Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

Murder, Mystery and a dog, and cat, of distinctionBook 10 in the Heathcliff Lennox series.A man shot through the heart with an arrow - the victim a rich outsider who has moved into Ashton Hall in the village of Ashton Steeple...which is Lennox's own...

Miss Busby investigates: Murder at Little MintonA picturesque Cotswolds village at Christmas 1922, a man found face down floating in the lake. He was known to take a risk, an insurance salesman; debonair, charming and sweet-talking.His clients were all ladies of a certain age,...

A summer house party turns into a thrilling whodunit when Jane Austen's Mr. Wickham--one of literature's most notorious villains--meets a sudden and suspicious end in this brilliantly imagined mystery from a New York Times bestselling author featuring Austen's leading literary characters. The happily married...

Even after a year of having an earl for a lover, Dominick still isn't prepared for the dazzling high society of Bath with its ruinous gossip and scandalous fashions. All he wants is to uncover who his parents are so he and Alfie can...

Chaz Wilmot makes his living cranking out old-master parodies for ads and magazine covers. When he's offered a job restoring a Venetian palace fresco, he is at first, skeptical--he immediately sees it is more a forgery than a restoration. But he is soon seduced...

For the first time, here are the long-lost records of four intriguing mysteries solved by the famous English detective Sherlock Holmes when he traveled to Montana in the late 1800s. Using his inimitable eye for clues, his astounding deductive reasoning, and - when necessary...

New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore channels William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe in The Serpent of Venice, a satiric Venetian gothic that brings back the Pocket of Dog Snogging, the eponymous hero of Fool, along with his sidekick, Drool, and pet monkey,...

A cultured city scarred by war. . . . An eastern émigré with scars and secrets of her own. . . . A young woman claiming to be a Russian grand duchess. . . . A brazen killer, as vicious as he is clever....

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Anna Katherine GreenISBN-10: 149970741XISBN-13: 9781499707410Publisher: Createspace...

MAGGIE' PLEASURE HOUSE - The Murder of Thelma Goodrich is a classical whodunit set in Dallas County Texas during 1874. U. S. Marshal James Boutwell stumbles upon the body of a young woman while delivering a prisoner to Dallas.Boutwell gets himself appointed to investigate...

Gladys Fleming had her doubts. Enough at any rate to engage Colonel Jefferson Davis Rand--better known just as Jeff--private detective and a pistol-collector himself, to catalogue, appraise, and negotiate the sale of her late husband's collection.There were a number of people who had wanted...

The Woman Haters is a novel written by Joseph C. Lincoln. The story is set in Cape Cod and revolves around the lives of two elderly men, Captain Eri and Cap'n Bill. The two men have formed a club called ""The Woman Haters"" where...

"Redemption, revenge, and romance complete the tale as bonds of friendship conquer all." - CEK "An extremely well-written story that will keep you reading non-stop until you finish it! An enjoyable mix of Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion that creates a believable mix of...

No bodies. No witnesses.No evidence. Presumed drowned.That's what everyone believed in 1990 after two high school seniors went missing the night before their graduation from Alexandria Bay High School in the Thousand Islands region of New York State. They were probably the ones who...

Can one woman save Sherlock Holmes? Find out in this 3-book box set!If you like well-drawn characters, humour, and a twist on a classic, you'll love this spin on Sherlock Holmes.Jack Hargreaves has been ducking and diving since she ran away from her past....

"I enjoyed reading this book and learned a lot about the towns the author refers to. Interestingly enough, these towns are where my own family is from. The blend of historical facts and mythology makes it a very interesting read! What a treasure!" Reader...

For Dominick and Alfie, it feels like they've only just settled into life at Balcarres House when an urgent letter from an old friend has them racing back to London. However, they're not returning to Alfie's swirling ton of money and nobility, but to...

A free-spirited artist teams up with a no-nonsense detective to capture a thief who has stolen a priceless Michelangelo painting Manchester, England, 1857 Rosanna Hawkins is one of Manchester's finest artists, even though no one knows her name. She reproduces "parlor versions" of classic...

