Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

Vividly atmospheric and brimming with suspense, Mark Ellis presents this insanely captivating wartime thriller of classic espionage. The first instalment in the Frank Merlin series. Previously published as Prince's Gate. PRAISE FOR THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DCI FRANK MERLIN SERIES: 'A historically astute, skilfully developed...

A cursed statue . . . A haunted house . . . A seemingly supernatural death . . . The unexpected arrival of a friend from his past plunges musician, sleuth and free man of color Benjamin January into an old, unsolved case in...

Author: C. J. ArcherISBN-10: 192323109XISBN-13: 9781923231092Publisher: C.J. ArcherLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/03/2024Pages: 360Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.90d

Author: Helen GoltzISBN-10: 0645748064ISBN-13: 9780645748062Publisher: Atlas ProductionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/13/2024Pages: 346Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.77d

When Nicole Rayburn adds a historic bookshop to her list of promotional venues, she meets the owner, Deborah Dolan, who's desperate to discover what happened to her Victorian ancestor. A well-respected playwright, Edgar Hilliard seemingly had it all: professional success, a thriving business, and...

Author: Ellie AlexanderISBN-10: 1250380294ISBN-13: 9781250380296Publisher: Minotaur BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/25/2019Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.72d

Wanted: Sam Bass introduces the daring exploits of Paul Colt's Great Western Detective League. In the lawless expanses of the late 1800s West, these bold crime fighters rival the infamous Pinkerton Agency, taking on the most treacherous outlaws and impossible cases.Sam Bass's infamous reign...

Join Countess turned advice columnist Amelia Amesbury as she tries to juggle a new Season and a new murder in this charmingly deadly historical mystery. "A beautiful debutante, a wealthy widow, and a dead would-be baron. What could be more exciting?" Countess by day,...

It was a model English village, filled with flowers, Tudor cottages, and cobbled streets. Joan Brook loved working there as a companion to Lady d'Arcy, living in the huge mansion with its surrounding park. And small though the village was, it was not too...

Author: Lyndsay FayeISBN-10: 0425270882ISBN-13: 9780425270882Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/05/2014Pages: 496Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 8.23h x 5.79w x 1.02d

Murder is a wreck! Rosa Reed attends a charity stock car race in Santa Bonita and expects to have an exhilarating time shared with family and friends. That ends when a driver inexplicably crashes into a guard rail and dies. When local assistant medical...

K.J. Maitland's gripping Jacobean historical thriller series comes to a dramatic conclusion... 'What a wonderful storyteller Maitland is' THE TIMESLondon, 1608. Three years after the Gunpowder Treason, the King's enemies prepare to strike again. Daniel Pursglove is tasked by royal command with one final...

The Seven Secrets (1903) is a mystery novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the height of Le Queux's career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Seven Secrets is a story of mystery, murder, and amateur sleuthing. Using his own...

It's June 1814, and the royal families of Austria, Russia, and the German states have gathered in London at the Prince Regent's invitation to celebrate the defeat of Napol on and the restoration of monarchical control throughout Europe. But the festive atmosphere is marred...

The fabulously wealthy kingdom of Sambalpore is home to tigers, elephants, diamond mines, and the beautiful Palace of the Sun. But when the heir to the throne is assassinated in the presence of Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant 'Surrender-Not' Banerjee, they discover a kingdom...

Following the success of Tuscan Blood and Hunting Truffles, Dick Rosano has published The Secret of Altamura: Nazi Crimes, Italian Treasure. It is 1943 and the Nazis control large swaths of Italy. Colonel Anselm Bernhardt devotes his attention to stealing Italian art - and...

THE MYSTERY OF THE FIVE ORANGES: On a miserable rainy evening a desperate father enters 221B Baker Street. His daughter has been kidnapped and spirited off the North America. The evil network who have taken her have spies everywhere. If he goes to Scotland...

A CASE OF IDENTITY THEFT. A not overly attractive young woman seeks the help of Sherlock Holmes. Her husband is missing. Only a few days later the missing husband arrives, breathless, at 221B Baker Street. His wife is missing. Someone has gone to a...

Author: Karen Baugh MenuhinISBN-10: 1739332334ISBN-13: 9781739332334Publisher: Little Dog Publishing LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/10/2024Pages: 302Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.63d

Author: Skye AlexanderISBN-10: 1685127061ISBN-13: 9781685127060Publisher: Level Best - HistoriaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/06/2024Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d

Author: Imogen RobertsonISBN-10: 0143125451ISBN-13: 9780143125457Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2014Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.00d

Hotel heiress Evelyn Murphy is on the hunt for a cunning killer and a mysterious thief in the third Pinnacle Hotel mystery, perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen and Ashley Weaver. New York, 1958. When Evelyn's mail is delivered during a luncheon in the...

The only thing more dangerous than a secret is the man who holds it.Saffron Summersby lost everything after her brother's suspicious death: her dresses, her dowry, her place in society as a baronet's sister. So when she sees her brother's face in the latest...

The open-and-shut case of the Fatal Flapper just won't stay closed in this thrilling and immersive 1920s-era murder mystery--the third instalment in the Raincoast Noir series.Gray brilliantly returns us to his wonderfully vivid, sinuously imagined Vancouver, this time six months before the Crash. Superb....

Nothing is quite as it seems in Victorian high society in this clever novel set against the most magnificent wedding of the season, as a mysterious heiress sets her sights on London's most illustrious familyA confidence scheme, when properly executed, will follow five movements...

