Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

"Macbain's debut novel convincingly re-creates everyday life in ancient Rome, weaving real and fictional characters with aplomb."--Kirkus ReviewsWhen the body of Sextus Verpa, a notorious senatorial informer and libertine, is found stabbed to death in his bedroom, suspicion falls on his household slaves--a potential...

'Immersive from the start and satisfying to the finish, a faultless tale from one of our best writers of historical crime fiction' JESS KIDD In the darkness, her face glimmered like polished bone, white, but with a bluish tinge. Her lips were dry and...

The Notting Hill Mystery is a crime novel first published in 1862. The author is unknown, but it is widely believed to have been written by Charles Warren Adams, who published the novel under the pseudonym of Charles Felix. The novel is notable for...

Secrets, mystery and wedding bells at Dovecote Hatch! 1933, Dovecote Hatch, England. Florence Norris knows she has found a good man in George 'Birdie' Bird, the landlord of the local pub, The Dog & Whistle. They are set to marry in the parish church...

Pulled back from the brink by strangers and bound by gratitude, Robert is drawn into the search for a young Calvinist pastor imprisoned in Mainz. But Robert isn't just any soldier fighting in the early years of the Thirty Years War. He's also an...

Sherlock Holmes, his trusted friend, Dr. John Watson, and his older brother, Mycroft, successfully unraveled a devious assassination plot against one of Queen Victoria's family. Aided by a colorful assortment of associates, a clever trap was set to attempt to stop the gang of...

A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in literature. The book's title derives from a speech given...

Sebastian St. Cyr must confront a savage killer and save his closest friend from the hangman's noose in this heart-pounding new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of When Blood Lies. June 1815. The people of London wait breathlessly for news as...

Real life is turning out to be stranger than a script for the silver screen.Summer, 1958. Vivienne Rhodes thinks she's finally landed her break playing Helen of Troy in Apex Pictures' big-budget epic, A Thousand Ships, an anticipated blockbuster meant to resurrect the failing...

"Clever and entertaining, you'll love this charming Golden Age mystery series. And the fashion is to die for!" - Molly C. Quinn, actress, Castle Murder's Bad Karma. . . Life couldn't be better on Eaton Square Gardens where the most prestigious families lived, until...

From New York Times bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear comes part six in the thrilling Anasazi mystery series.Archaeologists Dusty Stewart and Maureen Cole are thrust further into a world of primeval danger when a close friend is murdered at an...

Murder's a spectacle! When Ginger Reed aka Lady Gold and Basil Reed's son Scout runs away to join the circus, it's not all fun and games. As a disgruntled teen unhappy at boarding school, Scout intends to work with his cousin Marvin, newly (and...

Discover the allure of Edward Parrish Ware's hard-boiled detective tales featuring former cowboy turned detective Tug Norton. Collected for the first time in book form, Flynn's Detective Fiction presents the next thrilling installment of nearly 50 short stories and novelettes of the sleuth from...

Creighton Mine, where the innocent hide in the shadows and a killer walks free. It's 1951 in a small northern Canadian mining town. Nine-year-old Rose Boyle is convinced this is the summer she'll stop being invisible. The town she lives in, Creighton Mine is...

L.A. private investigators Kit and Henry become entangled in the city's robust post-WWII occult trade when they're hired to track down Lillian, the estranged wife of a prominent physician, and her spellbinding "spirit" lover Tashin. Fresh from her training in judo and "dirty fighting,"...

A Mystery Novel by J.J. Dutra 'The citizens of Provincetown are planning a dance to celebrate their fishing heritage and raise funds for the victims of the 1938 hurricane, whilst murder and intrigue are germinating in the seaside town.'Author: Judith J. DutraISBN-10: 0996461701ISBN-13: 9780996461702Publisher:...

Author: Olmond M. HallISBN-10: 0595181279ISBN-13: 9780595181278Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2001Pages: 260Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 8.98h x 5.62w x 0.68d

Embark on a journey into the realms of scientific marvels with Ray Cummings, one of pulpdom's foremost science fiction maestros. In this captivating edition, Cummings unfolds the tales of the Scientific Club, an elite group of New York socialites immersed in the extraordinary and...