THE FINAL FREY & McGRAY MYSTERYAll will be revealed...* * * * * The Devil Has Come to Edinburgh... An ill-fated grave-robbery unearths a corpse with a most disturbing symbol on it. When a patient in Edinburgh's lunatic asylum is murdered, the same sign...

"Ever since we first met, I've imagined what it would be like to be in your arms, to feel your lips upon mine. I'm twenty-eight years old. A shy and oft-times awkward spinster with singular scientific interests, and I've...I've never been kissed. Not once....

The long-forgotten novel that inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula. The heroine of the story, Gretchen, is a practical-minded German girl, who considers marriage an economic proposition and is determined to marry a man of wealth. When Gretchen's father is seriously injured in an accident, the...

"A very clever wordsmith." --New York Times Book Review"Ms. Arsenault...reveals strange truths beneath everyday surfaces."--Wall Street JournalEmily Arsenault's first two novels, Broken Teaglass ("a beautifully written, engaging mystery" --Dorothy Allison) and In Search of the Rose Notes, received resounding critical acclaim. With her third,...

A great love. A perplexing murder. Netherfield Park - a house of secrets. Fitzwilliam Darcy is in a tangle. Captivated by Miss Elizabeth Bennet, a girl of no fortune and few connections. Embroiled in an infamous murder in the home of his friend, Charles...

""A Terribly Strange Bed"" is a short story by the renowned English author, Wilkie Collins. The story is set in Paris and follows the protagonist, a young Englishman named Faulkner, who is staying in a hotel. One evening, he decides to go out to...

Amanda Malcom (or is she really Amanda Grant?) escapes to Boston after running away from a failed marriage. She brings with her a strange and delightful wooden box that she found washed up on the shore of Cape Cod. But opening that box has...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Flavia de Luce--"part Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" (The New York Times Book Review)--takes her remarkable sleuthing prowess to the unexpectedly unsavory world of Canadian boarding schools in this captivating...

A first-class, highly acclaimed thriller that was first published in 1914. It is based on the grisly Jack the Ripper murders that occurred in Whitechapel, London twenty years before.Author: Marie Belloc-LowndesISBN-10: 0897336046ISBN-13: 9780897336048Publisher: Academy Chicago PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2010Pages: 252Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.00w...

"My favorite Leonard book....He writes the way Hammett and Chandler might write today, if they sharpened their senses of ironic humor and grew better ears for dialogue." --Dallas Morning News"The best writer of crime fiction alive." --NewsweekDangerously eccentric characters, razor-sharp black humor, brilliant dialog,...

No king. No rules. "The most pleasurable reading experience I've had since first discovering George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire." -- Bryan Cogman, Co-Executive Producer and Writer, Game of Thrones Nathan Makaryk's epic and daring debut rewrites the Robin Hood legend,...

Hunting Eve is the next New York Times bestseller in Iris Johansen's pulse-pounding series that Kirkus Reviews calls "filled with intriguing twists and characters and an overarching mystery that will keep fans coming back." She was taken for a reason. Chosen for her skills...

When a costumed, pike-spiked body turns up after a traditional historic reenactment of the 1645 Battle of Thornford, the Reverend Tom "Father" Christmas and the villagers of Thornford Regis find themselves in a battle of their own as they deal with events from the...

An artist born outside his time, Chaz Wilmot can paint like Leonardo, Goya, Gainsborough--and he refuses to shape his talent to fit the fashion of the day. His unique abilities attract the attention of Werner Krebs, an art dealer with a dark past and...

She never misses a target. But unless she can solve this murder, she'll become one...Amidst the bright lights and wonder of the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, darkness descends in the most unexpected places. Beneath the towering Ferris wheel, a man's life is snuffed...

An unexpected "gift" has arrived for Carol Farley this Christmas: an envelope with no return address containing a newspaper clipping. Blurred but unmistakable is a photo of a man missing for years and feared dead--Carol's father. It is a summons calling her to a...

