Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

Life was finally looking good for Harm Queen when New Year's Day 1901 dawned over Minneapolis. His old crony "Doc" Ames had just been elected mayor. Queen's promotion to chief of detectives-and a chance to line his pockets-was in the bag. Then, a gruesome...

Scotland at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Scoggie Castle is cold and grim, but a refuge to the disinherited Charles Murray. Then a series of mysterious deaths shakes family and servants alike, and splits the local village in two. Murray is thrown once...

1802. An ancient Scottish university is wracked by murder. A vindictive professor, a man seeking ministry, and an uncouth student lie dead. But who wanted to kill them? Charles Murray, a student with enough problems of his own, is drawn into the mystery, where...

Corrupt lawmen, insatiable businessmen, and an oil boom on Indian land. This is the milieu in which Tom Holm sets his gritty and provocative detective novel. Life is looking easy for J. D. Daugherty, a crusty ex-cop who has set up his own PI...

In the second case recorded by Benjamin Franklin's young charge and assistant Nick Handy, the great Doctor Franklin is confronted with a shocking event. While attending a mummers' play at the home of a popular merchant Roddy Fairbrass on Christmas Eve 1757, their host...

A COUNTERFEIT GOVERNESS Anne Calder was a headstrong young woman bent on earning her own living as novelist, preferably in London. Before she could follow her first successful book with a second, however, Anne had to find an entree into London society. And what...

The Divine Sacrifice continues the story of King Arthur's conselor, Malgwyn ap Cuneglas, a solider who lost his arm in battle. Arthur and Malgwyn are called to the abbey of Glastonbury to settle a matter of great political importance--tin is being mined for export...

Arabella Beaumont, courtesan, adventuress, and sleuth, romps her way through Regency London into a dangerous affair of blackmail... Arabella Beaumont is the fortunate possessor of one of England's most celebrated bodies-with a formidable business brain to match. Her latest venture: transforming a London hotel...

First published as Time of Flight under A. C. Koning. May 1931. For blind First World War veteran Frederick Rowlands, the craze for flying holds little interest - after all, he is unlikely ever to set foot in an aeroplane himself. However, a chance...

February, 1381. Splendid Southwark tavern, The Candle-Flame, is the site of a brutal massacre in which nine people, including John of Gaunt's tax collectors, their military escort and the prostitutes entertaining them, are murdered. The furious Regent orders Brother Athelstan to track down the...

"Hambly brings back to life a world where Congressmen obliviously pass chained men without a glance, forcing her readers to wonder painfully with January, "Jesus, where are you now?"" - Publishers Weekly Starred Review Benjamin January's search for a missing man takes him into...

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...

When an old friend asks Superintendent Tom Harper for help, he finds himself drawn into a deadly web of intimidation, corruption and misery on the streets of Leeds. Leeds, England. July, 1899. The hot summer has been fairly quiet for Detective Superintendent Tom Harper...

1882. Following up a story about a fatal house fire, newspaper reporter Alec Lonsdale discovers that the victim's death was no accident. But why would someone murder a humble shop assistant and steal part of his brain? Alec is about to uncover evidence of...

Researcher Phineas Fox has agreed to help track down his neighbour's cousin, who has disappeared without trace, leaving a single clue to her whereabouts: an obscure 1940s portrait of an alleged murderess. What exactly happened back in 1941 - and what is the connection...

DI Herbert Reardon is drawn into a world of secrets and lies when a body is discovered at a girls' boarding school. 1930. When a body is discovered on the premises of the newly-established Maxstead Court School for Girls, Detective Inspector Herbert Reardon is...

Washington DC, 1943. Louise Pearlie and a friend are enjoying a quiet drink when a bloodstained body is discovered on the premises. When it turns out there is a link to Louise's top-secret work at the OSS, she is ordered to find out as...

London, 1388. When the mythical Stone of Destiny disappears from the throne of England, the populace takes it as a sign that rebellion is near. Desperate, Richard calls in Crispin Guest to find the missing stone and uses Crispin's page Jack Tucker as leverage....