From the Edgar Award-winning author of Bone Rattler. "Evocative language, tight plotting, and memorable characters make this a standout" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). With the aid of the Native American Shaman Conawago, Duncan McCallum has begun to heal from the massacre of his Highland...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns with a confounding case that sees her favorite sleuths acting to save a friend wrongly accused of murder.When a detested viscount is found murdered by the banks of the Thames and Charlie Hastings becomes the...

After witnessing a murder, a small-town librarian is forced to act when the local police arrest the wrong man, perfect for fans of Dervla McTiernan and Carlene O'Connor. 1988, West Cork, Ireland. Emma Daly has returned to her home in Castlefreke, a small and...

Walk the dark halls and threatening streets of 1920s Asheville in this thrilling third installment of The Stephen Robbins Chronicles, as fan-favorite Robbins confronts the dangerous contrast between appearance and reality at the exclusive Grove Park Inn.It's the autumn of 1924, and Benjamin Loftis...

A Hostage to Heritage is Book 3 in the Michael Stoddard American Revolution Mystery series and an Indie Book of the Day Award winner. If you like Diana Gabaldon, Bernard Cornwell, and Jim Butcher, then youAuthor: Suzanne AdairISBN-10: 0988912945ISBN-13: 9780988912946Publisher: Suzanne AdairLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2013Pages:...

LARGE PRINT EDITIONExcerpts from D. Donovan's Midwest Book Review: "The North Country Confessional holds the formula of a winning read.""Family roots, teachings, and tradition permeate [Darby Weeks's] life: they've given Darby the courage to survive under impossible conditions...As heinous crimes peppered with riddles begin...

When a murderer strikes at the Netherfield ball, can Darcy, Wickham, and Elizabeth work together to catch a poisoner? Fitzwilliam Darcy and George Wickham were raised almost as brothers, until a terrible truth from their shared past derailed everything. Now, both are in Meryton...

Two hearts to be made one, a party to celebrate, and an assassin there to kill the bride. The groom is left with two questions - who wants her dead and can he find the assassins before they succeed?Lady Sarah has chosen her husband...

The new instalment in Michelle Salter's gripping cozy mystery series When 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...

Based on the true story of a famous trial, this novel is Law and Order: 1800, as Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr investigate the shocking murder of a young woman who everyone--and no one--seemed to know.At the start of a new century, a shocking...

"Half a billion dollars' worth of art has been missing for thirty-five years. The most expensive art heist in the history of the world took place on March 18, 1990, in Boston. Priceless masterpieces were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. None of...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns with a confounding case that sees her favorite sleuths acting to save a friend wrongly accused of murder.When a detested viscount is found murdered by the banks of the Thames and Charlie Hastings becomes the...

Andy Easton is a man blessed with an unparalleled understanding of orchid species, cultivation methods, and breeding techniques. Having loved orchids all his life, breeding the new and improved has become his life's work and driving passion. Even in the twilight of his career...

Author: Edward MarstonISBN-10: 0749031247ISBN-13: 9780749031244Publisher: Allison & BusbyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/23/2025Format: Hardcover

Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson face a perplexing puzzle when the Duchess of Rothbury asks them for help. What should have been a routine portrait by the sought-after artist Julian Devaux turns into a baffling mystery. Instead of her own image, the Duchess'...

Flora Maguire's life is perfect - a beautiful home in Belgravia teeming with servants, a loving husband, and new baby Arthur to enjoy. But when she is invited to tour St. Philomena's Children's Hospital in a deprived area near London's newly-built Tower Bridge, she...

1905 London is a heady mix of unimaginable wealth and simmering political tensions, and with war looming, all Flora Maguire wants is to keep her family safe.But when a body is found on a train bound for Paddington and her beloved charge Viscount Edward...

Murder's a bash! When Rosa Reed attends a birthday party in the spring of 1957, the Mexican fiesta turns deadly. It wasn't how Rosa wanted to celebrate with Detective Miguel Belmonte, nor how she hoped to be introduced to his large complicated family. Before...

In the year since arriving in London, journalist Ruth Brown has put a face on the war for her readers at home in the U.S. Thus far, juggling her career and her relationship with Detective Inspector Trevor Gelson hasn't proven too challenging. The war...

1834. Using a Pretender to the Throne of France, the powerful crime cartel known as the Black Coats plan to steal one of the largest fortunes of Europe. But from Jerusalem Street in Paris, the headquarters of the S ret , to the Castles...

In 1808, the three children of Mario Monteleone, grandmaster of the Iron Knights, a secret society in Southern Italy, are kidnapped by a mysterious enemy. In 1815, Mario himself is arrested and executed. The Iron Knights then morph into the Companions of the Silence,...

A horrific murder in England links to the activities of a secret society in America... and discovering the truth behind the bagffling case brings Holmes into conflict with his greatest enemy... The last of four full length Sherlock Holmes novels written by Sir Arthur...

First in the Magic Trilogy. A clever, beautiful woman disguises herself as a mousy Scottish lass to keep the notoriously rakish Earl of Rothermere from marrying her, only to find she was chosen for that very reason. After the earl discards her, she sheds...

Author: Deb MarloweISBN-10: 1963585895ISBN-13: 9781963585896Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 08/07/2024Pages: 260Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.55d

Rumor has it madness is for sale in London. Dr. Ezra Talbot isn't buying, not when his was free.As an affiliate physician with the Thames Police Court, Ezra has one job-to sort the sane from the mad. But somehow, he's ended up on the...