Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

Miss Ophelia Flax is a Victorian actress who knows all about making quick changes and even quicker exits. But to solve a fairy-tale crime in the haunted Black Forest, she'll need more than a bit of charm... 1867: After being fired from her latest...

The newspapers called us the Seven Wonders. We were a group of friends, that's all, and then Toby died. Was killed. Murdered.1905. A decade after the grisly murder of Oxford student Toby Feynsham, the case remains hauntingly unsolved. For Jeremy Kite, the crime not...

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...

The sweeping new saga of strong heroines and family secrets from the bestselling author of The Paris Model. While searching for her lost sister, art historian Wren Summers takes on the glittering world of New York's auction houses. A missing girl, a hidden masterpiece,...

From the author of Unladylike Lessons in Love comes the second spectacular novel in the Marleigh Sisters series, following Anya as she must marry in order to inherit a fortune...and fight her attraction to the man who stands in her way.Anya Marleigh is a...

In this thrilling supernatural mystery, Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula must join forces to banish a terrible enemy... Sherlock Holmes is dead. His body lies in a solitary grave on the Sussex Downs, England. But Dr. Watson survives, and is now given permission to...

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:...

An Edgar Award Finalist for Best First Novel For fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Charles Todd, Murder by Degrees is a "fresh...twisty" (Michelle Richmond, New York Times bestselling author) historical mystery set in 19th-century Philadelphia, following a pioneering woman doctor as she investigates the...

A building undergoes multiple transformations through the centuries--but a fair-haired boy continues to haunt its halls . . . 1460: Ismay Deacon, caught between sides in the War of the Roses, tries to hide away in her ancestral home, Havencross. But when word gets...

Detective John Grizzley has just 72 hours to find Sarah after she was kidnapped. If he fails to locate her in time, her life hangs in the balance. To find Sarah, Grizzley must solve an intricate series of puzzles that send him racing across...

An experienced gamekeeper is killed by the Archbishop of Canterbury while hunting with King James. Determined to be an accident, Captain of Royal Cuirassiers, Robert Curtis, is bothered by a simple question: Why was an experienced gamekeeper in the wrong place? Robert uncovers new...

A desperate King James clings to hope for an alliance by marriage with mighty Spain, but when The Lord Inquirer, Sir Robert Curtis, witnesses the murder of a Spanish envoy at the gala opening of The Banqueting House, he knows a new war is...

The Choice: One Killer? Or Ten Innocents? France, 1941. The small town of Dinon is under German occupation. Max Duval, its mayor, appears to have accepted the German presence and encourages his citizens to do the same. He owns the Hotel Picardie, whose most...

Twenty or so years have passed since the arrest of the evil one. Now, in Marquette Island, View from the Snows, Sheriff George is confronted with a dead body and various robberies. The crime leads George to one person. However, he is not to...

Luci de Foix was nine when her parents were killed in a car accident. But was it an accident? Unbeknownst to Luci, a group known as The Order, under the protection of the Pope, has been watching her family for many years, waiting for...

At fourteen, Gillis McCabe has a contentious argument with his father and angrily leaves his home, vanishing into the city. Years later, through hard work and innovative decisions he rises to become one of the wealthiest businessmen in Virginia. Feeling an urge to mend...

Before it was over, the perverse enslavement of a beautiful actress came into full focus...the sinister source of strength of Hollywood's most venomous gossip columnist was exposed...the sexual appetites of the world's greatest comedian turned out to be no laughing matter...the raging nymphomania of...

Come with Seb Foxley, Rose and their enigmatic friend Kit, a priest with a shadowy past, as they join a diverse group of pilgrims on what should be an uplifting spiritual journey to Canterbury Cathedral.Beset by natural disasters and unexplained deaths, the dangers become...

This gripping and emotionally riveting tale is a dark and timely retelling of The Wizard of Oz which unravels the prejudices of the Midwest in the late 19th century. Kansas, 1896. After a tornado destroys the Gale family farm, 11-year-old Dorothy goes missing. As...

1956: In the quiet village of Wilbeth Green, the smoldering ruins of Rosemont Abbey set the residents' tongues wagging, and everyone is quick to accuse troublemaker Paul Everly of being the arsonist. Paul has vanished without a trace, leaving only his twin sister, Louisa,...

London, 1873. Madeleine Brewster's marriage to Dr Lucius Everley was meant to be the solution to her family's sullied reputation. After all, Lucius is a well-respected collector of natural curiosities. His 'Small Museum' of bones and specimens in jars is his pride and joy,...

Within P.G. Wodehouse's literary universe, readers embark on a whimsical journey through the eccentric and humorous landscape of early 20th-century England. Originally published in 1917, this collection of short stories offers a delightful array of characters and comical situations that exemplify Wodehouse's distinctive wit...

Rosalind Thorne's quick wits and discretion have proved invaluable to London's haut ton. Success has at last brought her financial stability and a new home, which she shares with her best friend, Alice Littlefield. But now trouble has infiltrated Rosalind's sanctuary, and the reputations...

What do you do when skill with a blade is no match for the power of the Dark Arts? Which is it? The skill of the sword or the magic of the woman?His supernatural affinities unlocked by the presence of Lucy in his life,...

Alchemists claim to turn lead into gold. Why would anyone want to change gold into lead? When you're trying to con a con man, of course!A man swindled out of a truly staggering sum of money engages Caz to get it back. Under his...

New Orleans native Mademoiselle Francesca Dumas is a kept woman. At age eighteen in the second year of the American Civil War, she is the concubine of a rich New Orleans banker, Joachim Buisson. Born a quadroon, Francesca leads a sheltered life of elegant...

