Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

When Margaret Macdonald, terminally ill and fearing for her family's future, begs Emma to investigate the death of her husband's brother in their stable, how can she possibly refuse the dying woman? After all, she's known the Macdonalds on the neighbouring sheep station on...

The only way to win this murderer's deadly game... is to play along.Summer, 1380. Brutal and sudden death is not uncommon in the foul alleys and streets of London. The corpse of a clerk has been pulled from the Thames. They drowned, but not...

A mysterious poacher claims to be a long-lost heir-to a man found crushed by his own cart wheel. Ela Longesp?e is determined to find the truth, even though the king has coldly appointed another sheriff in her place. Ela takes pity on the man-an...

Author: Sheila ConnollyISBN-10: 1250385369ISBN-13: 9781250385369Publisher: Minotaur BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/26/2020Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.38w x 0.64d

A wounded ex-NYPD detective investigates murder and espionage on the coast of California in the early days of WWII.Autumn, 1941-Max Byrns was once a high-flying NYPD detective, but his career ended the night he took a bullet intended for another officer. The shooting left...

Seeing double is murder! If one wedding is good, a double wedding is better! Rosa and Miguel agree that walking down the aisle with Bill and Carlotta solves a lot of social and familial problems, but the drama is notched up when a dead...

Murder's a trip! It's early 1957, and Rosa Reed and her new beau Detective Miguel Belmonte fly from California to London to follow up on the cold case: the murder of Rosa's good friend Lady Vivien Everleigh. The investigation is complicated, if not awkward,...

England, 1811. At a carriage stop on the way to London, the newly widowed Lady Althea Trent meets Mr. Read of the Bow Street Runners, England's first detectives. As an amateur scientist hoping for admission to the all-male Royal Society, Althea is intrigued by...

What if ... The Romanov Dynasty is a novel written around Nicholas II and his family. It begins with the love story of Jacob Abram, who leaves Germany for Russia, running to escape the imminent death threats that he and many Jewish people experienced....

Author: Julie MetrosISBN-10: 154669160XISBN-13: 9781546691600Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/10/2017Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.68d

Author: Anne RollinsISBN-10: 1963585992ISBN-13: 9781963585995Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 08/30/2024Pages: 152Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.33d

Author: Brian KerrISBN-13: 9798330350957Publisher: Brian KerrLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/19/2024Pages: 172Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37d

Author: Steve HockensmithISBN-10: 1685495095ISBN-13: 9781685495091Publisher: Rough Edges PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/08/2024Pages: 312Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78d

Author: Ashley WeaverISBN-10: 1250885922ISBN-13: 9781250885920Publisher: Minotaur BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/03/2025Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d

Author: Kate KhavariISBN-13: 9798892421034Publisher: Crooked Lane BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/22/2025Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbs

The owners of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are back, and more determined than ever to bring love matches to the residents of Post-WWII London . . . so something as trivial as a murder investigation isn't going to stop them! London, 1947. Spirited...

1958 San Francisco: Beatniks, Eisenhower, Fillmore District jazz and Major League baseball. As Mayor George Christopher fights an influx of organized crime and redevelopment begins to transform the city, racial and political tensions rise when a Black real estate magnate is murdered.Kay Schiffner is...

Can Samuel Pepys save his sister from the hangman's noose?As the inferno of the Great Fire devours London in 1666, another firestorm rages in the tranquil village of Brampton, where Pepys's sister, Paulina, stands accused of witchcraft.Pepys summons his inquisitors, Abigail Harcourt and Jacob...

From USA Today bestselling author A.W. Hartoin comes a series perfect for the fans of Pam Jenoff's The Lost Girls of Paris: A Novel, Martha Hall Kelly's Lilac Girls, and Kit Sergeant's The Spark of Resistance: Women Spies in WWII.Amsterdam 1940It's only a matter...

Where is taverner Tom Merchet? Owen Archer unearths a series of troubling secrets and a dangerous foe intent on retribution when his good friend goes missing. "A standout . . . Robb reinforces her place among the top writers of medieval historicals" - Publishers...

When a blaze takes both a neighbor's home and his life, Emily Dickinson and her maid Willa have a burning desire to crack the case in this new historical mystery from Agatha Award-winning author Amanda Flower. Amherst, 1857. The Dickinson family braves one of...

Award-winning author Matt Cost brings us back to Brooklyn in the Roaring '20s and Hungarian private eye, 8 Ballo, who is hired by Theda Lazar Vogel to prove that her husband was murdered. His colorful cast of friends returns, as well as legendary figures...

VICIOUS. VINDICTIVE. VENGEFUL.SOME SINS CAN'T BE FORGIVEN.A catastrophic fire drags gay speakeasy owner Dash Parker into the treacherous underworld of Little Italy - where people are seduced and imprisoned by their own vices.When his club's doorman suffers a devastating loss, Dash must learn if...

Mark and his men boarded their rafts with the remaining load of high grade cocaine from a cartel in Colombia. Mark was happy. He was crossing the river for the last time."I'll be seeing you in about a month, Don Narciso," Mark lied.Mark found...

The 1953 Southeaster Fair is about to begin in Atlanta, Georgia, and Johnny Morocco, the Dixie Detective, has been hired to guard a prize stud bull being shown at the animal exhibits. What he isn't told is the reason. Recently some of the best...

Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866. Later, it was published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length...

This brand-new novel featuring Margery Allingham's Mr Campion recaptures the Golden Age of British Detective Fiction. The Danish Ambassador has requested Albert Campion's help on 'a delicate family matter'. He's very concerned about his eighteen-year-old daughter, who has formed an attachment to a most...

The Morton Street Slasher has been leaving the corpses of his victims around San Francisco's Union Square. On the women's naked bodies are spade playing cards. The city's infamous newspaperman, Ambrose Bierce, blames the rash of murders on his old enemy, the Southern Pacific...

When the womanizing aristocrat George March is found dead over his morning coffee, the immediate concern of his shocked Cardington Crescent household is quieting the scandal as discreetly--and quickly--as possible. Unfortunately for March's wife, Emily, that means accusing her of the murder. But the...

Author: Norman WoolworthISBN-10: 1685126987ISBN-13: 9781685126988Publisher: Level Best BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/20/2024Pages: 326Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d

Author: J. R. SandersISBN-10: 1685127045ISBN-13: 9781685127046Publisher: Level Best - HistoriaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/20/2024Pages: 162Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d

August 1939: six young people band together in the face of war-torn Germany, their friendship about to be put on trial as they land on opposite sides of World War II. Flash forward to November 1997: Robert Lubisch brings the group back together for...

The legendary Judge Dee Renjie returns, in this lyrical combination of mystery, history and ancient Chinese politics from the author of the renowned Inspector Chen mysteries In Tang dynasty China, Empress Wu - seductive, ambitious and vindictive - rules with an iron fist. Her...

Author: Paul BreenISBN-13: 9798986208374Publisher: Dutch Hollow PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/17/2024Pages: 216Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Vividly atmospheric and brimming with suspense, Mark Ellis presents this insanely captivating wartime thriller of classic espionage. The first instalment in the Frank Merlin series. Previously published as Prince's Gate. PRAISE FOR THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DCI FRANK MERLIN SERIES: 'A historically astute, skilfully developed...

A cursed statue . . . A haunted house . . . A seemingly supernatural death . . . The unexpected arrival of a friend from his past plunges musician, sleuth and free man of color Benjamin January into an old, unsolved case in...

Author: C. J. ArcherISBN-10: 192323109XISBN-13: 9781923231092Publisher: C.J. ArcherLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/03/2024Pages: 360Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.90d

Author: Helen GoltzISBN-10: 0645748064ISBN-13: 9780645748062Publisher: Atlas ProductionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/13/2024Pages: 346Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.77d

When Nicole Rayburn adds a historic bookshop to her list of promotional venues, she meets the owner, Deborah Dolan, who's desperate to discover what happened to her Victorian ancestor. A well-respected playwright, Edgar Hilliard seemingly had it all: professional success, a thriving business, and...

Author: Ellie AlexanderISBN-10: 1250380294ISBN-13: 9781250380296Publisher: Minotaur BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/25/2019Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.72d

Wanted: Sam Bass introduces the daring exploits of Paul Colt's Great Western Detective League. In the lawless expanses of the late 1800s West, these bold crime fighters rival the infamous Pinkerton Agency, taking on the most treacherous outlaws and impossible cases.Sam Bass's infamous reign...

Join Countess turned advice columnist Amelia Amesbury as she tries to juggle a new Season and a new murder in this charmingly deadly historical mystery. "A beautiful debutante, a wealthy widow, and a dead would-be baron. What could be more exciting?" Countess by day,...

It was a model English village, filled with flowers, Tudor cottages, and cobbled streets. Joan Brook loved working there as a companion to Lady d'Arcy, living in the huge mansion with its surrounding park. And small though the village was, it was not too...

Author: Lyndsay FayeISBN-10: 0425270882ISBN-13: 9780425270882Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/05/2014Pages: 496Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 8.23h x 5.79w x 1.02d

Murder is a wreck! Rosa Reed attends a charity stock car race in Santa Bonita and expects to have an exhilarating time shared with family and friends. That ends when a driver inexplicably crashes into a guard rail and dies. When local assistant medical...

K.J. Maitland's gripping Jacobean historical thriller series comes to a dramatic conclusion... 'What a wonderful storyteller Maitland is' THE TIMESLondon, 1608. Three years after the Gunpowder Treason, the King's enemies prepare to strike again. Daniel Pursglove is tasked by royal command with one final...

The Seven Secrets (1903) is a mystery novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the height of Le Queux's career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Seven Secrets is a story of mystery, murder, and amateur sleuthing. Using his own...

It's June 1814, and the royal families of Austria, Russia, and the German states have gathered in London at the Prince Regent's invitation to celebrate the defeat of Napol on and the restoration of monarchical control throughout Europe. But the festive atmosphere is marred...

The fabulously wealthy kingdom of Sambalpore is home to tigers, elephants, diamond mines, and the beautiful Palace of the Sun. But when the heir to the throne is assassinated in the presence of Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant 'Surrender-Not' Banerjee, they discover a kingdom...

Following the success of Tuscan Blood and Hunting Truffles, Dick Rosano has published The Secret of Altamura: Nazi Crimes, Italian Treasure. It is 1943 and the Nazis control large swaths of Italy. Colonel Anselm Bernhardt devotes his attention to stealing Italian art - and...