Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

In this exquisite, absorbing historical mystery, Tetisheri, confidant of Queen Cleopatra, must solve a troubling case in ancient Alexandria. Alexandria, 47BC. Cleopatra - seventh of her name, avatar of the goddess Isis, ruler of the Kingdom of Egypt - watches over her city. The...

Imagine yourself in a world of mystery that spans the 1848 Revolutions in Europe, the American Civil War, the 1865 Jamaican Rebellion, and the British Financial Crisis of 1890, and ends in the Rookery, a seemingly tranquil park, where a prominent financier is murdered....

Will death ruin the perfect wedding? Bestselling author Patricia Rice brings you another haunting country house mystery in Regency England. . .Spinster and secret novelist Clarissa Knightley and her gruff American engineer, Captain Huntley, along with their friend and cousin, the Honorable Jack de...

A woman is faced with the past she's tried to put behind her only to find that what transpired in her childhood has never been further away than her own shadow.The year is 1941. Rooted in the lonely outreaches of the Allegheny Mountains lies...

An invisible message from a dead man resurrects a decades-old mystery.With her sharpened magical senses, Sylvia recognizes invisible writing while cataloging an obscure book for the library. She's shocked to discover the message, written many years earlier, pleaded for help. She's even more shocked...

From the bestselling author of Under a Gilded Moon comes the soaring story of an unlikely friendship of three men and one extraordinary woman and the legacy they built--if their own secrets don't destroy it.In the midst of World War II, a Tennessee farm...

"Dazzling." --Los Angeles Times * "Energetic and hugely enjoyable." --The Guardian, Best Fiction of the Year * "As intoxicating as a swig of bathtub gin." --Good Housekeeping The bestselling and award-winning author of Golden Hill delivers a "smoky, brooding noir set in the 1920s"...

"...an entertaining story that plunges the reader into adventure and mystery in old-time Colorado." -Karen Gerdes, Retired University English Teacher"A delightful read depicting life in a mining town at the turn of the century woven into the interesting twists and turns of an action-packed...

On the verge of becoming a successful mystery writer, Dashiell Hammett travels to London researching his new novel, The Maltese Falcon. There he encounters a strangely garbed woman peddling potions. The next morning, he awakes in London, but it's no longer 1929-it's 1888. With...

This beautifully written, immersive, and unique crime story is a tête-bêche novel--two intertwined stories printed back-to-back. Open the book and the first novella begins. It ends in the middle of the book. Flip the book over, head to tail, and read the second story...

For 1920's society reporter Lanie Price, the photographer found shot through the eye in the back of his studio isn't just another story. It's personal.On a dank night in September, Lanie is called to the scene of a grisly double murder. The victims: a...

Something mysterious and scary is loose in the British Museum, and a rapid solution is needed. Something connects the events to malevolent forces that menaces realm beyond our own... and all mankind.Only one man has the power to defeat this fearsome threat, so the...

MI5 has a task for psychic investigator Jake Conley: Operation Black Panther, a mission to obtain DNA from a beast in Exmoor.Meanwhile, wealthy arms manufacturer, Dr. Aubrey Drake, and the unhinged Major Lorimer infiltrate a top-secret military research station, dreaming of creating the ultimate...

After aspiring novelist Jake Conley regains consciousness from a coma, he discovers he's affected by synaesthesia, and that his now cross-wired brain endows him with heightened psychic powers.Jake's research on the Northumbrian King Aldfrith takes him to Elfrid's Hole in North Yorkshire, where -...

"Blowing out the exhale, he tipped his hat at the few still-breathing horses. 'Don't worry; you'll be dead 'fore the buzzards gather to pick at ya.' Parker squinted up at the sun and saw buzzards were circling overhead already. 'I think, ' he laughed...

Step back into the past in the first Newport Gilded Age mystery--from the author of the Celebration Bay mysteries. In 1895, the height of the Gilded Age, the social elite spend their summers in Newport, Rhode Island. Within the walls of their fabulous "cottages,"...

