Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

Lady Violet has decided that life in noisy, crowded, busy London is simply not her cup of tea. Her search for a rural property to purchase must be set aside when she learns that Hugh St. Sevier has been accused of murder. Worse, the...

Revenge is a rocky road in this nonstop adventure in Ralph Compton's bestselling Gunfighter seriesJasper Duncan's stagecoach is the fastest one in California; at least that's what he tells folks looking for a ride between the Stanislaus mines and Sonora. But he needs a...

Cassie Gwynne-cat lover, bookworm and daring detective-takes on her most challenging case yet... Florida, 1884. It's a new year and Cassie Gwynne is determined to be done with the unseemly business of murder. She's made her resolution and she's going to stick to it....

When Watson's holiday in the Lake District takes a sinister twist, he and Holmes must uncover the truth hidden by superstitious locals, folklore and rumours of prehistorical monsters far away from the familiar streets of London... A serene walking holiday in the Lake District...

1869, Sutherland, Scotland. There's a Gold Rush going on in the Glens of Suisgill and Kildonan. When representatives of the Pan European Mining Company arrive to investigate, one of the prospectors is found bludgeoned to death, odd inscriptions discovered on stones nearby. Meanwhile Solveig...

Dr. Amir Hadad, a successful radiologist, hears an intruder. Hiding in the dark, the stranger whispers, "I can't rest."Alarmed and unwilling to risk his family's safety, Amir contacts the police. Only there is no trace of an intruder, no marks of forced entry. If...

The death of a Chinese man leads photographer Nellie Burns and Sheriff Asteguitoiri to Vienna, a ghost town in the Stanley Basin in 1920's Idaho. Sammy Ah Kee, who taught Nellie to drive, found the man's body and is accused of killing him. Nellie...

1913. The clouds of war are gathering. The world's great empires vie for supremacy. Europe is in turmoil, a powder keg awaiting a spark. A body is discovered on the shore below Beachy Head, just a mile from Sherlock Holmes's retirement cottage. The local...

Bill Eaton's dying grandmother drops a bombshell when he comes to visit, though he doesn't realize until later the significance of the old files she asks him to retrieve from her attic and review.The files include an old photo of President John F. Kennedy...

"I swear to God it was Willoughby. My brother stood not two feet away from me, called me Lina to my face, and pulled Harley into his arms, saying he was sorry, sobbing, and calling him his boy."An apparition in Sydney's fruit and vegetable...

Spain, summer 1937. The civil war between Spanish nationalists and republicans rages. On the bloody sierras of Aragon, among Generalissimo Franco's volunteers is Martin Bora, the twenty-something German officer and detective whose future adventures will be told in Lumen, Liar Moon, The Road to...

The ever-optimistic Mr Micawber bids a fond farewell to David Copperfield and takes his family to Australia, confident their lives will change for the better. However, more than florid language and optimism is needed to survive in this brash new world that is Melbourne...

Arvin Kraft loves his complicated family, but they talk about him: how slow he is, how they need to share the burden of caring for him, how tired they all are. He hides in the walls of the family's old house in Boston and...

While traveling in France, Carrie Mitchell meets a boy, Jacques, who changes her life. While sightseeing, Jacques goes missing and Carrie is thrown into an intrigue that dates back to World War II.She is dangerously caught up with Jacques's father, the Comte de Merle,...

Author: Angus King, Liam McIlvanneyISBN-10: 166511701XISBN-13: 9781665117012Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/12/2019Format: CDWeight: 0.45lbs

Missing women, a disbanded cult, and a dodgy inheritance put Beatrix Patterson to the test.Beatrix Patterson wanted to spend a morning organizing her thoughts over a nice cup of coffee and the local newspaper. But her carefully curated day is quickly interrupted when a...

For a time in the 1940s, Alexander Bassett was one of the brightest stars in the literary firmament, an acclaimed novelist, poet, and playwright, a voice for social justice. But the years took their toll, Bassett's work fell out of favor, and eventually, the...

