Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

A perplexing murder in a renowned Oxford University library and a suspicious fire at a famous inventor's London laboratory set Wrexford and Lady Charlotte on two separate investigations in this masterfully plotted, atmospheric Regency-set mystery from USA Today bestselling author Andrea Penrose. "[Penrose] mixes...

In this unputdownable WWII series, Paris detective Henri Lefort, must solve a complex case when a man is murdered on the policeman's own doorstep.January 1941: It's cold and still dark when Paris Detective Henri Lefort wakes up to an empty apartment, irritated with his...

The stylish, charming next novel in Ashley Weaver's Edgar-nominated Amory Ames mystery series, set in 1930s England, A Deception at Thornecrest. Thornecrest looked beautiful in the evening light. One would never imagine the turmoil that had just occurred within its walls.Amory Ames is alone...

The Amazon Charts #1 Bestselling Mystery Series Alex encounters a tragic loss and near-deadly run-in with a ruthless crime syndicate. As Hanna helps him search for a dangerous killer, the surprise return of a lover from her past sends all hope of her future...

Lord Julian Caldicott has come home from the war in ragged health and with a reputation in tatters. All he wants is to recuperate in private without bringing any further scandal on the family's good name. His godmother inveigles him into serving as her...

Surrounded by war, stalked by murder, can she stay alive?October 1940. Livvy Redmond is thrilled to receive an invitation to a country house party away from the Blitz. There she hopes to help her husband overcome his injuries from fighting in France. But excitement...

A brutal murder in an affluent suburb of Dublin and the unexplained death of an Irish diplomat in Manhattan... Garda Sergeant Stefan Gillespie is sent to America to bring a killer to justice, but his mission soon becomes part of an increasingly personal struggle....

SHERLOCK HOLMES MEETS THE OLD WEST IN THIS ACTION-PACKED WESTERN MURDER MYSTERY FULL OF RANGE WARS AND RUSTLERS.Sherlock Holmes-worshiping brothers Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer have finally achieved their dream of starting their own sleuthing business-The A.A. Western Detective Agency. But this new...

"What The DaVinci Code did for the Catholic Church, Search for the Sacred Scroll does for Judaism" The thrilling sequel to Search for the Sacred Scroll! Search for the Sacred Scroll is a biblical thriller that starts in modern Iraq and reaches back into...

Witty and irascible Rose McKenzie tackles Denver's criminal cases with a woman's intuition and a loaded Smith and Wesson tucked in her skirt pocket.Eager for adventure beyond her scientific experiments, Rose accepts her uncle's challenge to become Denver's first female private detective. When a...

Detective Chief Inspector Henry Johnstone discovers that things are not as they first appear when clockmaker Abraham Levy's nephew goes missing. February, 1929. Clockmaker Abraham Levy's young nephew has vanished. He was last seen boarding a train on his way to see his fianc...

A dead wife on display in a glass casket guarded by vicious dogs and a tormented man with a shotgun. A place of underground tunnels and hundreds of cats surrounded by thousands of blue lights casting an eerie shadow over the countryside. Yes, I'm...

"And you are telling me," said Gil Cunningham, "that David Drummond vanished away forty years ago and is now returned, seemingly not a day older?" "That's about the sum of it," agreed Sir William Stewart. In Sir William's remote part of Scotland it seems...

THE SEQUEL to bestselling Alchemy: a story of perfect murder Alchemy: Vols 1 & 2 Combined Special Edition also available. London 1915 A sensational murder trial begins at the Old Bailey, the accused having apparently been hung for similar shocking murders, in 1895. How...

When Aggie Mundeen accompanies San Antonio Detective Sam Vanderhoven on a weekend getaway to Lake Placid, she thinks it's going to be fun in the sun. What could be better than caretaking a friend's cottage on the Guadalupe River in Central Texas? Never mind...

Despite all the dark happenings she has experienced at Pemberton Heights, Jane cannot refuse a summons to rush back to the bedside of her dying uncle. As it becomes clear there is a shadow hovering over the manor, Jane is drawn one final time...

