Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

Jake Reynolds is an art thief. Perhaps the greatest, luckiest art thief ever. He steals rare paintings and replaces them with forgeries so exact that nobody can tell the difference.It's 1915 and WW1 rages across Europe. After finding the owner of an unknown Rembrandt...

By day, actor John Wilkes Booth is a charming Confederate spy; by night, a troubled man leading a double life.As he attempts to uncover Abraham Lincoln's habits by speaking with his medium, Booth becomes tormented by a malevolent spirit and devises a plan to...

Winnipeg, 1935. 47 year old Detective Inspector Sidney Baxter is the finest Detective with the Winnipeg Police Force with a keen analytical mind. He's also blind. When two grisly murders are discovered in different places, they appear to be unrelated. There is no evidence...

First comes love, then comes murder.In a London slowly recovering from the ravages of World War II, two very different women join forces to launch a business venture in the heart of Mayfair―The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. Miss Iris Sparks, avuncular and unmarried, and...

When Cat, a former prostitute, steps off the train in Butte, Montana, she walks right into hell. The dark smoke-filled air reeks of menace. And the stares--scorning her blue jeans, cowboy hat, and empty holster--don't help put her at ease. Still reeling from her...

1854, Edinburgh.Respectable public faces hide sordid private sins. Apprentice Sarah Fisher is helping to fund Dr Will Raven's emerging medical practice in exchange for being secretly trained as a medic, should the rules barring women ever change. Sarah needs no instruction in the inequalities...

Private detectives Grand & Batchelor embark for the Wild West - and headlong into a baffling murder investigation in this gripping Victorian mystery. March, 1875. Although he has never had much time for George Custer, hero of the American Civil War and Commander of...

When loathed landholder Fred O' Donnell is found dead in a locked room with a bullet in his chest, rookie Detective Hartley must seek help from a mysterious wanderer to solve the case. And it's one where everyone, including O' Donnell's family, has a...

Edgar Allan Poe and C. Auguste Dupin strive unravel a mystery involving old enemies, lost soul-mates, ornithomancy, and the legendary jewel of Peru. Philadelphia, 1844. As violent tensions escalate between nativists and recent Irish immigrants, Edgar Allan Poe's fears for the safety of his...

From the author of All These Beautiful Strangers comes a haunting and operatic tale of the love, regret, and family secrets that beat in the dark heart of a towering cliffside mansion.Wealthy heiress Saoirse Towers vanished during her eighteenth birthday gala four decades ago....

(Text only, look also for the illustrated edition, 1st edition, 2014). In this 2nd volume of the series Cosmic Agents: Universal Mission Command = UMC, on a massive planet, hidden somewhere in the universe, is targeted by Global Killers, in possession of global killer...

First in a captivating new series, Jane Austen's Emma Knightley entertains a different role in Highbury--going from clever matchmaker to Regency England's shrewdest sleuth. "Clever and charming, Vanessa Kelly brings Austen's world in Highbury village to life with beloved characters, twisty hijinks, and a...

A boy bishop is chosen in Lavenham, and in Mary Pettiman's assessment, 'Bishop o' Satan' is a fair description. Mark Fosser blackmails his neighbours with cheerful ecumenism, and when he turns up dead, the suspects might be considered to include most of the town...

Following the adventure aboard ship in [i]Poison for a Poison Tongue[/i], Artists Robin and Felicia meet Robin's old friend Thomas Wolsey, who has a problem - a missing ambassador. The fate of the ambassador precipitates the pair into a dangerous search for a ruthless...

Quirke finds himself at the center of a deadly intergenerational feud in the latest novel from Booker Prize-winning "literary polymath" (The New York Times) John BanvilleTwo men go sailing off the coast of Ireland. Only one comes back, claiming the other shot himself. But...

Author: Allison MontclairISBN-10: 144831593XISBN-13: 9781448315932Publisher: Severn HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/06/2026Pages: 256Format: Hardcover

Author: Neil McRobertISBN-10: 1068563109ISBN-13: 9781068563102Publisher: Wild Hunt BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/09/2025Pages: 150Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.35d

Author: CM RawlinsISBN-13: 9798291790250Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/10/2025Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.46d

Author: Mary LancasterISBN-10: 1910245445ISBN-13: 9781910245446Publisher: Jean LancasterLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/03/2025Pages: 154Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d

Author: Clare MarchantISBN-10: 1836030576ISBN-13: 9781836030577Publisher: Boldwood Books LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/18/2025Pages: 314Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.78d

Author: Lindsay LoviseISBN-10: 1538740583ISBN-13: 9781538740583Publisher: ForeverLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/10/2026Pages: 368Format: PaperbackSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.92d

The BRAND NEW utterly gripping, unputdownable novel from Richard and Judy NUMBER ONE bestseller Louise Douglas 1864, Bristol, England The seamstress is found in the darkened docks, floating, silenced. Those who found her are sure it must be a tragic accident, probably the result...

"There is nothing like a glorious Texas Hill Country morning..." even for New Yorkers moving to Texas. John Boone became infatuated with Fredericksburg, Texas, on a work trip representing his New York computer firm. Bitten by the new adventure bug, laid back Texas lifestyle...

Jacob fought desperately to save Jerusalem from the Babylonian invaders. Injured and exiled, Jacob builds a new life among his former enemies in the city of Babylon.As the Babylonians celebrate their New Year, Jacob uncovers a conspiracy threatening the freedom and lives of every...

Get lost in a historical thriller set in 18th century London! Perfect for fans of Andrew Taylor, S. G. MacLean, Michael Jecks and Laura Shepherd-Robinson. Richard Brinsley Sheridan trades the theatre for detective work... 1791 Revolution in France is causing refugees to flee to...

