Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

Cairo 1887: A melting pot of jealousy, lust and revenge. Who will pay the ultimate price?Lucy Lawrence throws caution to the wind and embarks on a journey of self-discovery to the land of the pharaohs. Travelling to Cairo as the patron of the charming...

London, 1913--the era of Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, and the Invisible Man. A time of shadows, secret societies, and dens filled with opium addicts. Into this world comes the most fantastic emissary of evil society has ever known... Dr. Fu-Manchu. The insidious doctor returns to...

"We Disappear is a mystery concerning the identity of a teenage boy and the people he draws into his web of half-truths. . . . It's not hyperbole to suggest that We Disappear is the eeriest Kansas-set story since Truman Capote's In Cold Blood."...

Scotland 1818 Still reeling from the horrific events in London, Alfie thinks Balcarres House, the seat of his earldom, will be just the place to recover. But unexplained noises in the night, figures that vanish into thin air, and ghostly tales of the infamous...

London 1818Alfred Pennington, the Earl of Crawford, knows someone wants him dead. An illicit boxing match seems the perfect opportunity to hire a champion fighter to watch his back, but Alfie is shocked to recognize the beaten and bloody challenger as his childhood friend,...

When Sir Agravain leads a dozen knights to arrest Lancelot in the queen's chamber, he kills them all in his own defense-all except the villainous Mordred, who pushes the king to make war on the escaped Lancelot, and to burn the queen for treason....

From the prolific author of Little Women, this crime fiction novella highlights the breadth of Louisa May Alcott's talent. First published in 1866, Behind a Mask takes place in Victorian England and follows a sly, master manipulator, Jean Muir. Working as the governess for...

When Sir Galahad arrives in Camelot to fulfill his destiny, the presence of Lancelot's illegitimate son disturbs Queen Guinevere. But the young knight's vision of the Holy Grail at Pentecost inspires the entire fellowship of the Round Table to rush off in quest of...

"Pastor's plot is well crafted, her prose sharp. . . . A disturbing mix of detection and reflection."--Publishers Weekly"A mystery, it rivets the reader until the end and beyond, with its twist of historical realities. A historical piece, it faithfully reproduces the grim canvas...

""Mr. Pratt"" is a novel written by Joseph C. Lincoln. The story is set in the early 1900s in a small coastal town in Massachusetts. The main character, Mr. Pratt, is a wealthy businessman who moves to the town with his wife and daughter...

Book one of the sprawling Puzzle Box Chronicles.Victor Marius, an inspired scientist and budding entrepreneur, is lost in a shipwreck off the coast of Cape Cod in the summer of 1891. But before he disappears beneath the waves he manages to release a strange...

As the 13th century dawns, an ancient scroll hidden in the French Pyrenees is rumored to hold shocking revelations about Jesus of Nazareth. To preserve this lost evidence of Christ's teachings, a charismatic Cathar holy woman must defy Rome. Christianity is about to enter...

"In Uprising, Dean Urdahl has crafted a story about Min-nesota's 'war within a war' in the Minnesota River Valley during the autumn of 1862. His saga is enriched by unfolding . . . on an even broader background beginning with the bloody battle of...

Jack Novac is a man who needs the rush of adrenalin shooting through his veins to satisfy his lust for adventure. Belted in his new racing airplane he revels in the sensations of the sleek, powerful racer. The roar of the engine. the acceleration...

In this sparkling debut novel imbued with the rich intrigue of Kate Atkinson's literary mysteries and the spirited heart of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, a disparate group of Londoners plunge into a search for a missing American actress.In the dreary days of November 1965,...

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow!The Comfort of Ghosts completes Jacqueline Winspear's ground-breaking and internationally bestselling series.Psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs unravels a profound mystery from her past in a war-torn nation grappling with its future.London, 1945:...

Charlotte Baxter is eager for the circus to come through her dusty Texas town on the railroad, but the exciting event turns deadly when a star performer dies in the center ring. After Charlotte discovers a devastating secret at home, she takes her son...

1903Twenty-year-old Max Eyer is still reeling from his father's recent death when a mysterious stranger's offer to buy the family farm outside of Hamburg, Germany presents to him and his mother an unexpected opportunity to make a fresh start in America.Welcomed by his uncle's...

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...

The Honourable Cressida Fawcett is expecting the cathedral crypt to be full of dry old bones. But when she finds a body murdered just moments before, she'll need divine inspiration to solve her most mysterious case yet...Winchester, 1925. When amateur sleuth Cressida Fawcett is...

The stage is set for murderIt's the summer of 1929 and there's a serial killer on the streets of London.Bodies of young women are dumped at the stage doors of London's theatres.No? Coward's assistant Florence Miles, known to her close friends as Bill, is...

DUPLICITY DECEPTION and LIES is a trilogy. The author, Peter Eisenhut, blends mystery, romance, and history into three thrillers with unexpected twists and turns. The stories focus on the lives of intelligence operatives. Peter Troutman and Donna Wolf are common denominators in all three...

Something strange is going on next door. Suspicious that an elderly neighbor may be in danger, Barbara and her friend Vicky investigate mysterious activities down the street. Barbara also has worries further from home, as a certain attractive but crooked restaurant owner has discovered...

DUPLICITY DECEPTION and LIES is a trilogy. The author, Peter Eisenhut, blends mystery, romance, and history into three thrillers with unexpected twists and turns. The stories focus on the lives of intelligence operatives. Peter Troutman and Donna Wolf are common denominators in all three...

London, 1894. Albertine Honeycombe never wanted a husband and certainly not the one with fifteen children that her cousin, Aubrey, is trying to marry her off to. She reinvents herself as Countess Von Dagga, a private detective aiding the upper echelons of women in...