Leeds, Christmas Eve, 1890. A young man has been found stabbed to death in the city's poverty-stricken Jewish district, his body arranged in the shape of a cross, two bronze pennies covering his eyes. As fear rises in the Jewish community, DI Tom Harper...

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...

Madame Seraphina Fox, Victorian London's most popular (and fraudulent) medium has her hands full with a new adventure. When a wealthy client hires her to summon up the spirit of the Duke of Wellington, she soon realizes there's danger afoot-and not from Napoleon. The...

It's not easy being a True Oracle. Just ask Madame Seraphina Fox. As a fraudulent medium (but first-class showman), Madame Fox has invented a new twist in the Spiritualism game. No old-fashioned table-turning for her. Instead, she communicates with the dead using her patented...

Gilded Age Newport... Millionaires and robber barons come to spend the season in their opulent mansions while their wives throw lavish balls and gossip over afternoon tea. In 1893, the toast of the town is a spirit-medium-just returned from Europe-who now summons the departed...

"THIS IS BEACH HAVEN, NOT THE BIG CITY; WE HAVE OUR OWN WAY OF DOING THINGS. WE DON'T NEED OUTSIDERS BUTTING IN, TRYING TO CHANGE THINGS." Lewis Porter was an outsider - asked by the local police to examine a murder scene because of...

WATSON'S AMERICAN TALEWhen Sherlock Holmes, who was presumed dead at the hands of his arch nemesis, Professor Moriarty, returned in the story Dr.Watson chronicles as "The Adventure of the Empty House," we were told how the Great Detective had spent the intervening years abroad...

Set in Hollywood during the glory days of the silent film era, SILENTS is a mystery from history with all the action and drama that made Tinsel Town the motion picture capital of the world Lillian Lawrence, the brightest new star in the firmament...

A medieval mystery in the tradition of Ellis Peters and Edward Marston, Murder on the Canterbury Pilgrimage casts noted poet Geoffrey Chaucer in the role of detective. Chaucer uses his keen insights into human nature, his experience as a spy, and his skills as...

There is a decaying, old mansion, all but forgotten in the rich Palisade Hills just beyond Los Angeles. Long abandoned, it remains anything but empty. LYDIA CARTER young woman, murdered at the height of her rock-and-roll fame, cannot rest until someone uncovers the truth...

Steven Fisher is about to be sent off to fight in World War II, but his patriotic zeal is tempered by a series of nightmares. He realizes that his psyche is trying to remind him of something-a promise he made to a deformed World...

The third Thomas Hill mystery features murder, deceit, and lies under a new monarch in 17th-century LondonSpring 1661. After years of civil war followed by Oliver Cromwell's joyless rule as Lord Protector, England awaits the coronation of King Charles II. The mood in London...

In The Case of the Case of Kilcladdich, Anty travels to the timeless source waters of Glen Glennegie to help decide the fate of his family's favourite ferment, but an impossible locked room murder is only one of a multitude of mysteries that try...

The year is 1838, and after more than ten years in the planning, the famous United States Exploring Expedition is set to launch into uncharted waters from the coast of Virginia. A convoy of seven ships filled with astronomers, mapmakers, naturalists, and the sailors...

Following in the steps of Beatriz Williams and Amor Towles, this richly atmospheric, spellbinding novel transports readers to the dazzling, glamorous world of Newport during the Roaring Twenties and to a mansion filled with secrets as a debonair lawyer must separate truth from deception.Spring...

The astronomical success of the historical novels of Phillipa Gregory and Christine Trent prove that readers simply can't get enough of the British royals--and now Mary Hart Perry enters the fray with an exciting, deliciously sensual novel of Queen Victoria's "wild child" daughter, the...

