Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

This story begins with a murder. A German internee is found dead inside a civilian internment camp during World War One, and one young internee, Arno Friedrich, determines to find the killer. But the more he probes into the lives of his fellow internees...

★ New York Times bestselling author of the Old Fools series. ★This is Victoria Twead's third novella set in the sleepy village of Sixpenny Cross in leafy southern England.Ageing bachelors, the Captain and Sixpence, are inseparable. They've been close friends and companions for decades,...

★ New York Times bestselling author of the Old Fools series. ★This is Victoria Twead's second novella set in the sleepy village of Sixpenny Cross in leafy southern England.When two babies are born within weeks of each other in the village of Sixpenny Cross,...

In 1997, and now in her fifties, Rose is researching her wartime origins.Former master mariner, Gareth, is her last hope, but faces emotional memories from 1942 in helping her uncover her mother's story.Does retired solicitor Solly hold the real answer?Should belief or proof be...

When a well-known judge is found dead in a police cell and a sinister discovery is made on the 1.40 train into London weeks later, court missionary Robert Elliott and surgeon Tom Sharpe are plunged into a dangerous mystery of wartime espionage and corruption....

A ruthless German spy is torn between love and duty in this powerful espionage thriller February, 1917. A lone German agent is despatched to Washington to prevent the British delivering a telegram to President Woodrow Wilson - by any means possible. For this is...

Here is the first of the "lost" diaries of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, written in 1878 while he was a nineteen-year-old student at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. This rollicking story of high adventure begins with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as the clerk...

Beth DeMaret's recently inherited Alabama farm comes with a two-hundred-year-old family history. A history of hardship and prosperity, back through the civil rights movement, through the Civil War, and before the birth of the nation. Beth discovers the story of her family and the...

Two dead bodies, with their faces eaten away, are found by two redcoat soldiers amid saltwater tea washed ashore in Boston Harbor in the early dawn of December 1773. Mired in the stench of rotting tea and the dread of retribution, the Boston Tea...

Pat Montella should have loved the idea of spending Christmas with her boyfriend Hugh Lee in a romantic place like Colonial Williamsburg. But the trip also means meeting Hugh's mother and his siblings, and his moody teenaged daughter will be tagging along. On the...

The Day of Temptation (1899) is a mystery novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the beginning of Le Queux's career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Day of Temptation is a story of mystery, romance, and international crime. Using...

The Melody of Death (1915) is a crime novel by Edgar Wallace. Written at the height of Wallace's career as one of England's leading popular fiction writers, The Melody of Death showcases his effective narrative style and innate sense of the strange in everyday...

The Wiles of the Wicked (1900) is a mystery novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the beginning of Le Queux's career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Wiles of the Wicked is a story of mystery, murder, and redemption....

The Jimmie Dale series spanned multiple books and saw adaptations in other media, including silent films in the 1910s and a radio serial in the 1930s. Though not as widely remembered as some pulp heroes, Jimmie Dale played a crucial role in bridging the...

Xerxes, a ninetysomething survivor of the extinct Brazilian Communist Party, hires an unemployed journalist to write his life story, and most importantly explain his 1935 tragic love affair with comrade Elza Fernandes, code-named The Girl. Elza's tale is one of the most bizarre true...

Jeremy and Beth Parker are on their way to Kauai for their thirtieth anniversary. He is a retired Detroit Police Detective, and she is a second grade teacher in the local school system. During their years of marriage and raising children, they never had,...

""Ronicky Doone's Reward"" is a western novel written by Max Brand. The story follows the adventures of Ronicky Doone, a cowboy who is known for his quick wit and sharp shooting skills. Ronicky is hired by a wealthy rancher to track down his missing...

It's 1616 in the Spanish Netherlands. Saul Levi Morteira rows ashore at night to rescue a family from the ravages of the Inquisition and take them to tolerant, egalitarian Amsterdam. Love blooms in Saul's heart that night, but the same qualities that spur him...

Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes: Translated From The French By George Morehead This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate...

Author: Clara McKennaISBN-10: 1420532499ISBN-13: 9781420532494Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/11/2026Format: PaperbackLarge Print

In the blistering summer of 1936, the traveling circus rolls into Atlanta, dazzling the city with brilliant lights, exotic animals, and the promise of escape. But beneath the spectacle, something sinister stalks the shadows. A string of brutal murders has shaken the city, and...

The BRAND NEW instalment in Holly Hepburn's Baker Street Mystery series - for fans of Sherlock Holmes! Join Harriet White in 1930's London for another glorious Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery, for fans of Nita Prose and Janice Hallett. After a very close call on the...

New York City, 1907. Archana Morley knows what it's like to be an outsider. As a woman journalist from India making her way through the cutthroat world of tabloid newspapers, she's always on the lookout for untold stories. In the aftermath of a bloody...

Contains Two "A Rip Through Time" NovellasCocktails & ChloroformFor modern-day detective Mallory Atkinson, being trapped in the body of a Victorian housemaid means overcoming endless obstacles. Her current challenge is winning over the suspicious young parlormaid, Alice. Mallory's plan starts with teaching the girl...

In 1938, Congressman Lyndon Baines Johnson hires the 24-year-old, multi-lingual Rosalind Fisher to accompany his good friend, Jim Novy, on a hazardous trip to Poland. Rosalind is responsible for easing 40 visas for Novy's family to leave Poland through the US Embassy-a nearly impossible...

London, 1925. Travel writer Evelyn Cartwright is having a ball exploring London's marvelous monuments, churches, and cultural exhibitions. But her time in the capital takes a dark turn when a curator at the British Museum is found bludgeoned to death with an ancient Egyptian...