After what seems like a decade of unrest, Prohibition has finally ended. While the new year draws closer, Detective Clive Hill hopes the remaining hours of 1933 are uneventful. Crime, however, never takes a holiday. When the fugitive accountant, Midnight Lawrence, calls seeking help,...

Lord Julian Caldicott, still recovering from his years at war, is tasked with investigating the circumstances of a small boy who could be either the salvation of the Waltham dukedom or a pawn in a scheme to sink the Caldicott family in endless scandal....

Rome, 58 AD.    The dinner party didn't turn out the way Aemilius Valerius expected. He didn't expect a place at the main table. He didn't expect to drink that much. He didn't expect to hook up with one of the scarier dancers. And...

Embark on an intellectual adventure with Puzzles and Paradoxes, a captivating book that presents 33 thought-provoking questions spanning history, the physical world, biology, philosophy, specific events, and miscellaneous topics, enticing readers to unravel mysteries and seek profound understanding.From the fall of Rome to the...

Embark on an intellectual adventure with Puzzles and Paradoxes, a captivating book that presents 33 thought-provoking questions spanning history, the physical world, biology, philosophy, specific events, and miscellaneous topics, enticing readers to unravel mysteries and seek profound understanding.From the fall of Rome to the...

Murder's all wet! It's 1956 and WPC (Woman Police Constable) Rosa Reed has left her groom at the altar in London. Time spent with her American cousins in Santa Bonita, California is exactly what she needs to get back on her feet, though the...

Dr. Peter Ainsley knew it was only a matter of time before London claims another murder victim, but this time the body is discovered tied to a lamppost four doors down from the house Ainsley shares with his sister and their bedridden father. The...

Set in the lush countryside of Normandy, France, this new novel of suspense featuring Lady Emily Hargreaves is filled with intrigue, romance, mysterious deaths, and madness. Returning from her honeymoon with Colin Hargreaves and a near brush with death in Constantinople, Lady Emily convalesces...

64 new, traditional Sherlock Holmes Stories making up the latest three volumes in the world's largest collection of Sherlock Holmes Stories - XIX, XX and XXI.In 2015, the first three volumes of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories arrived, containing over 60...

"The first important Teutonic sleuth." -- Ellery QueenDagobert Trostler is the Sherlock Holmes of Vienna . . . with a twist. Like Holmes, he's the most famous private investigator in Vienna. Unlike Holmes, he's a bit of a party animal. While he loves a...

The murder of a newspaper reporter during a 1967 riot pulls two of his colleagues deep into the contentious issues of race in America and into the secrets of a troubled inner city family. Did a nine-year-old boy pull the trigger? Alternately solemn and...

On the cusp of the darker side of sixty, Faith Little is anything but. Contrary to her name, she's tall and stocky, with less than a modicum of regard for straight-laced Victorian mores and traditions. When an employee of the famed and luxurious Columbia...

Sumptuous, glorious evocation of Jacobean London and Renaissance Italy from the acclaimed author of The Firemaster's Mistress. Robert Cecil, Secretary of State to James I, has a problem. He owes a vast and secret debt to the Prince of La Spada, who is dying...

An exciting standalone Cthulhu Casebooks narrative, a thrilling tale of mystery and dread, from the New York Times bestselling author.It's 1929 and an ageing Dr. John Watson, conscious of his imminent demise, finally sits down to write a fresh chronicle disclosing the true events...

With an introduction by T.M. Wright - Author of "A Manhattan Ghost Story," and "Seeds".Hell freezes over...The modest lakeside resort in the small town of Blissful Point, Massachusetts once offered an alternative to the crowded beaches of Cape Cod. Tourists rented cabins, swam, relaxed,...