After the death of her brave Harlem Hellfighter husband during the First World War, young widow Nola Ann Jackson returned to her hometown of Agate, Illinois, to live with her Aunt Sarah, a known local psychic. Under her aunt's care and tutelage, Nola has...

In "The Yellow Hunter; or, The Winding Trail of Death," by T. C. Harbaugh, readers are thrust into an exhilarating adventure centered around the enigmatic figure known as the Yellow Hunter. This character embarks on a perilous journey through a treacherous, winding trail fraught...

Illustrated edition of book 2 in the award-winning Anna Kronberg & Sherlock Holmes Mysteries. Anna Kronberg wakes up with a gun to her head. James Moriarty offers her a single bargain: to develop biological weapons for him, or she and her father will die....

Illustrated edition of book 3 of the award-winning Anna Kronberg & Sherlock Holmes Mysteries. For Anna Kronberg, time is running out. Hunted by an assassin, she has to find the true motivation behind her dead husband's plan to create weapons for germ warfare. Bit...

The Grecian, Earned picks up where canonical story, The Greek Interpreter left off. The villains of that story were murdered in Budapest, and so Holmes and Watson set off in search of 'the Grecian girl' to solve the mystery. What they discover is a...

A locked room. A secret letter. A weekend to solve a murder. Christmas, 1934. The snow lies heavy around Pauncefort Hall. Dress designers Ruby Dove and Fina Aubrey-Havelock leave behind their Oxford exams to rescue Lady Charlotte's wardrobe. But what Lady Charlotte doesn't know...

"Patricia Rice writes stories with so much attention to detail the characters truly seem to come to life." BooklistThe past rarely gives second chances-and neither do killersDamien Sutter fled his abusive family and the decaying village of Gravesyde at age twenty, abandoning his first...

Former college All-American linebacker and Marine Force Recon officer, turned Milwaukee Police detective, teams up with an FBI agent to track down violent extremists setting off bombs and committing murders.Author: Larry PowaliszISBN-10: 1630479764ISBN-13: 9781630479763Publisher: Morgan James FictionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/10/2017Pages: 276Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 8.50h x...

A pennant is on the line and a life hangs in the balance! When local baseball player Junior Jones receives death threats over the color of his skin, the team's wealthy owner hires Sam Rockwell to solve the case and stop a murder before...

"Some of [the Newcomers] had taken up the lonely life of trapping because they couldn't stand the lonely life of civilization. Some of them were running from women, from the fathers of women, from lawmen, or from each other. On the rough side, all...

The emerald-encrusted gold San Pedro cross has been stolen from the Bermuda Maritime Museum. In its place remains an impeccable forgery. The investigation into its disappearance by the police and its insurers is at a standstill. All leads have gone cold. Originally discovered by...

If you were given the opportunity to disappear and start your life again, would you take it? Paris 1933. Four people's lives are dramatically torn apart by a single terrifying event. Two days before Christmas the express train to Strasbourg crashes into a local...

From the author of Death on the Lusitania, The Spies of Hartlake Hall by R L Graham is a gripping and evocative historical crime novel set in the closing stages of WW1. London, 1917. When a man's body is found deep inside Room 40,...

Take a police chief who has never before served in law enforcement, push a reluctant but more convenient than qualified doctor into the job of coroner, insert a mayor in his first few weeks of holding any office, and show them a water-filled mine...

The rain began on March 16, 1936, and with it, the rain came pain. Raymond Twigg hates the rain because it gives the Rain Man power. It is a power to bring Raymond to his knees or drive him to deadly action. As the...

In the autumn of 1483, Roger goes on an errand of mercy to Hereford, where he is caught up in the Duke of Buckingham's rebellion against the new king, Richard III. Roger takes refuge in Tintern Abbey, but on his return to Bristol, a...

"A real player in the game of forensic sleuthing." --Kathy Reichs, author of Spider Bones "Forensic pathologist Jonathan Hayes brings his authentic voice--and a fascinating protagonist--to the crime novel." --Linda Fairstein, author of Silent Mercy Forensic pathologist Edward Jenner returns in this explosive sequel...

From Louis Bayard, the acclaimed author of Mr. Timothy and The Pale Blue Eye, comes The Black Tower, a stunning and pitch-perfect novel featuring the real-life criminal who transformed himself into the world's first and greatest detective. In The Black Tower, Bayard deftly interweaves...

Author: Toni MountISBN-10: 8412971620ISBN-13: 9788412971620Publisher: Madeglobal PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/26/2025Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.82d

DISCOVER THIS FAST-PACED COZY MYSTERY SET IN THE SNOW- COVERED LANDSCAPE OF NORFOLK, ENGLAND AT CHRISTMAS TIME. A man vanishes without a trace from a Tudor Manor House, a family feud explodes and a telephone call to say someone will die before midnight on...

Author: Emily OrganISBN-10: 1805088831ISBN-13: 9781805088837Publisher: Storm Publishing LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/23/2025Pages: 366Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.91d

Author: Donnarae MenardISBN-10: 1685129919ISBN-13: 9781685129910Publisher: Level Best BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/17/2025Pages: 268Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d

Author: Anna Sayburn LaneISBN-10: 1068455225ISBN-13: 9781068455223Publisher: Starling Street BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/24/2025Pages: 276Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.62d

"I was immediately besotted . . . Brilliant." -Janice Hallett, internationally bestselling author of The AppealAll is calm, all is bright, until reluctant sleuth barrister Gabriel Ward is tasked with finding the culprit of yet another grizzly crime in the Inner Temple . ....

Author: Charles ToddISBN-10: 1250428580ISBN-13: 9781250428585Publisher: Minotaur BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/15/1999Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.38w x 0.83d