Four cases that chronicle Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson's quarter-century of espionage against the German Empire. As most readers know, that campaign ended in triumph on the night of August 2, 1914. Along the way, there were many ups and downs, some of them...

On a warm spring day in April 1734, a fire raged through Montreal's merchant quarters. When the flames finally died, 46 buildings - including the Hel-Dieu convent and hospital - had been destroyed. Within hours, rumors ran rampant that Marie-Joseph Ang駘ique, a Black slave...

Become a part of a riveting mystery adventure with Agatha Christie's fearless heroine"The Man in the Brown Suit."Introducing "The Man in the Brown Suit" by Agatha Christie, a thrilling mystery adventure with a fearless heroine. The story of Anne Beddingfield, whose journey to uncover...

In the bustling streets of Miami, Dennis, a veterinarian leading a mundane life, has always carried the weight of an enigma from his past. When he was just a child, his mother mysteriously disappeared, followed by the abrupt vanishing of his father, who embarked...

The staff in high society households are expectedto be unobtrusive, but a dead butler in the dining room tends to get noticed. Did he die of natural causes or was he poisoned? Cleo is hired by the housekeeper at a Mayfair residence after the...

Fiona Mahoney's past returns to haunt her present as a prizefighter from her hometown becomes the only suspect in a gruesome, high-society murder.No one in London knows what befell Fiona's family back in Ireland.At least, no one left alive.That is until her late brother's...

"A royal treat....Welcome back, Vicky Bliss!...For readers new to Vicky's sassy and distinctively smart stories, The Laughter of Dead Kings will mark the start of a beautiful friendship."--Tampa Tribune New York Times bestselling Grand Master Elizabeth Peters--author of the thrilling fictional exploits of archaeologist...

Rosalind Thorne's quick wits and discretion have proved invaluable to London's haut ton. Success has at last brought her financial stability and a new home, which she shares with her best friend, Alice Littlefield. But now trouble has infiltrated Rosalind's sanctuary, and the reputations...

The year is 1896. Sherlock Holmes meets Thomas Edison. At the dawn of Cinema, a beautiful Broadway danseuse is murdered in Edison's New Jersey Laboratory. Irene Adler encounters ghosts on Broadway. Harry Houdini mystifies the New York Vaudeville circuit. Holmes and Watson go hunting...

Genealogy and a treasure hunt can lead to... murder. The day had darkened, and when two children at the library hide under a table during a storm, they overhear something more ominous than the rumbling outside. Strangers talking about stealing treasure.What, exactly, had the...

From the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, a soaring, soulful novel about a folk musician who rises to fame across our changing timesBefore Jodie Rattler became a star, she was a girl growing up in St. Louis. One day in 1955, when she was just...

Embracing the true diversity of the Regency era, award-winning author Vanessa Riley brings readers a vibrant historical mystery starring an engaging heroine with an independent streak, a notorious past, and a decided talent for sleuthing in Murder in Berkley Square the latest novel in...

'Brilliant' -Publishers Weekly Starred ReviewThe legendary Judge Dee Renjie investigates a high-profile murder case in this intriguing companion novel to Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder set in seventh-century China.Judge Dee Renjie, Empress Wu's newly appointed Imperial Circuit Supervisor for the Tang Empire,...

The iconic Bird Cage Theatre is alive with whispering spirits. In the heart of Tombstone, a town famed for its turbulent past and ghostly legends, the disappearance of waitress Lisa Callaghan unfolds into an enigma that defies explanation. Her last known location is the...

Celebrity. Husband. Father. In the cutthroat world of cattle rustlers and gunslingers, a lawman has to be quick, cold, and ruthless or he's a dead man... and Jonas V. Brighton is now a man with something to live for. Longing for a tranquil existence...

Locked away for over a century, this machine holds an alluring secret.After remaining sealed for generations, a hidden room is discovered in the basement of the famed Biltmore Estate. Within the musty, decaying confines of the hidden room, a large mechanical machine comes to...

Ursula Stannard faces the ultimate test in this gripping Tudor mystery. How far is she prepared to go to protect those dearest to her and save her own life? April, 1590. Ursula Stannard, the queen's half-sister and occasional secret agent, has just left Sir...

Murder is so sang-froid! When the Reed family-temporarily exiled to France-is once again safe, Ginger decides to turn the event into a much needed holiday. And the absolute cake is Ginger's reunion with her American friend Haley Higgins, who is working in France on...

Have Yourself a Merry Little Murder Clive Pippins, Lady Ginger Gold's beloved, elderly butler is apparently Christmas shopping when a body is found. To the shock of everyone in Ginger's household, the victim is the spinster cousin Pippins worked for during the years surrounding...

As America races toward the supposedly bright new decade of the 1950s, disillusioned white private dick, Matt Moulton finds himself faltering in the dark. Should he serve an amnesiac client whose recovering memories of paid murder intensify his own wartime guilt as an assassin?...

Badger Creek is the story of a middle age man questioning where he is in life. In 23 years, Andy Yarnell has gone from being a green deputy to the sheriff of Gros Ventre County Montana. Getting to this point, however, has not been...

Remarkable Power of Stimulus is the sequel to These Scattered Houses. Sherlock Holmes returns to London after three years away. Traveling from New York to Liverpool he faces death-defying challenges. He finds his city in the grip of a mass murderer and No. 221B...

★ Discover a thrilling adventure that blends the Da Vinci Code with House of Cards ★In this gripping thriller, acclaimed geneticist Lydia del Biondo is thrust into a bitter geopolitical and ideological war that has secretly raged for millennia. When a high-ranking European Union...

Dr. Carrie Nelson works on a Montana reservation and is married to the love of her life, handsome surgeon Dr. Nate Holden. When a Native American newborn is abandoned at the hospital, they fight to adopt her, though tribal law is against them. Author:...