Always known as the troublemaker in town from a young age, William's longing to be out at sea finally came true after a series of unfortunate events. He finds that life at sea isn't what he thought it would be as his crew passes...

Yellowstone meets INTO THIN AIRPatrick Flint is about to make the most harrowing climb of his life.When the body of Patrick's beautiful young climbing partner floats up dead in the creek behind the Flint home, rumors about the two of them explode, thrusting Susanne...

A defaced portrait and the death of an artist - but is anything quite what it seems? To the furious disapproval of his assistant, April, Lord Petteril insists on calling in on Lady Haggard's country house party - only to discover his hostess and...

When a series of mysterious deaths plagues a new Scottish play, heiress and lawyer Prudence MacKenzie and her partner ex-Pinkerton Geoffrey Hunter are called in to perform an investigation at one of Broadway's most stunning theatres . . . APRIL 1891: Prudence MacKenzie is...

Lindsey Davis has received the Crime Writer's Association Lifetime Achievement Award for her two immortal series of detective novels featuring Marcus Didius Falco and his adopted daughter, Flavia Albia. She is regarded as the finest living novelist of Ancient Rome. Here, for the first...

Finally, Flora Hyde-Clare has wrest the narrative from Beatrice by finding her own compelling murder mystery to solve.Well, it's not entirely her own because the victim is her cousin's former beau, Mr. Theodore Davies, whose father cruelly separated the young lovers (though not socruelly,...

The book "Bermuda Triangle's Secrets: Vanishing Ships and Planes" is a riveting investigation of one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in the history of the planet. This book goes deep into the mysterious core of the Bermuda Triangle, unraveling the myths, examining the truths,...

"Clever and entertaining, you'll love this charming Golden Age mystery series. And the fashion is to die for!" - Molly C. Quinn, actress, Castle For fans of Ginger Gold and Basil Reed - this is the wedding you've been waiting for! The bride and...

Inherit the Land, is the story of Jo Shelby Ferguson's return to the Mississippi Delta from Mexico, of his legal challenge to the wealthy landowner he believes illegally possesses land that should belong to his family, his relationship with the landowner's daughter, a dramatic...

When a woman dons a mask and disappears on her wedding day, her new husband hires a detective to find her and learn the truth behind her strange behavior. As the detective delves deeper into the case, he discovers a tangled web of deceit...

We bring you this edition of The Mystery of the Yellow Room -Gaston Leroux's famous detective novel. Published in 1907, The Mystery of the Yellow Room was France's reply to Sherlock Holmes. This novel ranks among the first "locked room" mysteries, in which a...

"This thriller is rich in brilliant discourses on religion, fanaticism, the meaning of ancient cave art, the speculative future, and love."--Library Journal Sena Jeter Naslund, the New York Times bestselling author of Ahab's Wife, Four Spirits, and Abundance explores both the dark nature of...

A man facing execution in two weeks appeals to Sherlock Holmes to save him from the gallows. He claims that he is innocent and Holmes agrees to take on his case. Five years earlier he was convicted of the largest theft of art masterpieces...

THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLOTTE EUROPA GOLDERTON. In the original Sherlock Holmes story about Charles Augustus Milverton, "the worst man in London," was shot and sent to his just reward. But now another diabolical scheme of blackmail has emerged centered in the telegraph offices of...

DCI Paniatowski's team suspect a murder is the result of ritual killing, carried out by a secret society. But DCI Dixon treats it as a mere domestic murder. So Meadows, Crane and Beresford risk their careers to uncover the truth. Meanwhile, Monika knows killer...

"An unforgettable character, with a heart as big as her pocketbook, a fine disregard for convention and an insatiable appetite for life." --Denver PostThe fabulous Phryne Fisher, her sister Beth and her faithful maid, Dot, decide that Luna Park is the perfect place for...

Each new Sherlock Holmes Mystery is also available in large print for seniors and the visually impaired.In 1649, King Charles I escaped from the palace in which he was being held prisoner and made a desperate run for Southampton, hoping to reach safety on...

Author: Mary MileyISBN-10: 1518883702ISBN-13: 9781518883705Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/09/2015Pages: 274Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 04/04/2016

For 300 years it was believed Alexander the Great had no heir.The Roman armada descends on Alexandria. Friends flee, allies bicker, and foes multiply in the night. The fragile city-state teeters on the brink of annihilation. As the naval blockade looms and palace intrigue...

Based on the real - life history - mystery of the missing star from the Star Spangled Banner Set during the War of 1812: In the fall of 1809 Grace Wisher, a young slave girl, escapes the plantation to live her life in the...

It's 1909, and Cairo is the murder capital of the world. Deaths are two a piastre. But the death of an effendi is something different. Effendis--the Egyptian elite--are important. Especially if they happen to be foreign.When effendi Tvardovsky is shot at a gathering of...

This latest novel in the Bangalore Detectives Club mystery series takes the listener deep into the historical era surrounding the visit by Edward, Prince of Wales, to Bangalore in 1921. When the prince begins a tour of a number of Indian cities, he encounters...

This latest novel in the Bangalore Detectives Club mystery series takes the listener deep into the historical era surrounding the visit by Edward, Prince of Wales, to Bangalore in 1921. When the prince begins a tour of a number of Indian cities, he encounters...

It's 1942, and as far as her father knows, Evelyn Bishop, heiress to an aeronautics fortune, is working as a translator in London. In truth, Evelyn--daring, beautiful, and as adept with a rifle as she is in five languages--has joined the Office of Strategic...

It's 1942, and as far as her father knows, Evelyn Bishop, heiress to an aeronautics fortune, is working as a translator in London. In truth, Evelyn--daring, beautiful, and as adept with a rifle as she is in five languages--has joined the Office of Strategic...