March 3, 1933, the day before Franklin Roosevelt's inauguration. Siblings Lily and Robert Brewster have agreed to help out at a nursing home next door to their own cottage, dubbed Grace & Favor. The convalescent home is full of colorful characters, including a cantankerous...

All aboard the good ship SS Columbus for an African adventure to die for . . ."Fascinating . . . Bert and Mamie Mason are the most entertaining detective couple since Nick and Nora Charles" Publishers Weekly February 1939. Mamie Mason isn't enthusiastic when...

Scotland, 1396: Euphemia MacPhee lives alone in a witch's cave with her healing herbs and an ancient skull for company. Her reclusive life shatters the day she learns that her four-year-old son, fostered on the Isle of Barra, has mysteriously fallen ill. Euphemia sails...

Christmas, 1940. A temporary truce between the German and Allied forces is a welcome respite from the relentless air raids over London. Down Street underground station, in the heart of Mayfair, is now a secret retreat for Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his cabinet....

Hollywood intrigue, glamor . . . and murder: Enter the roaring twenties in this thrilling Silver Screen historical mystery, starring two very different female sleuths."Everything feels just right: the characters are abundantly human, the mystery is beautifully constructed, and the Hollywood milieu is vividly...

Kansas City, 1922: a hub of jazz music and the mob. While the Kansas side of the city had Carrie Nation and prohibition, on the Missouri side the Irish Pendergast brothers kept the liquor flowing.Claire O'Connor is a young newspaper reporter, hungry to find...

Kansas City, 1922: a hub of jazz music and the mob. While the Kansas side of the city had Carrie Nation and prohibition, on the Missouri side the Irish Pendergast brothers kept the liquor flowing.Claire O'Connor is a young newspaper reporter, hungry to find...

Kansas City, 1922: a hub of jazz music and the mob. While the Kansas side of the city had Carrie Nation and prohibition, on the Missouri side the Irish Pendergast brothers kept the liquor flowing.Claire O'Connor is a young newspaper reporter, hungry to find...

Kansas City, 1922: a hub of jazz music and the mob. While the Kansas side of the city had Carrie Nation and prohibition, on the Missouri side the Irish Pendergast brothers kept the liquor flowing.Claire O'Connor is a young newspaper reporter, hungry to find...

Kansas City, 1922: a hub of jazz music and the mob. While the Kansas side of the city had Carrie Nation and prohibition, on the Missouri side the Irish Pendergast brothers kept the liquor flowing.Claire O'Connor is a young newspaper reporter, hungry to find...

Florence, 1677. While Sam assumes a new identity as part of his mother's Cardinale family, Raphael introduces his new family to his Florentine one, only to unearth life-changing revelations.Meanwhile in London, Noah seeks revenge on those behind the attempt on Sam's life, and Susannah...

Florence, 1677. While Sam assumes a new identity as part of his mother's Cardinale family, Raphael introduces his new family to his Florentine one, only to unearth life-changing revelations.Meanwhile in London, Noah seeks revenge on those behind the attempt on Sam's life, and Susannah...

Florence, 1677. While Sam assumes a new identity as part of his mother's Cardinale family, Raphael introduces his new family to his Florentine one, only to unearth life-changing revelations.Meanwhile in London, Noah seeks revenge on those behind the attempt on Sam's life, and Susannah...

Florence, 1677. While Sam assumes a new identity as part of his mother's Cardinale family, Raphael introduces his new family to his Florentine one, only to unearth life-changing revelations.Meanwhile in London, Noah seeks revenge on those behind the attempt on Sam's life, and Susannah...

Florence, 1677. While Sam assumes a new identity as part of his mother's Cardinale family, Raphael introduces his new family to his Florentine one, only to unearth life-changing revelations.Meanwhile in London, Noah seeks revenge on those behind the attempt on Sam's life, and Susannah...

Constant Hearses and Other Revolutionary Mysteries contains not one, but two of Edward D. Hoch's beloved characters. First are the thirteen stories of Alexander Swift, who works for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Swift deals with many of the leaders of the...