Can love conquer the darkness that threatens to consume the holiday season? In John DeGuire's debut novel, "Holiday Spirit," the quaint town of Killington, Vermont, is gripped by a chilling mystery: its children are vanishing. It all starts with a Halloween prank gone horribly...

Still Dead concerns the death of Colin Reiver, the thoroughly undesirable heir to the Dorn estate in Scotland. Colin's dead body was glimpsed by one of the estate's employees, but had disappeared by the time he had left for help and returned to the...

Cadrael is the capital of Fermantia and the centre of the realm's power, an empire to strike fear into the heart of opposing nations-but could a motivated killer bring the giant to its knees?Prince Leander is frustrated with his present position, always keeping one...

Friar-sleuth Brother Athelstan is caught in a politically charged race against time! He must uncover the truth behind numerous gruesome murders in this tense historical mystery set in medieval London. Normandy, 1358: The Free Company of the 'Via Crucis - the Way of the...

A young woman searches for the truth about her sister, who boarded a ship headed to the frozen Arctic and never returned in this "engrossing historical mystery" (The Washington Post). Twenty-year-old Constance Horton has run away from her life in Victorian London, disguising herself...

A Tourist Trap Full of Crazy Monkeys . . . and Murder! Sure, Sparky's boss Bookie is a crook, but he's no murderer! Eleven-year-old, plucky amateur super-sleuth Sparky stops at nothing to convince the police that Bookie was framed for the murder at Monkey...

Incognito in Portugal... Lord Petteril's cousin, the newly commissioned Major Bertie Withan, has gone missing somewhere between landing in Lisbon and joining his regiment on the front line of the Peninsular War. Piers and trusty assistant April, disguised as a government clerk and his...

Gabriel Kelley is a hardened, frazzled Chicago detective, fighting daily (and nightly) against the mafia underworld, with only his faithful secretary Penny to offer a little ray of sunlight. Author: Alydia RackhamISBN-13: 9798215890875Publisher: Alydia RackhamLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/16/2024Pages: 78Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x...

November 22, 1963: Death of the President of the United States. Flash forward to 1993. Secrets and conspiracy still surround the murder of JFK. An artifact reveals truths that many want to remain buried-even if more people must die."It was a long time ago;...

"Blake again demonstrates why he belongs in the first rank of historical mystery novelists" - Publishers Weekly Starred Review of Hungry Death Summer, 1748. County Coroner Titus Cragg is called to the usually sedate hamlet of Ingolside which is now in turmoil due to...

Author: Rhys Bowen, Clare BroylesISBN-10: 1250890802ISBN-13: 9781250890801Publisher: Minotaur BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/25/2025Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d

A brand-new thrilling tale of madness, murder and reanimated corpses in the Cthulhu Casebooks series, where Sherlock and Watson fight the fiendish plots of the terrifying and alien Mi-Go, from the New York Times bestselling author. It's 1929 and an ageing Dr John Watson,...

From The Davies Brothers, winners of the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writers Showcase (supported by the London Book Fair)... The Centurion Papers is a thrilling new series of Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Too explosive for publication, kept hidden for a hundred years... until now. The Devil's...

'We're actually all rather terrible.' On the cusp of the 1960s, when fourteen-year-old Ben moves into the ancestral home of his aunt and uncle, he is shocked by their wealth and glamour. Under the watchful eye of the Merryvale Mask, his sophisticated cousins teach...

"A page-turning thriller infused with pockets of romance."--M. P. McKinney, APOOO Book Club"Lanie Price is not just Easy Rollins in a dress."--Alan Symonette, Philadelphia It is Christmas 1923. Esther Todd is a lovely young pianist, a rising star. Her future is bright, her escape...

The Haunted Hotel is a less popular work - a gothic story with fascinating characters, tormented rooms, and outrageous relationships.Without ruining the plot, there is a great deal to making it an exciting read. A secretive marriage, a hated darling, contention between siblings, missing...

Did Helen choose to run off to Troy with Paris, or did he force her to go with him? Two orphans of the Trojan War, the tragic conflict Helen's elopement or abduction precipitated, search for the answer to one of the oldest questions in...

