Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

Kate O'Donnell, fresh from her adventures in Dead Beat, discovers yet again there's a darker side to London in the Swinging Sixties With Beatlemania having finally reached the capital, it's an exciting time to be in London. Especially for young photographer Kate O'Donnell, who...

On 15th April 1912, RMS Titanic sank and 1500 people lost their lives. But what if it had stayed afloat? When the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic leaves thirteen-year-old Olivia Davenport orphaned, she's sent to live with her guardians, the Fairchilds, in their...

On 15th April 1912, RMS Titanic sank and 1500 people lost their lives. But what if it had stayed afloat? When the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic leaves thirteen-year-old Olivia Davenport orphaned, she's sent to live with her guardians, the Fairchilds, in their...

When the family gardener is murdered near a site of legendary buried treasure, dog-lover and mystery-solver Cressida Fawcett is on the case!1926, Sussex. The Honourable Cressida Fawcett is delighted to return to her parents' rambling mansion to introduce them to her pug Ruby's puppies....

Enemies at every turn in this medieval mystery thriller perfect for fans of D. V. Bishop and S. J. Parris. Florence, 1342. A city on the brink of chaos. Restored to favour at court, King's Messenger Simon Merrivale accompanies an English delegation to Florence,...

Chosen as one of the Scotsman's Books of the Year 2024 'One can confidently say that (Blood Roses and Blood Sacrifice) display an intelligence and ambition rare in Scottish fiction today' Scotsman 'This is historical noir at its most potent and a series that...

Sherlock Holmes is missing. Dr. Watson receives a cursed note, summoning him to the city of Milan. In his plight, he turns to the one person who can help him: Mycroft Holmes, secret agent and eternally concerned elder brother. Mycroft has to team up...

And then there was one . . . can Donald Langham and Maria Dupré stop a killer who's picking off victims one by one? December, 1956. Donald Langham's wife Maria Dupré receives a chilling invitation to attend a death at the home of Maxwell...

A New Orleans historical mystery steampunk thriller set in 1900.Howls reverberate off lacework balconies along fog-shrouded streets of the old quarter as New Orleans Police detectives search for missing men. The howling continues as the mutilated bodies of the missing are discovered. At night,...

Late one summer morning in 1892, a prominent businessman and his second wife were brutally murdered with an axe in their own home. One of the man's two daughters was charged with his murder. The trial was a circus. The outcome was controversial. What...

Author: Mary Elizabeth BraddonISBN-10: 166768311XISBN-13: 9781667683119Publisher: Wildside PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/19/2024Pages: 342Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.85d

Amazon Best Selling Author in Folklore and Mythology! Set against a backdrop rich in historical and mythological intrigue, The Sacred Grove: Legacy of Shadows intertwines ancient prophecy, personal redemption, and hidden societies in an epic narrative that spans centuries, culminating in a modern-day adventure.Commanded...

The most ladylike of "Merlin's Mauraders," Sofia possesses a natural grace and grandeur to go along with her deadly arsenal of martial skills--which makes her the perfect choice for a dangerous assignment to investigate rumors of government corruption. She must spin through the glittering...

Nelson Lane finds himself once again assisting local law enforcement in Wyoming. This time, it's a tribal policeman enlisting the U.S. marshal's help to find a girl who has gone missing from the Wind River Reservation. It's a good excuse to take a break...

Bestselling author Patricia Rice brings you another romantic, small-town mystery in Regency England. . . He's looking for a future - she must escape the past. . . if only they can survive the present. In the derelict village of Gravesyde Priory, newly-arrived Verity...

AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF HUSH NOW, DON'T EXPLAIN - 2014 USA BEST BOOK AWARD LITERARY FICTION FINALIST - Dennis Must explores the boundaries of reality and myth in his final book in a series, CIRCLING TOWARD NIGHTFALL Circling Toward Nightfall is a lyrical rendering of...