Colmar, 1353 CEGritta, Appel, and Efi managed to survive the Black Death, only to find that they are in desperate need of money. With limited options and lots of obstacles, they band together to become alewives - brewing and selling ale in the free...

"Boss, we have a problem..."It's never good when a party gets interrupted by those five words. Olivia Wainwright, Big Town's District Detective, has a target on her back. Not from her own doing, but simply because of something Alan did before she even worked...

Meryton is atwitter with the arrival of Mr. Bingley and his friends, but Mr. Darcy leaves a bad first impression on the attendees of the Assembly ball. It's almost enough to detract from the theft that occurs while everyone is inside dancing. Soon enough,...

Jack Jones, National Treasure and the backbone of radio schedules and British resolve, has disappeared. Needless to say the powers that be are in something of a tizz, fearful of the disquiet this seems to be causing across the country. Although everyone is trying...

Get ready to step back in time to the Great Depression, where Olivia Wainwright is the only thing standing between the people of Big Town and the ruthless crime families that dominate the area. As the District Detective, Olli is used to going it...

Only in Tangier could a literary event turn into a murder scene.I'm "Shorty" MacAllister, private detective. I've investigated all sorts of crazy cases in this lawless town, tracking down con men and Nazi fugitives, anarchists and bank robbers, all the while running my own...

Daniel Lamm wants to be somebody in the worst way. He therefore takes up boxing to achieve his dreams of fame and fortune. But when a journalist who ridiculed Daniel in the press is found murdered, Daniel becomes the obvious suspect and a different...

Scandal, secrets and bawdy photographs are uncovered when the wife of a politician is murdered. Untangle the lies with Cleo and her friends and find the killer. When Harry Armitage passes an investigation to Cleo involving adultery, they both think it will end in...

In this 5th installment of the bestselling mystery series, Cleopatra Fox gets entangled in a web of betrayal and blackmail that leaves the high society matchmakers scandalized. When a notorious cad is bludgeoned to death with a candlestick in the library at the most...

As fashion designer to London's elite, she had an eye for detail and a flare for the dramatic. But there's nothing stylish about her cold-blooded murder.With the social season just around the corner, the women in Cleo's family are having new outfits made by...

The suspenseful follow-up to New York Times-bestselling author Claudia Gray's The Murder of Mr. Wickham: Juliet Tilney and Jonathan Darcy team up again to solve the murder of the scoundrel Willoughby's young wife. The Tilneys of Northanger Abbey are not entirely pleased to be...

Kate Quinn's The Rose Code meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith in this intrigue-filled debut, as two former spies who shared more than just missions during WWII reunite in 1948 Los Angeles. Can they let go of heartbreak long enough to team up for one...

Every old house has its secrets, so it comes as no surprise when a relic of a noble Victorian family is discovered in the new home of historical author Nicole Rayburn and her husband Kyle. Curious about the lovely young woman in the sepia...

The Bell in the Fog, a dazzling historical mystery by Lev AC Rosen, asks--once you have finally found a family, how far would you go to prove yourself to them? San Francisco, 1952. Detective Evander "Andy" Mills has started a new life for himself...

Based on the unsolved real-life disappearance of a Mount Holyoke student in 1897--a haunting novel of intrigue, longing, and terror, perfect for fans of Donna Tartt and Sarah Waters Massachusetts, 1897: Bertha Mellish, "the most peculiar, quiet, reserved girl" at Mount Holyoke College, is...

When the lights come on after a s ance in the parlor of Victorian Boston's most celebrated spiritualist, a pillar of the community lies dead. The world of restless and vengeful spirits has invaded Beacon Hill--while Caroline Ames, seated next to the victim, may...

A Vampire Army of Vengeance "No blood, no teeth, and now no scullery maid! What else shall go missing? I hope we may all leave this house with our limbs." - Mycroft Holmes To kill for the sake of killing-to target those unknown to...

