Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

Author: Darrel SparkmanISBN-10: 1420528513ISBN-13: 9781420528510Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/10/2025Format: PaperbackLarge Print

Enter a shadowy world of crime in Elizabethan London with this twisty historical mystery featuring a queer sleuth and a dash of romance! When Queen Elizabeth I is nearly assassinated, the rebellious heir to a criminal legacy seizes an opportunity for a better life....

This gripping and emotionally riveting tale is a dark and timely retelling of The Wizard of Oz, where one little girl is forced to face head on the prejudices of the Midwest in the late nineteenth century. Kansas, 1896. After a tornado destroys the...

"What a terrific, page-turning, enlightening book! It's well-plotted and well-written, suspenseful until the very end, and revealing about politics and the human heart. Highly recommended."--James Fallows, former White House speechwriter and New York Times-bestselling author of Our TownsWhen a Capitol Hill intern mysteriously disappears,...

New York Times bestselling master of suspense, Elizabeth Peters, brings an exotic world of adventure, intrigue, and danger to vivid life, in a tale as powerful as ancient Egypt.The Emersons have returned to the Valley of the Kings in 1922 and Amelia Peabody and...

Everyone knows who killed Maggie Schneider. But why? On the morning of March 14, 1958, breeder Maggie Schneider, the Poultry Queen of Lipan County, is shot and killed while feeding her prize-winning, White Holland turkeys on her farm in south central Texas. Everyone knows...

Bay Roses, the second book in the Justice series, finds Vietnam veteran and pilot turned insurance investigator, Frank Barrett, facing his deadliest foes yet. His latest case reveals cover-ups and Florida's crime families' and industry's connections to the Florida water and soil pollution beginnings....

Lady Matilda has always been an introvert, preferring her books to awkward conversations with strangers. As her first Season arrives, her mother insists she put away her bluestocking and concentrate on finding a husband. But Mattie is terrified of finding herself betrothed or even...

64 new traditional Holmes adventures in three simultaneously published volumesIn 2018, MX Publishing presented Parts XI and XII of this acclaimed and ongoing series, Some Untold Cases. Now that theme is revisited with 64 new Sherlock Holmes adventures that explore those many tantalizing references...

In 19th century England, an era of sweeping change and industrial marvels, the lives of two unlikely souls intertwine in a tale of love, societal expectations, personal growth-and murder. Set against the backdrop of Lancashire's booming cotton industry, this is the story of Roger...

If you are one who has ever suspected, even in part, that there are, truly, monsters of both human and unhuman kind shadowing the earth, then do, I implore, proceed into my story-where awaits that confirmation. Peruse with the utmost vigilance, however, and should...

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...

Featuring a roster of Scotland Yard's meticulous best, a cohort of daring doctors and a cadre of characterful private investigators, this new selection by Martin Edwards includes eighteen vintage mystery stories from a period between 1908 and 1963 to showcase the city's most compelling...

Who killed the reclusive Agatha Dobbs? Newly married Elizabeth Wilkins is determined to prove Agatha's niece's innocence in this compelling 1920s mystery. October, 1926. Newly married Elizabeth Wilkins is ready for whatever life throws at her and her lawyer husband, Fred. So when Fred...

A baby stolen. A young woman locked away. Can the truth set them free? The gripping and powerful new novel from the global bestselling author is a tense and moving story of cruel separation, betrayal and the triumph of love.1983. Pregnant teenager Felicity finds...

Venture to turn-of-the-century Algiers in Robert Hichens's enthralling "The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne," a masterfully woven tale of mystery and psychological suspense. Set against the exotic backdrop of colonial Algiers, this historical fiction invites readers into a world of intrigue and hidden motives....

The Puzzle Horse brings new characters to the world of SPEC-OPS and political intrigue. Robert Engel spins a tale that traces the history of stolen artifacts from the archeological dig at Troy, combining it with a modern thriller of international political and economic intrigue....

London, 1883. The brutal murder of Rose Parmiter seems, at first glance, to be a random and senseless act. Rose was the beloved cook at Evergreen House, a place of refuge for women and children, a place from which they can start their lives...