Longlisted for the 2025 CWA Historical Dagger 'Jackson's hero is the natural heir to Bernie Gunther' Andrew Taylor, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ashes of London 'One of the UK's finest crime writers' Ben Kane, Sunday Times bestselling author of Napoleon's Spy 'A...

Boston, 1929. The Great Depression has left its mark on every household-including the MacFarlands'. But for Josephine, the economic downturn only sharpened her resolve to forge a different path. She's never conformed-not to her family's expectations, nor to society's narrow view of a respectable...

Have you ever heard of an innocent citizen being framed for a crime they did not commit?This is the heart-pounding story of Susan, a single mother wrongfully accused of murder in a legal thriller that takes you deep into the twisted world of justice....

Fans of the GLASS AND STEELE and THE GLASS LIBRARY series will delight in the new magical historical mystery by USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, C.J. Archer. Set in the years between the two series, the first volume of Professor Gavin...

From bestselling author Patricia Rice comes another romantic Regency mystery rife with unpredictable peril. . .Menaced by a madman, a widow and a soldier seek safety. . . and discover so much more.Recently widowed Kate Morgan supports her family as a seamstress in Gravesyde...

It's the winter of 1929, and Lady Lucy Revelstoke and her pickpocket-turned-maid, Elf, are back in the third installment of The Merry Widow Murders -- this time voyaging to Egypt. Lucy is particularly interested in the ancient sites, and Elf -- well, Elf is...

Salt Lake City, 1881: Brigid Reardon is again on the case when her new employer--a leader in the Church of Latter-day Saints--is murdered in his homeStill reeling from the violence she encountered in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Brigid Reardon presses on alone to Salt Lake City,...

The first in a BRAND NEW, gripping medieval mystery from Keith Moray. The Black Rood of Scotland, stolen. A coroner of York, murdered An evil worse than plague itself, at large... 1361, York. As the country recovers from the war with France, and whispers...

Summer. A dark, brooding season of oppressive heat and thunderstorms, and Flotsam yearns for fresh air and a sea breeze. But business is brisk in Baker Street and becomes even brisker when a lady who purports to be a spiritualist brings Sherlock Holmes a...

An enchanting historical saga set against the backdrop of the French Revolution! Perfect for fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Alice Chetwynd Ley and Jane Austen. Will the French Revolutionary army finally land on British shores...? England and Britanny, 1796 Rumours of a planned...

A mind for logic. A city in shadow. A case beyond reason.When a string of ritualistic murders terrorizes Whitechapel, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are drawn into an investigation that refuses to fit any pattern. The victims show signs of impossible force and...

A charity ball seems the perfect event for Bridget to show off her cakes and tarts. But when Colonel Marsh drops dead on the dance floor in front of his young partner, questions arise. Was it heart trouble or poison? And if it was...

The Twickenham Peerage by Richard Marsh is a captivating early 20th-century novel filled with mystery, intrigue, and the complexities of identity and social status. The story begins with Montagu Babbacombe, a man who falls into a deep and inexplicable sleep, which lasts for a...

Love, revenge, secrets - and murder - in a medieval kingdom at war. A young woman, left alone and destitute after the mysterious death of her mother, plants a sprig of rosemary on her grave and vows, somehow, to bring the murderer to justice....

There is more to this world than we, mere mortals, are destined to comprehend. James Price can't help but see his own life reflected in the famous line from Dickens. James is a successful architect who owns a beautiful house and drives a classic...

As Brita sees to passenger needs, she wonders how her friend could suddenly disappear? Charlot Fortier was a nuclear physicist and due to work in Chicago. During the evening, she sees a passenger being forced along the Chicago Depot rail yard at gunpoint. Brita...

Tianna was shot as she walked to King High School in Detroit, Michigan. Her family is told she will die within days. There may be hope though. An experimental treatment might repair the damage, but there are no guarantees. What follows is a magical...

The Christmas Murders is what might happen if Charles Dickens took a hard drag of Kierkegaard and decided A Christmas Carol hadn't gone nearly far enough. Set in the soot-choked town of Werseby, where charity freezes faster than the river, it follows Lady Catherine...

In a quiet Midwestern town in 1954, guilt is a dangerous thing.When a suspicious death shatters the calm of West River, Ohio, the town's carefully maintained moral order begins to unravel. What appears at first to be a tragic accident soon exposes a web...

In a quiet Midwestern town in 1954, guilt is a dangerous thing.When a suspicious death shatters the calm of West River, Ohio, the town's carefully maintained moral order begins to unravel. What appears at first to be a tragic accident soon exposes a web...

In this next enthralling mystery in Tasha Alexander's bestselling series, Lady Emily chases down a killer in India along the misty banks of the sacred river Narmada.1908: Lady Emily and her husband Colin Hargreaves, along with an eccentric group of English tourists, are vacationing...

BASED ON THE LONG-RUNNING BBC RADIO 4 McLEVY DRAMA SERIES...WHILE THE STREETS OF LONDON HAD SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE DARK ALLEYS OF EDINBURGH HAD INSPECTOR JAMES McLEVYELEGANT AND CONVINCING' The Times 'ASHTON IS THE DIRECT HEIR TO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON' Brian Cox 'EXCELLENT' The Sherlock...

Author: Holly HepburnISBN-10: 1835337635ISBN-13: 9781835337639Publisher: Boldwood Books LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/20/2026Pages: 226Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.57d

Author: Sherry a. BurtonISBN-10: 1951386701ISBN-13: 9781951386702Publisher: Dorry PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/23/2025Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d