Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

Murder and mayhem may seem like unreasonable company for Aristotle, one of the founding minds of Western philosophy. But in the skilled hands of Margaret Doody, the pairing could not be more logical. With her Aristotle Detective novels, Margaret Doody brings a Holmesian hero...

Venice, 1612. Two very different women, a notorious courtesan and a Talmudic scholar, are brought together by an artist when they pose for a "Gallery of Beauties," forming a relationship neither of them anticipated.Conflicted about her past, Belladonna finds herself drawn to Diana, the...

Paris, 1954. Eli Cole, American attaché, wants only one thing: to avenge his wife's murder. But the trail has gone cold. After two years, drinking to his beloved Liana's memory is all he has left - until the secrets she took to the grave...

Paris, 1954. Eli Cole, American attaché, wants only one thing: to avenge his wife's murder. But the trail has gone cold. After two years, drinking to his beloved Liana's memory is all he has left - until the secrets she took to the grave...

"I could easily see it as a movie.""Sadler's Arthur is Basically Red Dead Redemption II's Arthur, constantly walking the line between good and evil." "This book would make a killer HBO series."-Advanced Praise for Innkeeper, Goodreads, NetGalleyAuberdine was once at the center of a...

Grant Sharer just solved the mystery of great entertainmentHollywood, 1948The Supreme Court is forcing Major Hollywood Studios to sell their movie palaces marking the final curtain for filmdom's Golden Age. The Department of Justice is threatening criminal prosecution for the Tinsel Town s most...

Toxic medicine, a fanatic Chicago detective, and a fatal plunge down a steep staircase embroil Val and Roddy DeVere in a dangerous quest for facts in 1899. Roddy's fledgling business teeters as his partner begs him to free him from a detective's "witch hunt."...

When a gentlewoman is savagely murdered in her own bed, Lord Redmond and Inspector Haze must pick apart her seemingly blameless life to understand what drove her attacker to such frenzied rage-and how they managed to escape from a locked room in a house...

When a serial killer draws Lillian Crawford into a deadly game, she and Eugene Osbourn must team up one final time to thwart their mysterious foe. But will they stop the murderer's twisted game in time to prevent one more death?Author: Blythe BakerISBN-10: 8818907476ISBN-13:...

In a parallel version of Victorian London, populated only by dogs and cats, a logic-driven beagle and an intrepid border collie pursue justice.Or, more accurately, Mr. Edgar Beagle pursues justice-when he isn't too busy memorizing niche trivia or alphabetizing his library, that is. Detective...

Return to the terror and excitement of the Victorian age in the company of Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr John H Watson. Throughout his long career, Holmes often encountered individuals whose misdeeds either seemed to resonate back from the distant past, or who entered...

In 1782, a ghost ship ran aground in a secluded cove in Cornwall. To this day, no one knows what became of the Aurora's crew or the shadowy woman rumored to be onboard. In 2021, when Kyle inherits his aunt's historic house in Cornwall,...

In Chicago, Eliot Ness created "the Untouchables," the fabled team of federal agents who finally put Al Capone behind bars. Now, in the fall of 1935, Ness has been moved to Cleveland to become the city's director of public safety. But as Ness starts...

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...

"Parker's deft evocation of a lost era in Western American history--the life of the mining boom town--and her complex characterization make Leaden Skies an absorbing read."--Stephanie Barron, national bestselling authorIt is summer 1880, and Inez Stannert, one of the partners in the Silver Queen...

"A well-crafted novel that will appeal to readers of mysteries, historical fiction, and genre westerns."--BooklistThe railroad is coming to Leadville and its rich Rocky Mountain mines. Among those who will be on hand to celebrate the arrival of the Denver & Rio Grande is...

Bestselling author Elizabeth Peters brings back nineteenth-century Egyptologist Amelia Peabody and her entourage in this delicious caper that digs up mystery in the shadow of the pyramids.The last camel is dead, and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, her dashing husband, Emerson, and her precocious son, Ramses,...

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...

A storm is coming . . . Can nun sleuth Hildegard solve the murder of a lay sister before the rising flood waters trap her with a cunning killer? Autumn, 1394. All is not well at Swyne Priory. Dissension has arisen amongst the nuns....

Can fear kill? When the body of a night watchman is found sprawled in the shadow of a rare nineteenth-Dynasty mummy case, a look of terror frozen on his face, panic ensues. No one doubts that the guard's untimely demise is the work of...

Amelia Peabody, that indomitable product of the Victorian age, embarks on her first Egyptian adventure armed with unshakable self-confidence, a journal to record her thoughts, and, of course, a sturdy umbrella. On her way, Amelia rescues young Evelyn Barton-Forbes, who has been ruined and...

An archaeologist's estranged daughters.1907: The dawn of Egyptology is a time of imperialism and plunder, opulence and unrest, and Dr. Warren Ford, esteemed archaeologist, is the man of the hour. His daughters--intellectual Lila, on the eve of her debut as a Manhattan socialite, and...

Amelia Peabody, that indomitable product of the Victorian age, embarks on her first Egyptian adventure armed with unshakable self-confidence, a journal to record her thoughts, and, of course, a sturdy umbrella. On her way, Amelia rescues young Evelyn Barton-Forbes, who has been ruined and...

When a literary icon stays with the Dickinson family, Emily and her housemaid Willa find themselves embroiled in a shocking murder in this new mystery from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author Amanda Flower. August 1856. The Dickinson family is comfortably settled in...

The Man in the Brown Suit, has been considered an important book throughout the human history. So that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. The...