Meet Sherlock Holmes-eccentric genius and brilliant detective. Using the science of deduction, Holmes cracks casesthat baffle even the police. When the famous sleuth moves into rooms at 221B Baker Street in London with Dr John Watson, a medic returned from the war front, the...

Kindra's Nordic Spirit - Bk 2The Daughter of a Nordic Smith continues. Kindra, as a wife and smith, now faces new challenges that test her courage, fortitude, and strength. Suddenly, a killer begins to mysteriously murder young maidens. Departing on their summer raiding campaign,...

The world's greatest gentleman thief is back and this time he must summon all his brilliance and prowess to escape the clutches of his most worthy adversary: the master English detective, Herlock Sholmes Assisted by his trusty companion Dr Wilson, Sholmes is called to...

This entertaining short story collection features Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen, nicknamed "The Thinking Machine"--a brilliant but abrasive scientist who proves time and again that any puzzle can be solved by the application of logic.Could you beat the world chess master in one try...

"[John Dickson Carr] is the supreme conjuror; the king of the art of misdirection...once you begin a book of his, you simply cannot put it down."--Agatha ChristieFirst published in 1942, this reissue is one of Carr's most tense and enjoyable game of cat and...

"A taut, suspenseful, terrifically well-researched historical thriller about the greatest crime of the 19th Century." William Martin, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Lincoln Letter and Bound for Gold. In 1900, former Congressman John Bingham tells his doctor, Jamie Fraser, about a terrible...

"A lovely smooth read."--The Washington Post"A witty, affectionately nostalgic masterpiece."--The Columbus Dispatch"As absorbingly readable, as well-written as anything Peter Dickinson has written."--The Times Literary SupplementPraise for Peter Dickinson's mysteries: "The works of British Mystery Writer Peter Dickinson are like caviar--an acquired taste that can...

Introducing the Fitzglens and their theatre of thieves in this spellbinding gothic mystery!"Superb . . . Lovers of British historical mysteries with a dash of romance and gothic atmosphere will clamor for more" - Publishers Weekly Starred Review London, 1908. The Fitzglens are proud...

This is a book about adventure and investigation. It is filled with enigmatical secrets, riddles, and writings of old. If you seek adventure or a new sort of mission, this is where it begins.Author: Sam NemriISBN-10: 1387691392ISBN-13: 9781387691395Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/16/2022Pages: 592Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.72lbsSize:...

Mark Pryor's Die Around Sundown is the first entry in an exciting mystery series set in Paris during World War II, where a detective is forced to solve a murder while protecting his own secrets. Summer 1940: In German-occupied Paris, Inspector Henri Lefort has...

Miss Matilda Hayward has a wedding to plan and while ordering her bridal bouquet in Bridal Lane, she finds a note in her sample bouquet requesting a liaison. Innocently believing the note to be a mix-up, Matilda engages her brother, Daniel, to attend the...

"Sizzling romance with a splash of intrigue." --Julia QuinnAmita Murray takes us on a journey from the pleasure gardens of society to the dangerous streets of 19th century London, in this spectacular romantic debut by an unforgettable new voice. "Women mind their reputation if...

Murder, Mystery and a dog of distinctionMajor Heathcliff Lennox is called in, along with ex Detective Inspector Swift, to help the police investigate a macabre death. The dead man is Lord De Ruyter, a man inextricably linked to the notorious Birdcage Murders.Nothing is as...

An intelligent, lightening-paced thriller set on two continents and within the hidden chambers of Marquette university, the majestic library of a Venice monastery, and the underground keep of the Heidelberg castle. With twists at every turn, the story sends smart and gutsy graduate students...

Fishing can be deadly... Evie's plan to indulge Tom's desire for a spot of fishing turns deadly. Either people are dying unexpectedly of natural causes or someone has become quite an expert at killing without leaving a trace. As the unexpected deaths continue to...

In 1941, Maxo Vanka is commissioned to paint murals in a tiny church near Pittsburgh. The job is perfect until a ghost that only he can see returns to terrify him in the deep midnight hours as he works. It is the second time...