Murder, Mystery and a dog, and cat, of distinctionBook 10 in the Heathcliff Lennox series.A man shot through the heart with an arrow - the victim a rich outsider who has moved into Ashton Hall in the village of Ashton Steeple...which is Lennox's own...

Miss Busby investigates: Murder at Little MintonA picturesque Cotswolds village at Christmas 1922, a man found face down floating in the lake. He was known to take a risk, an insurance salesman; debonair, charming and sweet-talking.His clients were all ladies of a certain age,...

Even after a year of having an earl for a lover, Dominick still isn't prepared for the dazzling high society of Bath with its ruinous gossip and scandalous fashions. All he wants is to uncover who his parents are so he and Alfie can...

Chaz Wilmot makes his living cranking out old-master parodies for ads and magazine covers. When he's offered a job restoring a Venetian palace fresco, he is at first, skeptical--he immediately sees it is more a forgery than a restoration. But he is soon seduced...

For the first time, here are the long-lost records of four intriguing mysteries solved by the famous English detective Sherlock Holmes when he traveled to Montana in the late 1800s. Using his inimitable eye for clues, his astounding deductive reasoning, and - when necessary...

New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore channels William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe in The Serpent of Venice, a satiric Venetian gothic that brings back the Pocket of Dog Snogging, the eponymous hero of Fool, along with his sidekick, Drool, and pet monkey,...

A cultured city scarred by war. . . . An eastern émigré with scars and secrets of her own. . . . A young woman claiming to be a Russian grand duchess. . . . A brazen killer, as vicious as he is clever....

MAGGIE' PLEASURE HOUSE - The Murder of Thelma Goodrich is a classical whodunit set in Dallas County Texas during 1874. U. S. Marshal James Boutwell stumbles upon the body of a young woman while delivering a prisoner to Dallas.Boutwell gets himself appointed to investigate...

Gladys Fleming had her doubts. Enough at any rate to engage Colonel Jefferson Davis Rand--better known just as Jeff--private detective and a pistol-collector himself, to catalogue, appraise, and negotiate the sale of her late husband's collection.There were a number of people who had wanted...

The Woman Haters is a novel written by Joseph C. Lincoln. The story is set in Cape Cod and revolves around the lives of two elderly men, Captain Eri and Cap'n Bill. The two men have formed a club called ""The Woman Haters"" where...

"Redemption, revenge, and romance complete the tale as bonds of friendship conquer all." - CEK "An extremely well-written story that will keep you reading non-stop until you finish it! An enjoyable mix of Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion that creates a believable mix of...

Can one woman save Sherlock Holmes? Find out in this 3-book box set!If you like well-drawn characters, humour, and a twist on a classic, you'll love this spin on Sherlock Holmes.Jack Hargreaves has been ducking and diving since she ran away from her past....

"I enjoyed reading this book and learned a lot about the towns the author refers to. Interestingly enough, these towns are where my own family is from. The blend of historical facts and mythology makes it a very interesting read! What a treasure!" Reader...

For Dominick and Alfie, it feels like they've only just settled into life at Balcarres House when an urgent letter from an old friend has them racing back to London. However, they're not returning to Alfie's swirling ton of money and nobility, but to...

A free-spirited artist teams up with a no-nonsense detective to capture a thief who has stolen a priceless Michelangelo painting Manchester, England, 1857 Rosanna Hawkins is one of Manchester's finest artists, even though no one knows her name. She reproduces "parlor versions" of classic...

THE FINAL FREY & McGRAY MYSTERYAll will be revealed...* * * * * The Devil Has Come to Edinburgh... An ill-fated grave-robbery unearths a corpse with a most disturbing symbol on it. When a patient in Edinburgh's lunatic asylum is murdered, the same sign...

"Ever since we first met, I've imagined what it would be like to be in your arms, to feel your lips upon mine. I'm twenty-eight years old. A shy and oft-times awkward spinster with singular scientific interests, and I've...I've never been kissed. Not once....