Someone is running a campaign to discredit Cairo's senior police officials. Is Garvin, the Commandant, playing power games, or is he trying to get to the bottom of the allegations of corruption? What about Garvin's senior deputy, McPhee, a man who might finally be...

From the acclaimed author of The Town, an epic thriller about the secret right-hand man of one of the most infamous unprosecuted mob bosses in American history, and the hidden crime that will bring down an empire. In the late 1970s, The Outfit has...

LARGE PRINT EDITION. The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1908) is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. Originally serialized in L'Illustration from September to November 1907, The Mystery of the Yellow Room marked the first appearance of popular character Joseph Rouletabille, a reporter...

LARGE PRINT EDITION. The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1908) is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. The Perfume of the Lady in Black marked the second appearance of popular character Joseph Rouletabille, a reporter and part-time sleuth who features in several...

"Madeleine's inquisitive mind and candid voice are enough to keep us reading." --The New York Times Book Review New York Times bestselling author Lene Kaaberb l returns with her beloved protagonist Madeleine Karno--an ambitious young woman who shatters the confines of nineteenth century France....

Paul Doherty's twenty-third medieval mystery featuring Sir Hugh Corbett is a gripping and gruesome tale of murder and mayhem sure to appeal to fans of C. J. Sansom and Bernard Cornwell. Spring, 1312. Edward II of England is absorbed with his favourite, Peter Gaveston,...

The second in the Electra McDonnell series from Edgar-nominated author Ashley Weaver, The Key to Deceit, is a delightful World War II mystery filled with spies, murder, romance, and wit. London, 1940. After years of stealing from the rich and giving to the poor--well,...

Captain Jim Agnihotri and his new bride, Diana Framji, return in Nev March's Peril at the Exposition, the follow up to March's award-winning, Edgar finalist debut, Murder in Old Bombay. 1893: Newlyweds Captain Jim Agnihotri and Diana Framji are settling into their new home...

The fate of the allied forces lies in the hands of Joanna and the Watsons in the next Daughter of Sherlock Holmes mystery from USA Today bestselling author Leonard Goldberg.During a critical stage in World War One, the Governor-General of South Africa journeys to...

Aristocratic sleuth Charles Lenox makes a triumphant return to London from his travels to America to investigate a mystery hidden in the architecture of the city itself, in The Hidden City by critically acclaimed author Charles Finch.Author: Charles FinchISBN-10: 1250767164ISBN-13: 9781250767165Publisher: Minotaur BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Trapped by their pasts, is there hope for a future? When Secret Service operative Andrew Darlington is brought in to support a US Marshal case involving counterfeiters in rural Indiana, he thinks it's simply the next rung on his climb to the top of...

Author: W. M. AkersISBN-10: 0063043963ISBN-13: 9780063043961Publisher: Harper VoyagerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/28/2023Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 7.98h x 5.34w x 0.67d

Author: Charles ToddISBN-10: 0062905600ISBN-13: 9780062905604Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/21/2023Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.10d

Author Emily J. Edwards takes Viviana Valentine to new heights--and new lows--in this "firecracker of a series" (Allison Epstein), perfect for fans of Ashley Weaver and Rhys Bowen. 1950, New York. Viviana Valentine-Girl Friday turned partner to New York's top investigator, Tommy Fortuna-is drawn...

For the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue all of the medieval monk's cases with beautiful new series-style covers. ------------------------------------ The twenty third chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew. In 1360 a deputation from Cambridge ventures to...

"The 19th century New Zealand setting, the rich character development, the harkening back to so much in the history of the British Empire -- all these make for a story one simply cannot put down." When Sergeant Frank Hardy awakes in a remote underground...

All is far from quiet on the home front in nationally bestselling author Anna Lee Huber's captivating mystery series, in which former Secret Service agent Verity Kent receives a visitor--who is being trailed by a killer . . . November 1919. A relaxing few...