In 1879 England, a butcher-shop clerk, Charley Garner, (1857-1922) was hired by the American performer, W.I. Bishop, to be his secretary to handle his burgeoning social demands. Bishop's sensational performances of apparent thought reading, and the gold and bank notes that flowed from them,...

Author: Sarah F. NoelISBN-13: 9798991608831Publisher: Sarah F. NoelLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/10/2024Pages: 250Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d

Author: Mary LancasterISBN-10: 1967169799ISBN-13: 9781967169795Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 07/17/2025Pages: 256Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.54d

Rose is back and this time she's flying solo as she investigates criminal paranormal activity in Gilded Age New York City. Murder in Manhattan Fully fledged Pinkerton agent Rose Gallagher has just caught her first solo case. Stolen jewels and suspicious deaths in a...

The Blooded Coin-two Sherlock Holmes mysteries in one!Foreword by David Marcum, one of the leading voices in modern Sherlock Holmes literature and pastiche fiction.Christopher D. Abbott -- The Leopold Ledgers1884: A prince's death sparks whispers of scandal as Holmes uncovers deceptions lurking at the...

While in Paris, where he solves a national crisis on behalf of a grateful French government, Sherlock Holmes is approached by a young nun, who brings to his attention the strange mystery surrounding the theft of a precious relic from the convent chapel that...

THE SPINSTER'S RESOLVE A Regency Mystery Romance #1 Amazon Bestseller in Historical Mystery and Regency RomanceIt is a truth universally acknowledged that spinsters make the best sleuths.Who better to master the fine art of sitting quietly in the corner, sipping tea-and overhearing everything?Miss Grace...

Saint Valentine's Day MurderBook 13 of the Heathcliff Lennox seriesA duel at dawn. One man dead, the other gravely injured. What drove them to fight on a bitterly cold morning remains a mystery.For years, Lady Bancroft's Valentine's Ball at Bancroft Hall had been a...

For fans of White Lotus, Benjamin Stevenson, and Anthony Horowitz, a locked-room mystery set in 1960 at an isolated Greek island resort following a group of strangers, a suspicious death, and a washed-up actor ready to put his on-camera detective skills to the test....

The BRAND NEW installment in Kelly Oliver's brilliantly addictive Detection Club cozy mystery series Paris, 1928: Agatha Christie and fellow writer Dorothy L Sayers board the Orient Express, bound for Constantinople. Christie in particular is looking forward to a break from recent dispiriting events...

Boston, 1949. A young elevator operator at the plush Hotel Manger has gained a special ability, which she uses to help out a friend, who may become more. Her favor sets off a chain of events that will lead to a kidnapping and a...

For fans of Colleen Cambridge, S.K. Golden, Jacqueline Winspear, and Ashley Weaver, a brilliant 1950s Cold War historical mystery featuring the former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's indispensable assistant as an equally resourceful sleuth. As the duo become entangled in a deadly international mystery connected...

The widow of Alexander Hamilton faces another mystery in the second Eliza Hamilton mystery, perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn. It's December 1805 and Eliza Hamilton is determined to seek justice. One young woman is dead, another has vanished--both residents of a house where...

This story spans borders as we follow Ukrainian-born Mark Neider on a series of adventures and misadventures in the United States and Russia in the early 1990s. From crime to constitutional crisis and film directors to romantic entanglements, this tale engages readers from beginning...

It's 1923-four years since the last in a series of grisly killings in Floodwood Station, Ohio. The peace experienced by the residents of the small coal mining town is about to come to a brutal end.In Dayton, Ohio, following the mutilation of several local...

Gaslight and Gloom is a poignant and gripping genealogical mystery exploring the intricate threads of family relationships, love, betrayal, and tragedy. Californian Seth Landry is living with his second wife and their two young children, when he gets devastating news about his first wife,...

The Forgotten Garden: Secrets Hidden Among the Blooms is a captivating tale of transformation, self-discovery, and the magical bonds that tie us to our past. In this enchanting story, Clara, Elias, and Maeve uncover a mysterious, magical garden that reveals their hidden fears, desires,...