The Brothers of Death (1856) is the second volume in a series of four that tells the story of the Hulet family which, for generations, has headed the government's spy network, the Secret Bureau, that intercepts and opens all private mail. From the execution...

The Marquis de Lupiano (1858) is the fourth and final volume in a sprawling saga that tells the story of the secret government's spy network, the Secret Bureau, that intercepts and opens all private mail. In this tome, we finally discover the hidden origins...

When a passenger is found dead inside a locked cabin aboard the opulent Titanic, it's a crime worthy of "the Thinking Machine," the popular fictional investigator who solves mysteries using formidable logic. So who better to crack this real-life case than author Jacques Futrelle,...

The Secret Bureau (1849) is the first volume in a series of four that tells the story of the Hulet family which, for generations, has headed the government's spy network, the Secret Bureau, that intercepts and opens all private mail. It follows the ambitious...

Strikes, blackmail, and murder plague Beatrix amid growing unrest following the supremacist ideologies of World War II.Beatrix Patterson has faced monsters before, but in a world teetering on the edge of social change, she comes up against her most complicated case yet. In one...

Strikes, blackmail, and murder plague Beatrix amid growing unrest following the supremacist ideologies of World War II.Beatrix Patterson has faced monsters before, but in a world teetering on the edge of social change, she comes up against her most complicated case yet. In one...

This story is a battle of superstitions, myths, and a legendary curse, versus the insatiable curiosity of a boy that must find that elusive satisfaction no matter the cost, and the curse be damned! The boys struggle to be successful with their quest for...

Henry Johnstone has retired from the police, but when he suddenly disappears his old colleague and friend, Inspector Mickey Hitchens, investigates. December, 1930. Henry Johnstone has retired from his role as detective chief inspector at London's Scotland Yard and is staying at the home...

When Fredericka Wing arrives in South Sutton, Massachusetts, a tiny New England town, it seems an ideal place for a working summer vacation. She plans on managing Miss Hartwell's bookstore while working on her own writing. She never dreamed she would find a body...

Beware the Old Lion Who Jealously Guards His Pride In 1911 Arizona, as Sheriff Paco Alaniz investigates the murder of Don Santiago Castillo de Leon, he must deal with the priest who seems to be more than a confessor to the distraught widow, a...

In the past, a murder at Villa Adele in 1901 deceives the Monte Carlo commissioner of police causing the death of an innocent man. In 1951, new evidence is disclosed along with lost treasure fortune seekers are willing to kill for.Author: D. M. SorlieISBN-10:...

Nuclear physics after years of developing the Atomic bomb hides in shame as a circus clown, but laughter turns deadly when the real anarchists stepped out from behind the masquerade. Author: D. M. SorlieISBN-10: 1393141714ISBN-13: 9781393141716Publisher: Enchanted Island PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/31/2020Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize:...

San Francisco, 1941, The Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor, and a young code breaker, Lieutenant Sue Lee Ono, suddenly finds herself in the rapidly progressing timeline of the war. Her personal world is caught up in prejudice, deception, espionage, and murder after finding a...

★★★★★ "Half way through I was waiting for Harrison Ford to leap out of the pages!" -Deanne, Review for The Coelho MedallionThe third Dan Kotler archaeological thriller!As new technology, based on forbidden historic research, emerges, it quickly turns from hope for millions to a...

When celebrated war correspondent Jack Rogan receives a phone call during a bloody battle in Afghanistan, he knows something is wrong; his father is dying. With his last breath, Rogan's father makes a disturbing revelation that rocks his son to the core and leaves...

Up and coming circus performer, Jeri Deane, finds a young clown strangled inside a beloved lion's cage. The tow sheriff's threat to close down the Big Top won't stop her from finding his killer. Beneath the spangles and sawdust of the canvas sky, Jeri...

Three bodies . . . A dark secret . . . And one woman determined to uncover the truth. Sicily, October 1866. At a high-class house near Palermo, three women are knifed to death, their foreheads slashed with a strange mark, their bodies dumped...

