Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

"A vile crime is being planned," he said."And heaven knows, it may even have been executed."When an old schoolfriend whisks private detective Asbj rn Krag away by train to an isolated snow-covered manor house, his curiosity is aroused.John Aakerholm, a wealthy landowner with peculiar...

"My guiltiest pleasure is Harry Stephen Keeler. He may been the greatest bad writer America has ever produced. Or perhaps the worst great writer. I do not know. There are few faults you can accuse him of that he is not guilty of. But...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a Scottish physician and writer known around the world for his stories about detective Sherlock Holmes, which all but created the literary field of crime fiction and made the name Sherlock Holmes synonymous with detectives. Aside from the...

A newly minted graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1890, Dr. Thomas Parks heads to the big timber country of Puget Sound to practice trauma medicine. An hour after stepping off the boat he's nearly crushed to death by a less-than-surefooted...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

Author: Bruce AlexanderISBN-10: 042516036XISBN-13: 9780425160367Publisher: Berkley BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/1997Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 6.76h x 4.20w x 0.89d

Deputy Dawg or D. B. Cooper, a Mary MacIntosh novel, follows two true crimes that occurred within months of one another in 1971. Deputy Dawg was a lawless hippie in the late '60s and early '70s in Boulder and Nederland, Colorado, and he shot...

While hosting a group of academics at Thorncroft House, Harriet and Matthew Rowsley find themselves confronted with bigger - and bloodier! - issues than unruly guests . . . The fifth instalment of the Harriet and Matthew Rowsley Victorian mystery series sets in England...

"I just need a trusted messenger," Winston Churchill said to me. "President Wilson and Senator Lodge know me and have some small respect for me. They will listen. They must. The ties between the recent terrorist attacks and the current massive labor strikes are...

Daphne is the beautiful daughter of the Pontescuro land owner and townsfolk employer. She lets herself be adored by the men, earning her the ire of the town's women. Then there is Ciaccio, the orphan close in age to her, whom she befriends. The...

Envy and desire infiltrate the lives of twin sisters in this dark, Gothic suspense set in England and New York City, perfect for fans of Laura Joh Rowland and Hester Fox. A mirror will never show you the truth. England 1904. Mirror twins Adelaide...

At Wycliffe Manor, a legendary pirate treasure draws danger... .Bestselling author Patricia Rice brings you another haunting country house mystery in Regency England. . .An heiress haunted by ghosts, Dotty Dorothea knows her family believes her mad. Fearing fortune hunters who would lock her...

Kregg Bryer has always felt a strong affinity with the past, and likes nothing more than tracing the origins of pottery, guns, documents, or any other relics that find their way into his shop on the Plaza in Santa Fe. On this occasion, however,...

Sarah has been receiving threatening anonymous letters seemingly from a former lover. Just one day after revealing this information to her co- worker Nancy, Sarah is shot and found in her bedroom by one of her past flames, Donald. Desperate to clear any evidence...

I reach for my scotch glass. Empty. I slam it down and check my pockets. My hand fumbles with my pack of Woodbines. Damn. I need a ciggy, bad. I shake a smoke out and put it to my lips. I strike a match,...

Summoned to a historic Tudor manor, Jason and Daniel are charged with investigating the heart-wrenching murder of two small boys. To discover who would have a motive to commit such a heinous crime, they must delve into the unexpectedly complicated relationships between the manor's...

Danger, trust, desire, love...only Astreiant's stars know the outcome.Nicolas Rathe and Philip Eslingen, the heroes who saved Astreiant's children mere months before, are back, drawn together from opposite sides of the law to investigate a series of murders whose impact stretches deep into Astreiant's...

A Roaring Twenties closed-room train mystery and another whodunit for Doro Banyon. After spending the summer with her parents in Colorado, Doro, college librarian and amateur sleuth, plans to enjoy a luxurious respite in posh surroundings on the train trip home. Traveling with her...

Enter the fog-cloaked past, as Sherlock Holmes undertakes his first case since recovering from an attempt on his life that left him wounded in body and spirit, traveling to the westernmost reaches of Suffolk, where a client from a previous mystery, a retired military...

Her sweetheart revealed he was once married. Now the other woman has turned up dead. Will her sleuthing show he did the deed? Massachusetts, 1932. Aggie Burnside just got blindsided. Discovering her boyfriend's secret ex-wife has completely sent her whole world into a tailspin....

n isolated mansion, an eccentric host, squabbling siblings, and a snowstorm. What could possibly go wrong? Young nurse Aggie Burnside and her doctor boyfriend are asked for a holiday weekend in a remote mansion in Vermont to calm the nerves of the threatened owner....

The Valentine Ball, the glittering social event of 1932 Boston. Who would want to spoil a debutante cotillion with a murder? Nurse Aggie Burnside goes to Boston to assist her cousin Amanda with the final touches on the dazzling debutante presentation to raise funds...

The Race for Gold is MurderThe 1928 Amsterdam Olympics set the stage for Ginger's latest adventure. Excited yet conflicted, Ginger faces a historic moment: women's debut in the games amid a British boycott. The plot thickens when an English sprinter is found dead. Was...

Murder and mayhem on the Great Lakes spanning two hundred years and generations marred by legacy. Mobsters and revolutionaries fall together before the seedy past of the mysterious Mackinac Island as twisted stories trace the rich history of the majestic Michigan destinations and former...

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...