Sherlock Holmes, his trusted friend, Dr. John Watson, and his older brother, Mycroft, successfully unraveled a devious assassination plot against one of Queen Victoria's family. Aided by a colorful assortment of associates, a clever trap was set to attempt to stop the gang of...

Empires rise and fall but the stars remain the same.Renowned French astronomer and expert on Halley's Comet Joseph Nicollet is shown a bizarre map by a Scottish noblewoman who believes it tells the location of the Philosopher's Stone. When the noblewoman is murdered and...

"Griffin, I beg you. Go to Europe and find my daughter. I'll give you any damn thing you want. I've got a bad feeling about waiting, ..." April 1919. Scarred and disillusioned, John Griffin has returned home from the Great War with no job...

"Norfolk, England, November 1944: After a series of dangerous missions in the South of France, US Army Captain Billy Boyle is finally on leave, and is settling into a peaceful rest at the country estate of Sir Richard Seaton, the father of Billy's British...

Murder's a fashion faux pas. . . The summer of 1926 brings high fashion to Hyde Park. Ginger's Regent Street dress shop, Feathers & Flair, is a major sponsor, and when top designer Coco Chanel makes an appearance, the London fashion scene lights up....

"Clever and entertaining, you'll love this charming Golden Age mystery series. And the fashion is to die for!" - Molly C. Quinn, actress, Castle Murder's a Beach! Seaside at Brighton, a family holiday turns deadly. After Ginger and Basil and their crew check into...

"Clever and entertaining, you'll love this charming Golden Age mystery series. And the fashion is to die for!" - Molly C. Quinn, actress, Castle Murder's a Deadly Secret Mrs. Ginger Reed-the former Lady Gold-thought her past was dead and buried, but when the mysterious...

Murder's a pain in the aria! Nothing ruins a night at the opera faster than a duchess falling to her death. Mrs. Ginger Reed, also known by some as Lady Gold, is at the Royal Albert Hall with her husband, Basil Reed, a chief...

Before he was Razor the Mafia Don.Before he was Razor the Consigliere to Joey Leftfoot and third in line to run the Leftfoot Crime Family.He was Anthony DeLuca, the young Italian confidence man.Come along with Olivia Wainwright as she learns a little more about...

Murder's such a shock! When Rosa Reed-aka WPC Reed of the Metropolitan Police-and her cousin Gloria decide to spend a fun-filled afternoon in 1956 at the fair on the boardwalk in Santa Bonita, California, they're in for a shocking surprise. After a ride assistant's...

"Not every emotion we feel, belongs to us." For no one is that more true than for those who hear the whispers of the past. Adelia Grey just happens to be one of those people.Adelia Grey would consider herself an unremarkable girl born into...

Unable to shake the oppressive atmosphere of the city after a life changing case, Dr. Peter Ainsley retreats to his family's country estate near Tunbridge Wells to find asylum and, perhaps, forgiveness. The discovery of a strange girl in the back woods introduces him,...

In the early morning of March 6, 1836, the Mexican army storms the Alamo and kills every one of the defenders except William Barret Travis's young black slave named Joe. Although General Santa Anna vows to keep him alive, a fearful Joe sneaks away...

He hasn't written anything new since his critically acclaimed novel debuted in 1922, and by 1927 Ernest Stringer is living in poverty with his artist lover in a drafty Greenwich Village flat when he meets Anthony Young, the prolific author of a bestselling mystery...

Ian Charnock's first novel, The Elementary Cases of Sherlock Holmes, explored some of the detective's early cases from the viewpoint of Stamford, a dresser at Barts hospital and friend of Dr. Watson. In this volume Stamford continues his unconventional take on the legend as...

First British publication of the sequel to Infernal Devices, to mark the 30th anniversary of Steampunk. The world George Dower left when he went into hiding was significantly simpler than the new, steam-powered Victorian London. Dower is enticed into a web of intrigue with...

When Mara is summoned to the western fringe of the kingdom to see a dead man lying in a boat with no oars, her scholars immediately jump to the conclusion that the man has been found guilty of kin-murder. But Mara notices something odd...