Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

It is 1943, and the Nazis control large parts of Italy. Colonel Anselm Bernhardt devotes his attention to stealing Italian art - and having his way with Italian women - but there is one great treasure that he covets even more.In present day, his...

In the fifth novel in Malcolm Archibald's series of 19th century detective novels, Sergeant Watters finds himself overwhelmed with three simultaneous cases.With a case of poisoning, a series of child kidnappings and somebody with a seeming dislike to clocks and watches, Watters and his...

Two thousand years ago, a Persian general and his seneschal march through the dunes, leaving behind rivers of blood.In 2011, the dark side of NATO's presence in Iraq pushes a local woman to flee into the night, clutching a golden vase to her chest.Fast...

Reproduction of the original: The House of the Whispering Pines by Anna Katherine GreenAuthor: Anna Katherine GreenISBN-10: 3752359242ISBN-13: 9783752359244Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/28/2020Pages: 278Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.27lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

A Black man wrongly convicted of murder attempts to rebuild his life and bring the real killer to justice, in this historical novel based on a true story. In the summer of 1932, Ben Jordan was wrongfully accused of killing a white pastor in...

Long before American adventuress Beryl Helliwell and prim and proper Brit Edwina Davenport teamed up as enquiry agents to solve mysteries, they attempted to unravel the mysteries of deportment and elocution. Now it's back to school for the sleuths when murder strikes at their...

Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie and Downton Abbey in this beguiling new Regency set series, as drastic circumstances compel Lady Caroline Morton, the penniless daughter of a deceased earl, to join the "downstairs" working class as a lady's companion... whose duties soon involve solving a...

A stolen valuable is just the beginning of a trail of strange events Junio has to uncover in this skilfully plotted historical mystery set in 2nd century Britain."A mastery of period detail matches the engrossing plot . . . Brilliant " Publishers Weekly Starred...

New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp invites you back to Stonecliffe, where an unwelcome reunion between a lady and a rogue calls up old feelings...and new dangers. When the love of her life left without any explanation, Annabeth Winfield moved on despairingly, knowing...

The greatest secret ever, which was hidden for centuries in a cave......has finally been revealed. The sudden change in weather forced Erez, who hiked for his pleasure in the Qumran region, to take shelter from the heavy rain in a dark cave. Soon he...

Can a wrong be rectified in death?Eight months ago, Simone experienced her first spectral encounter. It awakened a dormant second sight and opened a chasm to the afterlife. Now, another spirit from 1917 New Orleans has wandered through that passage, haunting her with an...

Can a wrong be rectified in death?Eight months ago, Simone experienced her first spectral encounter. It awakened a dormant second sight and opened a chasm to the afterlife. Now, another spirit from 1917 New Orleans has wandered through that passage, haunting her with an...

Can a wrong be rectified in death?Eight months ago, Simone experienced her first spectral encounter. It awakened a dormant second sight and opened a chasm to the afterlife. Now, another spirit from 1917 New Orleans has wandered through that passage, haunting her with an...

Can a wrong be rectified in death?Eight months ago, Simone experienced her first spectral encounter. It awakened a dormant second sight and opened a chasm to the afterlife. Now, another spirit from 1917 New Orleans has wandered through that passage, haunting her with an...

Can a wrong be rectified in death?Eight months ago, Simone experienced her first spectral encounter. It awakened a dormant second sight and opened a chasm to the afterlife. Now, another spirit from 1917 New Orleans has wandered through that passage, haunting her with an...

In late summer of 1879, an unexpected, early morning door knock alters Leonard Hardy's life when a neighbour discovers an unidentified body outside his home. Naturally curious, he sets out to learn the identity of the dead man, but a series of peculiar events...

In late summer of 1879, an unexpected, early morning door knock alters Leonard Hardy's life when a neighbour discovers an unidentified body outside his home. Naturally curious, he sets out to learn the identity of the dead man, but a series of peculiar events...

A traitor. A courtship. A scandalous Season.In the race against time, will this pair reach the altar or the traitor first?In the service of England's spymaster (well, his niece, but surely he'll appreciate the help), Miss Mary Wilson is on a mission to uncover...

In this humorous medieval mystery, Geoffrey Chaucer discovers a very un-poetic side to Oxford while tracking down a killer.The Clerk's Tale is the latest instalment in M.J. Trow's popular Geoffrey Chaucer series. As historically accurate and utterly human as its companion books, this story...

Treason, heresy and revolt in Queen Elizabeth's England . . . The year is 1600. With a dying queen on the throne, war raging on the high seas and famine on the rise, England is on the brink of chaos. And in London's dark...

Featuring Contributions by: Marcia Wilson, Gordon Linzner, Will Murray, Dan Rowley, Tim Newton Anderson, Arthur Hall, Thomas A. Burns, Jr., David Marcum, James Gelter, Anisha Jagdeep, DJ Tyrer, Paul Hiscock, Leslie Charteris and Denis Green, Stephen Herczeg, Tracy J. Revels, Roger Riccard and John...

It's the latter half of the Roaring Twenties and Lady Lucy Revelstoke, the unconventional widow of a young British lord, is once more crossing the Atlantic on a state-of-the-art ocean liner. Rubbing elbows with the era's elite, Lucy has come a long way from...

Life as a secretary in New York just got tougher when Viviana Valentine's boss goes M.I.A in this debut historical mystery, perfect for fans of Susan Elia MacNeal and Frances Brody. New York City, 1950. Viviana Valentine is Girl Friday to the city's top...

Benjamin Weaver is an outsider in eighteenth-century London: a Jew among Christians; a ruffian among aristocrats; a retired pugilist who, hired by London's gentry, travels through the criminal underworld in pursuit of debtors and thieves. In A Conspiracy of Paper, Weaver investigates a crime...