Harrison, like Peter Tremayne in his Sister Fidelma series, provides a superior brand of historical mystery - Booklist February, 1512. Mara, Brehon of the Burren, judge and lawgiver, has been invited to the magnificent city state of Galway, which is ruled by English laws...

Dr. Poppy Stamford, sister of the man who would introduce John Watson to Sherlock Holmes, teams up once again with Sherlock in a new adventure. One of Sherlock's Baker Street Irregulars, Wiggins, uncovers a dismembered body in a shallow grave. Poppy and Sherlock set...

The first four novels in the Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries series are now available for a limited time in a specially-priced bundle.Unflappable, unconventional, and uninhibited, the Honourable Phryne Fisher leaves the tedium of English high society for Melbourne, Australia, and never looks back. In...

"The King of Elfland's Daughter" by Lord Dunsany is a timeless fantasy novel that transports readers to a realm of enchantment, where magic, mystery, and the ethereal beauty of Elfland come to life. In this seminal work, Dunsany weaves a tapestry of poetic prose...

From the bestselling author of Under a Gilded Moon comes the soaring story of an unlikely friendship of three men and one extraordinary woman and the legacy they built--if their own secrets don't destroy it.In the midst of World War II, a Tennessee farm...

In the latter part of the nineteenth century, a rustic village reminiscent of the Old West transitions to a thriving town. Discovery of a massive coal field in the area led to the development of a well-designed coal mining camp. The industry had both...

There's a sign above the library book drop: NO TRASH OR VIDEOTAPES. Meg never thought she'd have to add: NO DEAD BODIES. It's May 1985 and Meg Booker already has her hands full, what with running the busy Fir Grove branch library, helping her...

In the latest Daughter of Sherlock Holmes novel, Joanna Holmes must confront a shocking case of blackmail that threatens the highest levels of His Majesty's government, as this USA Today bestselling mystery series continues. In the latest installment of this acclaimed series, Sherlock Holmes's...

The City of Light is surging back to life in the wake of war, and its citizens are seizing every opportunity to raise a glass or share a delicious meal. But as American ex-pat Tabitha Knight and chef-in-training Julia Child discover, celebrations can quickly...

As Lady Phoebe and her betrothed say their vows of holy matrimony, a killer has vowed unholy vengeance on the town's chief inspector . . . June 1922: The blessed day has finally arrived. Phoebe Renshaw and Owen Seabright are to be wed, and...

Playing Cupid can be deadly. Dallas, 1924The last person anyone expects to meet their demise is Clarissa Braxton, the esteemed matchmaker with a knack for pairing Dallas' rich and famous. But when Clarissa is found stabbed in her opulent home, the city's social scene...

Keeping up appearances takes on a deadly twist. In a house filled with whispers, Penelope's the one who listens. Summer 1924Decoration Day in a beachside Connecticut town is roaring with scandal when wealthy businessman Howard Sinclair's demise is suspiciously labeled a suicide. Penelope van...

An invisible message from a dead man resurrects a decades-old mystery.With her sharpened magical senses, Sylvia recognizes invisible writing while cataloging an obscure book for the library. She's shocked to discover the message, written many years earlier, pleaded for help. She's even more shocked...

Adrift after a series of disappointments, Briony Shepherd finds herself at a crossroad. To remain in a job that has lost its shine or to make a new life elsewhere.Her hometown beckons, and amidst the vast landscapes of country Queensland, Featherwood Falls becomes the...

A four-year-old Mi'kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors, unravels a family, and remains unsolved for nearly fifty yearsJuly 1962. Following in the tradition of Indigenous workers from Nova Scotia, a Mi'kmaq family...

Elena Standish investigates the murder of a fellow MI6 agent near the country estate of one of England's most influential families in this gripping mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. "Unbearably suspenseful."--BookreporterNot far from the sprawling grounds of Wyndham Hall, the...

The first novel in the Westerman and Crowther historical crime series that The New York Times Book Review called "CSI: Georgian England" and Tess Gerritsen called "chillingly memorable" Debut novelist Imogen Robertson won the London Telegraph's First Thousand Words of a Novel competition in...