Spring, 1523. Henry VIII readies England for war with France. The King's chief minister, Cardinal Wolsey, prepares to open Parliament at Blackfriars. The eyes of the country turn towards London. But all is not well in Wolsey's household. A visiting critic of the Cardinal...

Beautifully written ... a unique tale told in a unique voice' - S.G. MacleanSummer, 1522. In a wave of pomp, Henry VIII's court welcomes the Imperial emperor, Charles V. Anthony Blanke, the son of the king's late 'black trumpet', John Blanke, is called to...

An immersive and entertaining read' - Alistair Mabbot, The HeraldThe year is 1317, and young squire Benedict Russell has joined the English-held garrison of Berwick-upon-Tweed after the spectacular Scottish victory at Bannockburn three years earlier.Serious and self-doubting, he can't wait for his time there...

A hundred years has passed since the bitter rivalry between the St. Claires and the Huntingtons began. But in London, the feud goes on . ..Lady Sophia Huntington isn't what she appears to be. Born into a noble family, the impulsive, wild-hearted beauty has...

A severed foot. Fingerprints left on a wine glass. A secret cypher code. The scent of orange and cinnamon left behind by the murderer.Mikaela Forsythe, adventuress, author, and now private investigator, is back, pulled into a deadly case that may just see her friend,...

When Robin Hood hears of the Sheriff of Nottingham's great archery tournament, nothing can keep him from attending the contest in disguise in the hopes of carrying off the prize right under the Sheriff's nose. Meanwhile, when Friar Tuck hears of a brutal murder...

Once voted Adventure magazine's most popular author, W.C. Tuttle introduced the world to one of his longest-running-and most popular-series characters, Henry Harrison Conroy, in the pages of Argosy. Collected here are the next two novels: "Thirty Days For Henry" and "Buckshot for Henry."Author: W....

Inspired by the classical ancient world and authors such as C J Sansom, Retribution is the second Drakenfeld novel, in Mark Charan Newton's thrilling fantasy crime series.When justice fails, revenge follows . . .Having just solved a difficult case in his home city of...

Inspired by the classical world of Ancient Rome and authors such as C J Sansom, Drakenfeld marks the start of the thrilling fantasy crime series by Mark Charan Newton.They'll kill to hide the truth. He'll kill to find it.The monarchies of the Royal Vispasian...

The gripping, heartwrenching story of a girl gone missing and an innocent, accused woman who holds the key to a family secret, from the bestselling author of THE GIRL IN THE LETTER. 'Spellbindingly good! Heartbreak, intrigue, mystery *****' Real reader 'One of the best...

In the year of our Lord 1141, two monks ride into the Benedictine abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, bringing with them disturbing news of war--and a mystery. The strangers tell how the strife between the Empress Maud and King Stephen has destroyed...

Deadly drinks, vicious gangsters, missing money . . . Reluctant sleuth Maddie Pastore is back with a bang, in the second Mystic's Accomplice historical mystery set in 1920s Chicago."Miley's storytelling skills do justice to her clever, gutsy, and endearing protagonist. This is a real...

In 1945 secrets hidden at an Italian estate could prove just as vital to humanity's fate as the war efforts on the frontlines . . . if nurse Diana Bolsena can get to them first. Tuscany, 1945. As the war in Europe ends, American...

Musician, sleuth and free man of color Benjamin January gets mixed in politics, with murderous results. September, 1840. A giant rally is being planned in New Orleans to stir up support for presidential candidate William Henry Harrison: the Indian-killing, hard-cider-drinking, wannabe "people's president". Trained...

The past is never far behind you . . .Old sins have a nasty way of catching up with you, as Detective Chief Inspector Henry Johnstone discovers in this gripping historical mystery, which takes him back to a difficult case in his early days...

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...

A storm is coming . . . Can nun sleuth Hildegard solve the murder of a lay sister before the rising flood waters trap her with a cunning killer? Autumn, 1394. All is not well at Swyne Priory. Dissension has arisen amongst the nuns....

- It's 1940 and the world is in turmoil. An ordinary lawyer in Cleveland, Ohio is called - upon by his country to infiltrate the highest levels of the Nazi hierarchy in a covert operation that could help determine the outcome of the war....

Spring is a time for new beginnings, but for Lady Sarah, it's about closing an old case...It has been almost a year since Lady Sarah's friends were kidnapped. A year of hopelessly searching and worry. But now there is a new lead. Word from...

*** FROM USA TODAY & MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY ***IT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST SCANDALS IN THE KINGDOM OF FRANCE'S HISTORY.AND ONE TEMPLAR KNIGHT PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE.When a woman arrives at Sir Marcus de Rancourt's new home, claiming to...

Captain Mueller is dead. Hanged, apparently by his own hand. But ex-police officer and war hero Sergeant August Neumann doesn't think it's quite so simple. How could it be with blackshirts, legionnaires, and communist sympathisers vying for control of the camp? Now Sergeant Neumann...

The people and businesses of London are quickly recovering from the ravages of the plague, none faster than the Court of Charles II where excess, corruption and debauchery has rebounded at a frenetic pace. In Westminster, in the haphazard corridors of White Hall Palace,...

While Lady Violet Belmaine is busy sorting out the odd turns her life has recently taken, Hugh St. Sevier repairs to his Kent estate in hopes of embarking on the placid life of a rural physician. Alas, for St. Sevier, the village of St....

While Lady Violet Belmaine is busy sorting out the odd turns her life has recently taken, Hugh St. Sevier repairs to his Kent estate in hopes of embarking on the placid life of a rural physician. Alas, for St. Sevier, the village of St....

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...