When a rainmaker is bludgeoned to death in the pitch-blackness of a colossal dust storm, small-town sheriff Temple Jennings shoulders yet another burden in the hard times of the 1930s Dust Bowl. The killing only magnifies Temple's ongoing troubles: a formidable opponent in the...

1969 Martin Carter's plan is to survive his tour in Vietnam and return to his wife and newborn daughter. He refused his commission to keep from lying to his men but ultimately becomes a leader to his team and to a small group of...

In 1863 London, a photographer is murdered, his body found at the Royal Academy Exhibition shortly after his assistant, Bridget, is locked in the dark-room at the studio. Then art expert Giovanni Morelli is attacked. With the police unable to see the connection, illustrator...

Erin Cahill lives in a small central Texas town, life there is quiet and routine. Until the phone call that upended her life. It was a family friend telling her that her mother was in the hospital. Erin immediatly packs a bag and drives...

Twelve sensational Sherlock Holmes short stories from a bestselling master of the genreMaverick detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful chronicler Dr. John Watson return in twelve thrilling short stories.The iconic duo find themselves swiftly drawn into a series of puzzling and sinister events: an...

Author: Charles FinchISBN-10: 8200087883ISBN-13: 9798200087884Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/28/2011Format: CDWeight: 0.40lbs

What lurks behind the charming fa軋de?Writer Mark Endicott moves to a Dorset village, where he buys the small, almost derelict Corpse Path Cottage. It occurs to him that it would make the ideal setting for a murder.A sinister promise.Before long, one of the village's...

Marian Stamford moves to her dream home: a snug little cottage in a Dorset village where nothing ever happens. She only wants a quiet life, a home for her unlikely family of two nieces and one troublesome kitten.Before long, things take a darker turn....

Why must a widow newly emerged from mourning be invited to every wedding in the realm?Lady Violet Belmaine ponders that conundrum while traveling from London to rural Scotland at the invitation of an old friend. Escorted by her dashing physician friend, Hugh St. Sevier,...

This anthology contains three gripping historical mysteries from The Sergeant Frank Hardy Mysteries series, set in the late nineteenth century of New Zealand: DEAD SHOTWhen the Hardys offer care for a thoroughbred stud horse that has been threatened with death, they are unaware how...

WHEN A STRANGE CHILD FOLLOWS HER HOME ON THE TRAIN FROM LONDON, ELLA BRIDGES FEELS BOUND TO HELP HER. HOWEVER, SHE SOON DISCOVERS THE CHILD IS NOT WHAT SHE SEEMS. Having recently moved into a large home on Linhay Island, affectionately known locally as...

Lizzy and Darcy meet first in Meryton and rub each other the wrong way. If not for a series of thefts requiring someone to solve the mystery, they would likely never find an accord. Working together has the unexpected effect of bringing them a...

When a beloved family member suffers a crippling burn which no one in Germany in 1900 can heal, young Olevia Landsmann begins her quest to help him. Her journey takes her to America where against all odds she is accepted into the new Johns...

In her gripping follow-up to the widely acclaimed Dust Bowl Mystery Death of a Rainmaker, Laurie Loewenstein brings 1930s Oklahoma evocatively to life.Already suffering the privations of the 1930s Dust Bowl, an Oklahoma town is further devastated when a passenger train derails--flooding its hospital...

In London, 1946, Miss Iris Sparks--co-proprietor of the Right Sort Marriage Bureau--has to deal with aspects of her past exploits during the recent war that have come back around to haunt her.The Right Sort Marriage Bureau was founded in 1946 by two disparate individuals:...

Murder lurks at the heart of the royal court in the rabbit warren of the Palace of Westminster. The year is 1480. Treason is afoot amongst the squalid grandeur and opulent filth of this medieval world of contrasts. Even the Office of the King's...

Camp Tera is a pet project of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, a spot that is relaxing as well as inspiring and instructional for young women in Depression-era New York.Until a young woman is brutally murdered.Drawing on his PhD in American history, with research interests...

Magistrate Li Chen harbors a secret. One that could destroy his hard-earned reputation, as well as his growing passion for the talented courtesan, Song Yi.Li Chen's duty to his family and the Emperor must come before the desires of his heart, but when a...

Author: Rosemary SimpsonISBN-10: 1665239530ISBN-13: 9781665239530Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/26/2017Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbs

Author: Rosemary SimpsonISBN-10: 1665239506ISBN-13: 9781665239509Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/30/2018Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbs

Author: Sarah Zimmerman, Rosemary SimpsonISBN-10: 1665227680ISBN-13: 9781665227681Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/12/2019Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbs

Greed. Corruption. Murder. New York in 1880 is a hell of a place to make your living. Nellie Bly arrives at age 24 in Manhattan, lacking connections and money, but blessed with an abundance of courage and a skill for reportage. Within ten months...

Man Booker Prize Finalist, LA Times Book Prize Finalist, New York Times Editor's Choice, and an American Booksellers Association National Indie Bestseller Named a Best Book of 2016 by Newsweek, NPR, The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Sunday Times In the smash hit historical...

Mrs. Jeffries must help Inspector Witherspoon crack a new case and catch a killer in this next installment of the beloved Victorian Mystery series. Successful businessman Jeremy Marks wasn't highly regarded by any of the members of the West London Archery Club. Most of...

A Lotus Palace mystery in the tradition of Tang Dynasty tales of the strange.Newly married Constable Gao and Wei-wei have just begun their lives together when they're faced with the death of a Taoist sorcerer during Ghost Month.As mysterious occurrences arise during the investigation,...

In 1807, a young, Philadelphia woman of special gifts is accused by the religious authorities of practicing the black arts. Although the investigators can find no evidence that she has ever used her talents to harm anyone, they proceed to attempt to apprehend her...