Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

When Professor Jason Marley began reading a new best selling murder mystery, he was startled by the dedication: "To my beloved wife, Jayne Norwell Burke." Jaynie Norwell had been Jason's college sweetheart. The more he read, the more he began to suspect that the...

Author: Lisa BoyleISBN-13: 9798991616911Publisher: Lisa Boyle Writes, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/08/2025Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.96d

Author: Win Blevins, Meredith BlevinsISBN-10: 1685494471ISBN-13: 9781685494476Publisher: Rough Edges PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/22/2025Pages: 346Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.86d

Author: Lille MooreISBN-10: 1968031006ISBN-13: 9781968031008Publisher: Wildflower Press LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2025Pages: 302Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

All of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries like you've never seen them before.A new spin on all four Sherlock Holmes novels, fifty-six short stories, and the apocryphal tales.Fans of Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes will be familiar with the twist: take a classic story and retell...

Marguerite Boyer longs for peace to return to her homeland, instead she discovers six decapitated bodies at the junction of the Maumee and Auglaize Rivers. A New York fur trader and his five Canadien canoemen have been brutally murdered.The year is 1766, in a...

Two young Japanese American men hired to investigate an art theft discover something much more sinister in turn-of-the-century California--from the Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of Clark and Division Pasadena, 1903: Eighteen-year-old Ryunosuke "Ryui" Wada staggers off the boat from Yokohama, Japan, ready to...

Eastern Washington Folklore: Legends, Ghost Stories, and Mysteries from the Pacific NorthwestUnlock the hidden legends of the Pacific Northwest with Eastern Washington Folklore, a spellbinding journey into the region's most chilling ghost stories, unexplained phenomena, and time-honored tales passed down through generations. From shadowy...

Brace yourselves to be transported into a thrilling tale of adventure, romance, and intrigue set against the backdrop of historical events. The narrative revolves around the lives of two remarkable women, Valentina and Bianca, who find themselves entangled in a web of daring escapades...

Nobody is thrilled when a medium has moved into town. But her presence doesn't compare to the chaos that ensues after the murder of a prominent man. Can a curious nurse with a nose for detection solve who did it? Nurse Aggie Burnside and...

Aggie is hired to be a private nurse to an ailing millionaire's wife. But she's not the one who dies. The couple is ensconced in a mansion in the small town to evade their enemies in the city. The marriage is anything but happy...

Cairo, 1949. Gilded lives, golden lies-and one young woman's search for freedom.Eighteen-year-old Leila lives behind the ornate gates of privilege in post-war Cairo, where appearances are everything and silence is survival. But when her engagement to the aloof Galal collapses, she's thrust into an...

""The Pit-Prop Syndicate"" is an intriguing detective novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, known for its intricate plot and meticulous attention to detail. Set in the early 20th century, the story revolves around the meticulous investigation led by Detective Inspector French, as he unravels the...

The miscreants and murderers who live in the underworld of 19th-century Toronto said that George Porter had a heart as black as a sweep s face. Over the years, he s recorded the faces of the guilty in pen and ink, sketching them as...

This 92,000-word novel, "The Masada Complex," is a thriller in the mold of Nelson DeMille and Daniel Silva, with lots of drama, a touch of history and a modicum of humor, as well as a glimpse at the impasse between Israel and its Arab...

Forget Deadwood, Dodge, and Tombstone, the biggest, baddest boomtown of the 1880s was San Diego, California. The attraction wasn't gold or silver but cheap land, the promise of an oceanfront paradise where it never snows and rarely rains, and the too-good-to-be-true deals offered by...

He had found her in a quiet bar -- a sulky-mouthed, awkward, green-eyed kid trying desperately to pick up a man. He taught her how to dress, to walk, to laugh, made her into the kind of woman who makes every man reach into...

Velda toyed with men. Sometimes she gave them what they wanted -- sometimes not. But her games were somewhat limited by her marriage. For every time her husband found out about one of her flights, there were jealous rages. If he got mad enough,...

Author: Caroline DunfordISBN-10: 1472295447ISBN-13: 9781472295446Publisher: Headline AccentLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/07/2025Pages: 192Format: Paperback

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder'As pretty a piece of work as Inspector French has done... On the level of Mr Crofts' very best; which is saying something.' --Daily TelegraphDr James Earle and his wife live in comfortable seclusion near...

A powerful man's suspicious suicide has Dublin on a boil in the fourth Quirke volume, named one of the Chicago Tribune's Best Reads of the YearOn a sweltering summer afternoon, newspaper tycoon Richard Jewell--known to his many enemies as Diamond Dick--is discovered with his...

Summer 1312. The brutal murder of King Edward II's favourite, Peter Gaveston, unleashes a horde of demons . . . Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the Secret Seal, hastens to the Dominican Priory at Blackfriars where Gaveston's corpse awaits burial. But, on arrival, Corbett...

Step back in time to 18th-century London with Charles Dickens' "Barnaby Rudge," a compelling work of historical fiction interwoven with mystery. This meticulously prepared edition brings to life a gripping narrative set against the backdrop of social upheaval. Explore the world of locksmiths and...