Crime happens. And not every crime is perfectly planned or executed.Sometimes, there's a witness.Who wasn't supposed to be there.At all.Or is there? How innocent is that person standing on the sidelines?These tales of crime and those watching it will leave you guessing up to...

April 1903: Emma and Derrick Andrews have been invited to the wedding of her cousin Reggie Vanderbilt and heiress Cathleen Neilson at the Bellevue Mansion, Arleigh. Their hosts are a popular young couple who are leasing the home for the summer--Harry and Elizabeth "Bessie"...

When Lucia Hawthorne, a woman bound to the paranormal by a terrifying childhood encounter, is drawn to the ominous Everwraith Manor, she knows her arrival is no coincidence. The mansion, long whispered about in the forgotten village of Willowgrove, holds shadows that murmur ancient...

Former gladiator Leonidas is coerced into a dice game at his local popina with a stranger who turns out to not be such a stranger after all. His presence puts all around him in danger, and Leonidas struggles to keep the man's identity secret.Leonidas...

A family tree full of money and lies. A clairvoyant actress trying to fit in. Can she keep her secrets without taking the final curtain?1885. Arabella Pryce has opening-day nerves. Appointed to organize her new hometown's much-anticipated Winter Festival, the wealthy widow ignores her...

Max Anderson faces his most difficult case ever when part-time journalist and full-time lush, Erich Harvey, is accused of murdering fellow journalist, Rejean LaFoie. Complicated by a series of bombings, the case soon evolves into a plot against the very fabric of French society....

On 15th April 1912, RMS Titanic sank and 1500 people lost their lives. But what if it had stayed afloat? When the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic leaves thirteen-year-old Olivia Davenport orphaned, she's sent to live with her guardians, the Fairchilds, in their...

The Elizabethan court is beset by traitors at home and abroad as spies, rogues, and would-be usurpers of the throne vie for power. England, 1586. Tensions rise as threats to the realm abound. Traitors are plotting for Mary Queen of Scots to depose Elizabeth...

"Socialite Anna Blanc fancies herself a Sherlock Holmes, but in her world women don't solve crimes. Anna escapes her chaperone and using an alias, takes a job as a police matron with the Los Angeles Police Department"--Back cover.Author: Jennifer KincheloeISBN-10: 163388080XISBN-13: 9781633880801Publisher: Seventh Street...

Three novellas of murder and mystery in nineteenth-century Minneapolis OWNER DIES UNDER STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES AT MINNEAPOLIS MILL! HOTEL BELLMAN FOUND DEAD IN OSCAR WILDE'S ROOM! $10,000 REWARD FOR DISCOVERING MY MURDERER! These headlines are just the beginning as Larry Millett returns to the scene...

The owner of a wealthy estate is found dead of a heart attack after his morning horseback ride. But his son suspects murder. Is it his young stepmother? His jealous wife? The ne'er do well stable groom? The trusted lawyer? Or did the butler...

Miss Fisher meets Downton Abbey in Tell Me No Lies, part of the critically acclaimed Lady Dunbridge Mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble.Rise and shine, Countess, you're about to have a visitor.Lady Dunbridge was not about to let a little...

Lawrence and Violet navigate deception and danger to unravel a chilling legend. While searching for their missing friend Aurora, Lawrence and Violet become entangled with a nefarious medium and a perplexing case of a doctor's suspicious demise. As the couple unearths a bone-chilling legend...

It's December 1997, and reluctant war hero, Inspector "Kaj" Kajiwara, is asked to solve the murder of Hawaii State University Professor Harrison Whitworth, Hawaii's first Nobel Prize winner, shot through the heart by an arrow on his Manoa driveway. The case is complicated for...

"Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead." - Benjamin Franklin An old, American flag reveals a mind-blowing secret ... concealed for centuries by the Sons of Liberty ... some would kill to keep it hidden! When publishing executive Pepper Stillwater...