Fiction - Thrillers - Historical

History remembers the battles. Her journal remembers the cost. Lady Ginger Gold returns to the heart of the Great War-where danger deepens, trust is scarce, and the cost of courage grows ever higher.In this gripping conclusion of her secret wartime journal, Ginger faces increasingly...

In this sequel to 'ESCAPE TO EDEN', nearly two years have passed since British archaeologist and former MI6 analyst Evelyn Kane escaped The Garden of Eden with the 'Book of Truth' - an ancient manuscript meant to unite all faiths. Instead, it has been...

SOMETHING HAD TO CHANGE. SOMEONE HAD TO LEAD THAT CHANGE. BUT WAS HE UP TO THE TASK? George was an intellectual, a journalist, a writer: more theory than practice. Could he lead the country to a new beginning? Someone had to stand up to...

Seconded to the Twenty Second Legion in Egypt, Gaius Flaminius Drusus finds himself plunged into a murky world of religious cults and ethnic hatreds. Investigating the murder of his predecessor, Flaminius is hindered at every turn, despite the assistance of the Egyptian scribe and...

"A well-paced story of intrigue with a startling climax." Pittsburgh PressIt's 1940. Cynical New York City newspaper reporter Matt Davanan inherits a mansion in Maryland from a distant Uncle he didn't know he had ... who was killed in a suspicious hunting accident...a story...

In the 1960's Hell's Kitchen wasn't the ethnic melting pot it is today, the neighborhood was predominately Irish and Italian, so when a black boy named Charles Freeman moved into the neighborhood, he was immediately labeled an outcast. Charles' luck changes after meeting a...

How far would YOU go to bring back a lost love? Alchemy is a chilling historical tale of mystery, murder and suspense and reveals an extraordinary decade in the life of a talented, sweet young and innocent genius, as he transforms into a monster....

Missing masterpieces. A global conspiracy. One man caught in the crosshairs of history.When ex-intelligence operative Jack Berman stumbles upon a cryptic photograph in the Austrian Alps, he unwittingly unlocks a decades-old secret tied to Nazi-looted art-and a deadly network still thriving in the shadows.From...

A story about stories within stories, as four interconnected mysteries take the reader through the ages, from Shakespeare's day to a 19th-century Gothic former Priory, to 1920s Venice, and finally to 1940s California, from the internationally bestselling author of The Turnglass. We begin with...

Spain in the 1500s. The Iberian Peninsula is fractured, faiths collide, and war brews. Into this world rides Telamon--soldier, killer, eternal outcast--drawn into a brutal conflict between Portuguese invaders and desperate Andalusian defenders. But he is not alone. Traveling with him through time and...

In Jazz Age New York, a shocking murder shatters the privileged life of the city's most elite family in a propulsive mystery-thriller debut from author K.M. Colley that spans from Harlem to Long Island's Gold Coast and high society's glittering world of deadly secrets.In...

Author: Lady Harriet,Peter StephensonISBN-10: 1964700493ISBN-13: 9781964700496Publisher: Historium PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/18/2025Pages: 248Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

A widowed academic investigating these strange historical practices gets drawn back in time and into the year 1299 in Oxford. Join a cast of compelling characters-nuns, novices and outsiders-as they battle the forces of darkness. Enter their struggle against evil, clandestine organizations. Join their...

Bestselling author James Lee Burke tells his most thrilling and insightful story yet through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Bessie HollandAt the beginning of the twentieth century, as America grapples with forces of human and natural violence more powerful than humanity has ever seen, Bessie...

Washington D.C., 1943: Virginia Abrams believed the war had taken all it could from her when her husband was killed in the Philippines. One year later, she's in a dark, unexpected quandary--pregnant and on the run to avoid a ruthless political family that wants...

The worst atrocities in battle... begin when war is wonBerlin. May 1945. A city without institutions in a continent that has become a wasteland.Thousands of former Nazis have been killed in Allied purges, many more incarcerated in the very concentration camps they themselves established.But...

Bud Haddock's senses had a shell in the chamber with the hammer back. Somebody was back there. He could tell from the itch in his neck. This warning about trouble had never let him down. Having to be a man before his time on...