April, 1970. Late at night, a mysterious Caucasian emerges from the rain forest north of Saigon. Unexpectedly he encounters a US Army outpost and is killed. Who was he, and why was he alone deep in the jungle? A military investigator George Tanner must...

The 1918 influenza pandemic strikes Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Great War rages overseas. While her husband fights in Europe, Katharine works in a doctor's office to support her children and her brother, a wounded veteran. One night their neighbour suddenly takes sick and dies....

Author: K. A. WoodISBN-13: 9798349409325Publisher: Paper HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/22/2025Pages: 340Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d

Author: K. A. WoodISBN-13: 9798349409264Publisher: Paper HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/22/2025Pages: 340Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.37lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

Author: Cara DevlinISBN-13: 9798992305722Publisher: First Cup PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/13/2025Pages: 292Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.66d

Author: Elizabeth LemarchandISBN-10: 1913028151ISBN-13: 9781913028152Publisher: Sapere BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/16/2019Pages: 194Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.45d

Author: Jm ReinboldISBN-10: 1804246298ISBN-13: 9781804246290Publisher: MX PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/20/2025Pages: 250Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.53d

Author: Verity BrightISBN-10: 1836188161ISBN-13: 9781836188162Publisher: BookoutureLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/30/2025Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.72d

Author: Lateefa HarrisISBN-10: 1068252413ISBN-13: 9781068252419Publisher: Reign UnshackledLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/10/2025Pages: 314Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.13lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d

Author: Gordon CooperISBN-10: 0972557180ISBN-13: 9780972557184Publisher: Preston Woods Publishing CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/11/2025Pages: 590Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.48lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.19d

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...

Delve into the gripping world of 19th-century maritime intrigue with William Clark Russell's "The Surgeon's Secret." Set against the backdrop of the vast and unpredictable ocean, this historical fiction novel weaves a tale of mystery and suspense. Follow the journey as a ship's surgeon...

A stand-alone JEFFERSON TAYTE novella from the author of the million-copy bestselling Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mysteries.A portrait painting is stolen from a London home. Shortly afterwards, the owner, Nat, calls on genealogist Jefferson Tayte for his help. She believes the subject of the painting,...

Join Charles Dickens on another crime-solving adventure! Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Victorian crime mysteries, A Christmas Carol and David Copperfield... Dickens has gone from private investigator to prime suspect... London, 1850Charles Dickens is in Manchester, performing at the Queen's Theatre with his...

Will Garrison's nightmares from a traumatic childhood event reawaken after an assassination attempt at the Brooklyn Museum during the grand opening of an exhibit dedicated to the discoveries made in Afghanistan by Annah Devar's brother, Thomma. At Annah's suggestion, they retreat to the Garrison...

Number one New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns with a perplexing case in which her favorite sleuths must untangle a web of interconnected motives to identify the man who killed Thomas Cardwell.When Thomas Cardwell, an upstanding man-of-business, is murdered, Roscoe enlists the...

When Ella Carter returns to her small hometown of Blythewood, she finds the beloved local library-a place that shaped her childhood-on the brink of closure. The once-vibrant Blythewood Public Library, with its towering shelves and hidden corners, is now a shadow of its former...

Dive into the exhilarating world of a Navy pilot whose career ventures into the realms of the unexplained.Insubordinate brings you a riveting collection of short stories, each a flight into the daring and often clandestine experiences of a pilot whose life is anything but...

Unravel the mystery that captivated generations! "Clouds of Witness" by Dorothy L. Sayers, a masterpiece once lost to time, is now brilliantly restored and republished by Alpha Editions. This timeless classic, out of print for decades, returns as a collector s item and a...

Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket A dark and mysterious figure drifts through the foggy landscape, setting the stage for a tale of suspense and hidden secrets. As the story unfolds, a young woman's life is turned upside down when she becomes entangled in...

Dr. Sampson Brooks is on a case that has nothing to do with medicine. He vows to help bring down the man who ruined his father and sent his mother to an early grave. When the villain's top henchmen are apprehended, Sam attends the...

Lady Drusilla Davanish, summoned to 10 Downing Street by William Pitt, is warned that John Hamerton, soon to be her guest on the Isle of Wight, may be a top French spy. Hamerton's brother-in-law is close to Robespierre, the most feared man in France....

Bart Hardin trails a mad butcher -- a killer who hates the pretty girls of the Great White Way! With this taut and chilling tale, David Alexander, author of "Murder Points a Finger," introduces Bart Hardin, sardonic, Broadway-wise editor of "The Broadway Times," a...

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1948. The shadow of war still lingers over Britain and Beattie Cavendish, former Secret Operations Executive agent, refuses to settle into civilian life. When offered an undercover role at the newly formed GCHQ, the nerve centre of Britain's intelligence network, she doesn't hesitate. Her...

Leaving their father's rectory, two sisters set out for the social season in London only to end up investigating the poisoning of a dowager countess.Author: Catherine LloydISBN-10: 0758287356ISBN-13: 9780758287359Publisher: Kensington Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/25/2014Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 8.04h x 6.41w x 0.70dReview Citation(s): Romantic...

For the women in London, the "chance of a lifetime" may prove to be their last.Hidden among the romantic rendezvous and and secret messages in The Times of London's Personal Column, a peculiar ad offers one young woman the opportunity of escape: travel, adventure,...