Would you betray a friend to save a country? Would you betray a country to avenge a friend? London May 1913. Angry about the treatment of suffragettes, and a supporter's murder, Dr Margaret Demeray's friend Maude urges their suffrage group towards violent militancy. But...

A lady's maid is getting too big for her britches. But does that justify murder?Everybody in town agrees: Arabella Parnell thinks far too highly of herself. She worked her way up to lady's maid for one of Arrojo's finest families, personal friends of the...

This gripping tale of murder, revenge, and psychological intrigue is a classic of Victorian suspense fiction. Featuring a masterfully crafted plot, vividly drawn characters, and a range of unexpected twists and turns, it holds readers spellbound from beginning to end.This work has been selected...

Tommy Mooney-a hero after his adventures in Nazi-occupied Europe and wartime Britain-is back at Warfield Hall in England when he gets a call from his friend Daphne. "We've a letter from Paris," she says. "A very odd sort of letter." The letter, written in...

Tommy Mooney-back in England after his adventures in Telegram For Mrs. Mooney-goes with his brother's fianc e to RAF Rochford, where he begins to suspect that a Nazi spy is working mischief at the base. Airmen are mysteriously wounded, Spitfires are sabotaged, someone has...

Nineteenth century private investigators American Matthew Grand and Englishman James Batchelor investigate the murder of Charles Dickens. June, 1870. The world-famous author Charles Dickens has been found dead in his summerhouse where he had been hard at work on his final, unfinished novel, The...

From New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd comes a haunting tale that explores the impact of World War I on all who witnessed it--officers, soldiers, doctors, and battlefield nurses like Bess Crawford.Though the Great War is nearing its end, the fighting rages on....

Time Travel the Mother Road When the spring of 1946 comes, severe depression causes Katherine Callahan to leave her loving husband and newborn baby to embark upon a journey across the famous Route 66 from Chicago to her sister's home in Burbank. She never...

"Sharing lodging in the sleepy English village of Walmsley Parva has eased some of the financial strain on Beryl and Edwina, but money is still tight in the lean years following the Great War ... So when the local vicar--and pigeon-racing club president--approaches them...

The gardens of Ranleigh are delightful in the summer - just the place to fall in love, or fall over a dead body. When Lady Althea accompanies her sister-in law, Jane, to a house party at Ranleigh, she hopes it will be a welcome...

The BRAND NEW instalment in Holly Hepburn's page-turning Baker Street Mystery series'When did you become aware something was wrong?''When the screaming began...'Harriet White is no stranger to odd correspondence. Ensconced in the basement of the Baker Street building society, her job is to reply...

The BRAND NEW instalment in Holly Hepburn's page-turning Baker Street Mystery series'When did you become aware something was wrong?''When the screaming began...'Harriet White is no stranger to odd correspondence. Ensconced in the basement of the Baker Street building society, her job is to reply...

Author: Kevin W. RyanISBN-13: 9798892217750Publisher: Fulton BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/16/2024Pages: 138Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Author: Dinesh DeckkerISBN-13: 9798339616849Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/18/2024Pages: 134Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d

Author: Grace CallawayISBN-10: 1960956264ISBN-13: 9781960956262Publisher: Colchester & PageLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/19/2024Pages: 366Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.82d

This is the story of two ordinary people, Emma, a doctor at St Thomas's Hospital in London and Roger, a police detective.Emma and Roger live through extraordinary times and confront unimaginable hardship. It is an inspirational story that will transport you back to 1939,...

A killer dressed as a plague doctor is prowling London's docks.Able seaman Humphrey Wilkes is dead, shot between the eyes by the murderer known as the Plague Doctor. When Samuel Pepys's naval colleague, Robert Drake, finds a black cross daubed on his door, it...

A completely gripping cozy mystery story, perfect for fans of Verity BrightWhen a pantomime turns deadly, Iris investigates a cast of killers...Christmas, 1923. When reporter Iris Woodmore is sent to cover the Prince of Wales' visit to historic Winchester, she discovers more than just...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE"With its earthy prose and stunning attention to detail, this stands apart." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Very intriguing and atmospheric ... a fascinating read in the light of contemporary events." -Alexander McCall Smith, Bestselling Author of The No. 1...

Fourteen stories, all in classic style, introduce Holmes to new clients with strange and quirky problems. Clues to a fortune are hidden in a ludicrous painting, a modern mummy walks, and a novel tourist attraction holds the key to why an unattractive lady is...

August 1901: A fundraiser for a new Rhode Island Audubon Society brings Emma to Vinland, the Viking-themed seaside home of her relative, Florence Vanderbilt Twombly, where the guest of honor is Edith Roosevelt, wife of Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. Listening to the speakers and...

There's no crying in baseball.But there is murder.And when the World Series is fought between two teams both from New York City, millions of dollars are bet.And lives are at risk.When a young man from the Yankees and a young woman from the Giants...

A spy thriller classic, soon to be a major motion picture starring Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitriona Balfe, and Laurence Fishburne Before Robert Littell vaulted onto the bestseller lists with his New York Times bestselling CIA novel The Company, The Amateur established him as...

Love Abounds and Abounds and Abounds is the second novel in a three-part Pride and Prejudice variation mystery romance series. It is centered on the Bennet family and the Darcy family and the Matlock brothers and their cousin Anne. There is love and romance...

A bold, unique sequel to Mary Shelley's classic work of literature from the author of Dracula's Child and The City of Dr Moreau. "He was soon borne away by the waves, and lost in darkness and distance." There are those who would swear that...