The Pirate's Curse: A Swashbuckling Adventure is an epic tale of adventure, treasure, and danger on the high seas.Captain Blackbeard and his crew are the most feared pirates on the Caribbean, sailing the seas in search of treasure and adventure. But when they come...

"I sat on the couch with my forearms on my knees and my fingers interlaced and considered the meaning of what I'd discovered in the steamer trunk. The trunk had traveled with me from France. I'd seen the stevedores in Cherbourg carry it up...

"I sat on the couch with my forearms on my knees and my fingers interlaced and considered the meaning of what I'd discovered in the steamer trunk. The trunk had traveled with me from France. I'd seen the stevedores in Cherbourg carry it up...

A Modern Day Siege Warfare ThrillerAn ancient curse collides with modern greed when heavily armed mercenaries lay siege to the Tower of London.Ashley Bellamy, a diamond enthusiast, visits her estranged father Clive-the Tower's Chief Yeoman Warder-and becomes trapped when ex-bomb disposal expert Richard Bindar...

The snow falls, carollers sing, and a killer plots his next move...London, 1928. Marius Quin and Lady Bella Montague are ready for a quiet Christmas when they learn that Bella's beloved Aunt Adele has met a shocking end in her picture-perfect cottage. Immediately heading...

His name is Maxx. One X isn't enough for a guy this dangerous.Maxx King is a former Army Ranger turned cybercrime investigator trying to get his life back on track when he has an unexpected confrontation with a ruthless Chinese spy. Struggling to understand...

In the Last Surviving Forest of a Shattered World, Three Ancient Hominids Stand Against Brutal Invaders. 74,000 BCE. The Toba super-eruption has plunged Southeast Asia into volcanic winter. In this apocalyptic wasteland, survival lies only in rare, sheltered pockets of land -- refugia.A young...

From the author of Glamorous Notions comes a harrowing tale set aboard a yacht in the 1920s, where luxury borders on lunacy and mysteries of the deep blur the lines between science and the occult.The Great War may be over, but brilliant scientist Billie...

December 2024 -- After the death of his Marine Corps father in Iraq and his struggles to support his alcoholic mother, a disillusioned Max Engelhardt has abandoned all thoughts of his family's long tradition of military service, despite his grandfather's urging to attend the...

Early November 1963 provides no indication of the tragic events set to unfold. For Washington Post political reporter James Kane, a man who has dedicated his life to digging for the truth, there is no reason to suspect that the secretive leads he is...

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE★ "Mesmerising, tragic, horrifying, utterly unputdownable... An outstanding read for fans of WWII fiction and of writers like Anthony Doerr."--Emily Melton, Booklist (Starred Review)Shortlisted for Kerry Group Novel of The Year A Parade Most Anticipated Book of the Year...

"...astonishingly nuanced and masterfully told..."--Quill & Quire In the style of Bernard Cornwell, The Heretic's Secret Trilogy is a rollicking historical adventure set during the bloody 13th century wars against the Cathar Heretics of Languedoc. When the armoured knights of Pope Innocent III swept...

Set in the late Cold War-era Soviet Union, SPY'S MATE: A NOVEL follows the coming of age of Yasha Basmajian, a young chess prodigy of Armenian origin who rises through the ranks of the Soviet chess establishment with dizzying rapidity. Along the way, however,...

A wry, thought-provoking fictional portrayal of ten pivotal weeks in the life of Leon Trotsky, inspired by the Russian revolutionary's exile in New York City in 1917, by the New York Times bestselling author of The Company January 12, 1917: An ocean liner docks...

Inspired by true events... Home Run Thief, the fourth installment in a riveting series including Wounded Bird, MAC 11 Bravo, and Slowrolled, strikes at the heartstrings of readers as it explores the depths of a father's love and the irreplaceable bonds of friendship. In...

A masterful espionage thriller that delves into the murky depths of international intrigue and conspiracy, set in the aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.Charles McCarry's novel, a major bestseller, follows Paul Christopher, an American intelligence officer and former Marine, as he...