Anne Loveday, a surgeon's daughter, is determined to live a single, useful life. To escape her matchmaking stepmother, she accepts an invitation from an old friend to return to Painswick, the place she and her sister spent many happy summers until that last, fateful...

In this captivating novel, a proper English lady and her young, dashing son get caught up in a spy network in World War I. It remains for her grandson to entangle the web of their activities on Putney Bridge.Author: David Fitz-EnzISBN-10: 0761872574ISBN-13: 9780761872573Publisher: Hamilton...

November 1940. Darkness descends and another anxious night begins for those tasked with guarding the industrial heartland of London from enemy attack. As a policeman patrols the Royal Albert Dock, something catches his eye - a man is sprawled awkwardly across a nearby barge,...

Lady Georgiana "Georgie" Rannoch is just like any other new mother, balancing responsibilities such as being 34th in line for the British throne and solving the mysterious deaths of several young men, in the newest case from the queen of historical mystery, Rhys Bowen....

Les South Regent Mansions bénéficient de tout le confort moderne... meurtre compris. Londres, février 1924. Détective discrète de la haute société, Olive Belgrave est ravie de son nouvel appartement à South Regent Mansions, où elle s'est liée d'amitié avec plusieurs résidents. Parmi eux, Minerva,...

Jane Ward was sure of three things... Her painting was a Van Gogh. Only one man would believe her. That man was a killer.From the acclaimed author of The Forbidden Zone comes a soaring adventure of two women, separated by time, but united by...

Your undercover operation is blown before you get to San Francisco. What next? If you're Orpen, you join the cops. Sort of. It's the Fall of 1883. Irish revolutionaries are changing the face of London with American dynamite, and not in a good way....

A spy missing. A village full of secrets... and one very persistent Pomeranian. The peaceful village of Crofter's Green buzzes with questions when a young commando trainee is found dead at the ruins of St. Swithin's Abbey. The military calls it an accident-but is...

A sudden death interrupts what should have been an enjoyable day for Barbara Hollis. Once again, with Craig and Deputy Elwood at her side, Barbara must delve into the unhappy scandals and secrets certain inhabitants of Cobbsville will do anything to hide.Author: Blythe BakerISBN-13:...

Asterton's popular garden fair is interrupted by the shocking news that Jacob, the elderly gardener at Winterfrost Hall, lies dead. But worse news is to come. Inspector Strong soon ascertains that Jacob was strangled by an unknown assailant. Who would want to kill a...

London 1860 Midnight Gunn is no ordinary detective- born during a solar eclipse as Halley's Comet blazed a trail through the sky- his supernatural birthright is both a help and a hindrance when solving crimes.Detective Inspector Arthur Gredge, of Scotland Yard, is the only...

'Pacy, absorbing and intelligent' Chris LloydEngland 1562. Elizabeth's court is besieged by scandal and Catholic plots, when a young German prince arrives in England claiming to be the son of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves - and so the rightful King. His letters,...

Sherlock Holmes, the world's "only unofficial consulting detective", was first introduced to readers in A Study in Scarlet published by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. It was with the publication of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, however, that the master sleuth grew tremendously...

Don't let murder get in the way of immortality.Laelius Calvus wants to start his own religion. Something grandiose and profitable, without being weighed down by minor details such as which god to worship. The only things standing between him and a temple-funded expenses account...

Author: Kathleen Marple KalbISBN-10: 1685129668ISBN-13: 9781685129668Publisher: Level Best - HistoriaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/29/2025Pages: 262Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d

THE GRECIAN, EARNED. You are a fan of Sherlock Holmes, right? You have read and even re-read the entire Canon. But you need more Sherlock. And what you need is the real Sherlock -- set in Victorian/Edwardian London, where Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson...

After a wealthy woman is strangled in a hospital full of relatives and friends, Ellery Queen searches for her deadly enemy.Author: Ellery QueenISBN-10: 1432882872ISBN-13: 9781432882877Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/02/2020Pages: 465Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.27lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.90dLarge Print