiosity is aroused.John Aakerholm, a wealthy landowner with peculiar...

Lady Violet and Sebastian MacHeath are trying to forge a cordial marriage out of unlikely beginnings. When they are invited to a summer house party, they accept, hoping to make the excursion into a belated wedding journey of sorts-or at least a respite from...

At an opulent masquerade ball no one is who they're pretending to be, but when the affair ends in death, Nick and Celia will have to unmask a killer . . . Word of an upcoming engagement that will join two prominent families has...

Murder is so sang-froid!When the Reed family-temporarily exiled to France-is once again safe, Ginger decides to turn the event into a much needed holiday. And the absolute cake is Ginger's reunion with her American friend Haley Higgins, who is working in France on a...

Enter the world of first-century CE Roman Alexandria and participate in the perilous adventures of Miriam bat Isaac, budding alchemist and sleuth extraordinaire. Join her and her deputy Phoebe as they struggle to solve nine of their most baffling cases beginning with the locked-room...

Dave Hutchinson, a recently retired professional project manager has been hired to manage a special secret project on behalf of the Monticello Association, the owner of the Thomas Jefferson Cemetery at Monticello. In July 2022, Hutchinson is meeting with Jonathon Coolidge, the current president...

A Rupert Wilde Golden Age Murder Mystery. It is the 1920s and Ambrose De Lacy is the doyen of mystery writers and founder of The Murder Club, an exclusive social club for successful authors of crime fiction. He receives death threats by post and...

It is no small matter, after all, to create something--to make it so only by setting down the words. We forget the magnitude, sometimes, of that miracle.In the dead of night, shots ring out over the grounds of a sprawling English estate. The world-weary...

"Del Rowland, working for Bill Overlin at the Spoke ranch, begins to doubt the bosss integrity when Overlin and others bully a homesteader named Holt Warren and goad him into a fatal gunfight. Dels curiosity increases as he gets to know Overlins stepdaughter, Lawna,...

London, 1899. Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone on the site of a new museum being built, which she names as The Victoria and Albert Museum. Shortly after, Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton are called to the site because the dead body of a...

November 1907. George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield sail from Liverpool to New York on the maiden voyage of the luxurious Mauretania. Employed by the Cunard Line again as private detectives, they pose as passengers on what proves to be a very eventful crossing. Dillman...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of MurderTwo mysteries of the kind John Bude does best, with well-drawn and authentic period settings and a satisfying whodunit structure, following the traditional rules and style of the Golden Age of the genre.Death in White...

A holiday on the French Riviera turns deadly when Lord Unsworth's old flame is found murdered in this second installment of the "entertaining" Mr. Quayle Mysteries. (Kirkus Reviews)"One murder was quite enough for this family!" Lady Constance declared. "Two starts to look like carelessness!...

There's no greater duty than family...At twenty-years old, Alder never asked to be the man of the house, life just happened. He was the oldest of twelve to a widowed Irish mother. Now he is being torn between his conscience and the will of...

SHERLOCK HOLMES MEETS THE OLD WEST IN THIS GRIPPING ADVENTURE ON A TRAIN RIDE TO DANGER.Two Sherlock Holmes-worshiping cowpokes, Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer, are embarking on a new adventure in the Old West. When they take a job as guards for the...

Author: D. B. PulliamISBN-10: 8885784933ISBN-13: 9798885784931Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/10/2023Format: Library BindingWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.43w x 0.63dLarge Print

Perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn and Ashley Weaver, when a body is found shot to death after an unexpected snowstorm, Lily Adler quickly realizes that some people will stop at nothing to bury their secrets. Regency widow Lily Adler is looking forward to...

Following two brutal years of incarceration in Bedlam's asylum for the insane, Jack Thorne has escaped the confinement and torture of his cell and has fled to Victorian era Gotham City. Upon his arrival, a mysterious string of Ripper style murders commence...ones Jack himself...

A Finalist in the 2023 Readers' Choice Book Awards!A shadow of a being, war veteran Paul Stevenson moves through New York City without purpose.When the blood spatter from a fellow subway rider and thousands of dollars' worth of cocaine fall to Paul's feet, he...

Book One of The Canary House Mysteries, a tongue-in-cheek historical mystery series featuring amateur sleuths and literary themes.When a washed-up Ziegfeld Follies star goes missing, can the Van der Beeck twins crack the case without breaking their necks... or losing their hearts?It's 1931, and...

The death of a Chinese man leads photographer Nellie Burns and Sheriff Asteguitoiri to Vienna, a ghost town in the Stanley Basin in 1920's Idaho. Sammy Ah Kee, who taught Nellie to drive, found the man's body and is accused of killing him. With...

"I should imagine this was murder, too, because it would be very difficult to build yourself into a heap of sandbags and then die..."In the blackout conditions of a wintry London night, amateur sleuth Agnes Kinghof and a young air-raid warden have stumbled upon...

Author: Alyssa MaxwellISBN-10: 1617738360ISBN-13: 9781617738364Publisher: Kensington Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/28/2017Pages: 339Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d

Perfect for readers looking for a darker twist on Bridgerton, this first in a vibrant, inclusive historical mystery series from acclaimed author Vanessa Riley portrays the true diversity of the Regency-era, as an aristocrat whose skin color and notorious family history have left her...

In sixteenth century England, fear of witchcraft abounds. But witches are not the only source of evil, as Dr William Gilbert will discover ...When Dr William Gilbert is caught in an Essex snowstorm, his life is saved by a strange, wolf-like dog. Taken in...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"The combination of bracing Cornish cliffs and seascapes with cozy interiors and a cerebral mystery makes this one of the most deservedly resurrected titles in the British Library Crime Classics series." --Booklist STARRED review'Never, even...

After twenty years as a professional solider, Decimus Julius Virilis - distant kin to the Imperator himself - has been commissioned the third in command of the newly formed Legio XII Brundisium.It's his last assignment before retiring from Caesar Augustus' legions - and turns...

Author: Frances BrodyISBN-10: 8885789986ISBN-13: 9798885789981Publisher: Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage CompLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/28/2023Pages: 489Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.94dLarge Print

During the Gilded Age, social standing was paramount, but many times, it came with a heavy price.One was often defined by public opinion. Any negative opinions, especially from those who were wealthy and powerful, had the potential to ruin a person completely. Rose came...

Have Yourself a Merry Little MurderClive Pippins, Lady Ginger Gold's beloved, elderly butler is apparently Christmas shopping when a body is found. To the shock of everyone in Ginger's household, the victim is the spinster cousin Pippins worked for during the years surrounding the...

As the city of Minneapolis prepares for a visit from President William McKinley, someone else prepares for murder. On the day before the visit, a union activist is found hanged, naked, outside a ruined mansion. A placard around his neck reads "THE SECRET ALLIANCE...

A fatal jump. A missing suffragette. An inexplicable murder.London, 1920. For the first time ever, two women are competing against each other to become an MP. Reporter Iris Woodmore has a big story on her hands when she accompanies one of the candidates to...

After the murder of Illinois Detective Agency founder Charles Porter by a mysterious criminal named King Valdez, the team comes together to Valdez and bring him to justice.King Valdez is kidnapping children and selling them into slavery around the world. James Duffy assumes control...

When Terror Stalks the Texas Plains, Law and Justice Have Two Different Meanings.Kidnapping. Revenge. Terror. When Saddler County Sheriff Dell Hoffman is forced to kill a teenage ruffian in self-defense, he has no idea the incident will spark a blood feud with the boy's...