Author: Glenn CooperISBN-13: 9798992574531Publisher: Lascaux MediaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/19/2025Pages: 312Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d

Author: Ray WellingISBN-10: 1958861782ISBN-13: 9781958861783Publisher: Sager Group LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/09/2025Pages: 358Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.24lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.94d

Author: David BaldacciISBN-10: 1538742071ISBN-13: 9781538742075Publisher: Grand Central PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/16/2026Pages: 432Format: PaperbackSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 1.08d

Capone's North Road is a gritty historical noir along Lake Superior's cold spine. Joe Danner runs the northern mouth of a bootleg pipeline-Marquette's docks, Little Lake reeds, Portage, WI canal swaps, and rail spurs toward Cicero's Hawthorne smoke rooms. After the St. Valentine's Day...

"When a string of mysterious disappearances rock New Orleans, every shadow whispers secrets of revenge and family betrayal. "In a city where every note of a jazz record tells a story of pain and passion, Raymond is haunted by a troubled past, desperate to...

A legendary city lost beneath the waves.A relic that shouldn't exist.An expedition that could rewrite history-or claim every soul on board. When Dr. William Carter hauls a mysterious chest from the ocean's depths, Dr. Laura Stevens seizes the chance of a lifetime. With her...

In the Last Surviving Forest of a Shattered World, Three Ancient Hominids Stand Against Brutal Invaders. 74,000 BCE. The Toba super-eruption has plunged Southeast Asia into volcanic winter. In this apocalyptic wasteland, survival lies only in rare, sheltered pockets of land -- refugia.A young...

Follow Quintus and his cohort in another thrilling historical adventure! For fans of Ben Kane, Conn Iggulden, Bernard Cornwell and Simon Scarrow. Ancient Rome meets Ancient Britannia... Julius Quintus Quirinius and his cohort sail to the mysterious land of Britannia. They have been sent...

For over half a century, the chilling tale of the Hope family massacre has been confined to whispers and schoolyard chants. The dreadful rhyme, casting the surviving member, Lenora Hope, as the monstrous villain, echoes throughout the small town nestled by the Maine coast....

In ancient China: A young girl forced to be betrothedTo a cold blooded killer.Her only hope is from a mysterious hermit.And a new Kung Fu Style.Before Bruce Lee, Before Ip Man......There was Wing ChunAuthor: Tracy CinnamonISBN-13: 9798327042582Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/03/2024Pages: 152Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize:...

A High-Stakes Mission, Deadly Rivals, and an Elusive Bomb - Can Joshua Meister Survive the Quest That Will Define His Life?Joshua Meister's life is on the line as he embarks on a perilous mission to locate a lost hydrogen bomb, dropped on Tokyo during...

"I would advise you, young man, to take care around anyone with the surname Firefax. I know not if the rumors be true that they be king killers, but they are, without any doubt, a dangerous family."Legend tells of a city of gold on...

Freya Jorgensen is not her real name. Charlotte de Tournet had to hide her true identity when the Nazis rolled into Paris. The SS took over her Avenue Foch mansion, Le Palais, for use by high-ranking Nazis as a place to relax away from...

In June 1959, America's TV superhero took a bullet to the head in an apparent suicide. But was it? And is he really dead? Stan Wade, a Hollywood PI, sets out to uncover the secret and encounters a host of Mob and Soviet intrigue...

Exoticism and romance. A breath of fresh air.1892 in colonial Africa. A classic and everlasting adventure style. A French official travels Tanganyika in East Africa German to perform intelligence tasks. The daughter of an Arab sheik in danger. Ivory hunters, slave traders, conflicts between...

The premarital bliss between Tom Flanagan and fellow historian Mindy McDonnell is disrupted by mysterious writing on their living room wall and a sudden visit from their former adversary, Martha Radisson. Her fresh and unexpected insights regarding the circumstances of the unexplained disappearance of...

When Emmaline Cagney's father dies on her graduation day, she foregoes college and heads to Honduras to volunteer with Nicaraguan refugees. It's 1986. The Sandinista-Contra war rages in the jungles all around her. But when General James Wilkinson reenters her life during a hurricane,...