In Murder in Vegas, the International Association of Crime Writers and New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly have gathered twenty-two crime and mystery stories about the ultimate playground and what can happen behind the glitz and glamour. Las Vegas. Lost Wages. Sin City....

"In this haunting new novel, the act of forgetting is as strange and interesting as the power of remembering." --The New York Times Book Review Look out for Penelope Lively's new book, The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories. Penelope Lively is renowned for...

A fire destroys a New York City rare bookstore--and reveals clues to a treasure worth killing for. . . . A disgraced scholar is found tortured to death. . . . And those pursuing the most valuable literary find in history are about to...

Complex, with lots of sinister implications! moves the traditional crime novel on to some deeper level of exploration' Jane Jakeman, Independent It is 1970. David Byfield, a widowed parish priest with a dark past and a darker future, brings home a new wife to...

Venice, a long time ago. Three prominent Venetians await their most loathsome and foul dinner guest, the erstwhile envoy from the Queen of Britain: the rascal-Fool Pocket.This trio of cunning plotters--the merchant, Antonio; the senator, Montressor Brabantio; and the naval officer, Iago--have lured Pocket...

Stephanie Laurens continues her bestselling Cynster series with Temptation and Surrender, the story of Jonas Tallent, brother-in-law of Lucifer Cynster, who leaves the ballrooms of London to manage his family's estate, and his romance with lady innkeeper Emily Beauregard.Author: Stephanie LaurensISBN-10: 006171996XISBN-13: 9780061719967Publisher: Harper...

Stephanie Laurens continues her bestselling Cynster series with Temptation and Surrender, the story of Jonas Tallent, brother-in-law of Lucifer Cynster, who leaves the ballrooms of London to manage his family's estate, and his romance with lady innkeeper Emily Beauregard.Author: Stephanie LaurensISBN-10: 0061243418ISBN-13: 9780061243417Publisher: Avon...

Eddie, a winner of three amateur Army titles as a Soldier, wanted to leap from amateur boxer to professional fighter. Throughout life, within the ring and outside of it, he's always been a fighter with a burning desire to become the most successful boxer...

1933 in the Twin Cities. Minnesota's largest cities are beset by corruption and organized crime has free rein. Average citizens know that the justice system is weighted against them as the Great Depression sinks many into poverty and despair. Enter the Red Jackal, a...

There's a touch of Angela Carter about Beatrice Hitchman's beguiling debut--a sly, erotic thriller concerned with doubleness and duplicity.--The GuardianSumptuous . . . part Moulin Rouge, part Alfred Hitchcock.--GraziaMesdames et Messieurs, presenting La Petite Mort, or, A Little Death . . . A silent...

From the Edgar Award-winning writer Robert Goddard comes a captivating new historical thriller, set at the tail end of World War I and featuring the devilishly charismatic James Max Maxted, a Royal Flying Corps veteran who has a knack for getting himself in trouble....

"A captivating novel." --Richmond Times-Dispatch"Reynolds creates a genuine and engaging young narrator...and maintains heat and suspense on every page."--Detroit Free PressA mystery, a coming of age novel, a tragic love story, a rich evocation of a memorable time and place in America, The Starlite...

Meet Edward Rollins, scion of one of Boston's more notable families. A diligent but uninspired employee at one of the city's finest investment houses, he is a man of means -- and of secrets. Each night, armed with a hand-held tape recorder, he randomly...

Escaping communist Romania, activist and doctor Anca Rodescu is dismayed to discover she has been abandoned, pregnant and alone in America, by the man she loves. Years later, at the height of the Ceausescu dictatorship, change is coming to Romania, and Anca is receiving...

In Fall 1804, a shipwreck shatters the plans of newlyweds Georgina and Jeffrey Chadwick and deposits them on the shores of Cape Breton with a dead body.Georgina and Jeffrey Chadwick, head to Boston to start a new life. But travel in 1804 is perilous...

A Dark History Hidden Right Under Our Noses President John Dawkins has earned a break.After two successful terms-despite a series of political maelstroms-this humble Southern gentleman united the country behind a common purpose, strengthened America's standing throughout the world, and kept his nation safe....