Fiction - Thrillers - Historical

Tyger is a captivating and emotional novel set in Nineteenth-Century England. It follows the journey of Tyler, a determined and resilient young man, as he navigates forbidden love, social inequality, and the fight against injustice. Alongside him a cast of compelling characters, including Emily,...

"A City of Shadows" is a captivating tale that unravels the intricate interplay of power, principle, and the enigmatic dance between light and darkness within a sprawling metropolis. The narrative follows the lives of Chief Ojo and Oliver Bakare, political titans engaged in a...

Welcome to a journey through the mysteries of antiquity! My book, available in Italian, Spanish, French, English, and Arabic, is an epic tale of the Universal Deluge narrated in the first person by Sem, one of the main protagonists. This work offers a deep...

A single decision by Jay can destroy his father's dream. Juan reaches out from the grave with a perilous secret. How can Jay navigate through the halls of business and keep breathing when temptation forces him to the brink? Follow Jay on his journey...

In October of 1866, the Mexican city of Guadalajara had been occupied by the French for nearly three years. After coming off the high of winning the Crimea War in 1856, France was looking to renew the once great holdings of Napolean. This grand...

Welcome, I invite you to unveil a story of valor, strength, and morality, retold through the mesmerizing lens of my passionate writing. Step into a world filled with the grandeur of Rome, the turbulence of power struggles, and the glory of a hero. Witness...

1590. London. Sixteen-year-old boy actor James Sandys is looking forward to future roles playing princes, kings, and heroes. His theatre is one of several built in Southwark, outside the confines of the city wall, as playwrights burst forth with new styles of writing and...

It's January 1974. Jonny, a studious schoolboy with an Irish Catholic mother and Muslim father, is intrigued by who shot Edward Sieff of M&S. During his researches he falls in love with Agatha, an older Jewish girl whose mother, Hannah, is a secretary at...

The Gallows Gang - After escaping en route to their appointment with the gallows, eight condemned men led by Javier Rodriguez blazed a trail of destruction. Wherever they went, the Gallows Gang left behind swinging bodies as a reminder of the fate they had...

In 1719 London is awash with rumours of another Jacobite rebellion, but in Wales and Scotland all seems so peaceful that Captain Billy Rhys and his men are bored, as is the beautiful but tempestuous widow, Helen de Clare, who accepts an invitation to...

Bobby Olsen, a month or two into his profession as a New York private investigator in January 1958, finds the simple tail of small-time hoodlum Rino Barone soon balloons into something that threatens not only his new business but the stability of the city's...

The first of this three-volume historical thriller explores why the innocent suffer. In a dream the Saint of Death delivers a warning as Molly McCraken flees with her family from a deadly invasion. Her niece, Amy, is abducted and her dad wants to search...

Dr Rachel Benedict is an American historian and bestselling Author. She has a British connection through her estranged father, an English thriller writer. He has spent much of his life plotting to expose secrets from World War two, which are so sensitive that they...

A young man with divided loyalties at the outbreak of the English Civil War sets out to solve a murder. Along the way, he has to question his own identity and that of his eldest brother. He is also drawn to two very different...

The year is 1992 and Greg Wilton, a First Officer with British World Airways, fails to turn up for his flight after a layover in Anchorage, Alaska. He has disappeared without trace.Back in London, Mr Halford, the airline's Head of Security, can't spare any...

Slightly Scary Short Stories with humorous, creepy, historical, and thought-provoking tales. Featuring new urban legends like The Coquina Madman, the creepy Sleepless and the amusing What's in the Attic?In addition to being scary, these short stories examine themes such as conquering fear, controlling anger...

"There is increasing and profoundly disturbing evidence that foreign espionage and intelligence activities are being practised in Australia on a wide scale".E. Gough Whitlam, 4 May 1977What would you do if you found yourself in the middle of a high-stakes game of political double-dealing...

Just as Brock Harker starts having trouble dealing with the 85 missions he's flown, he gets reassigned home when they want to rotate him out of combat duty. But that doesn't mean he's out of the war. Home is the only clue to finding...

A 300-Year-Old Legend. Deep Below the Surface. And the Hunt Could Kill Them All. First Mate Jed is one snapped line from disaster. He's stuck on a rundown trawler with two deckhands he can't control-and a boozy owner gambling with their future. But on...

It is not every day a private investigator gets an appointment to go meet with a crook risen after seven years in the grave. And take him a suitcase full of bucks from his less-than-loving wife. For Bobby Olsen, two years now into his...

Spring 1936, Chief Inspector Marc Mercier, head of the Paris DST Counterintelligence, Special Flying Squad, along with his beautiful former spy and now archaeologist wife Marie, are once again faced with a mystery, this time on their weekend away... Someone has been dumping bodies...

A novel based on historical and contemporary events, leading the reader from the turn of the 20th century to the present day and beyond. The plot follows the Lane family from the hovels of Jacob's Island to the sordid streets around Tower Bridge and...

Dalton's Quest - When Dalton accepts that his quest to find his missing sister is impossible, he abandons it, but with his endeavors having led to him borrowing money he can't repay, he faces the wrath of his lenders. A trip to Boot Hill...

Railroad to Redemption - The influx of railroad men looking to build a new track to Redemption brings plenty of trouble for Sheriff Cassidy Yates. However, things seem to be looking up when Dayton Fisher, down on his luck and looking for work, arrives...

A terrifying scream echoed across the Northern Wales forest predicting another murder. Constable Goff, the first victim's husband, stood looking at another mutilated body. Gagging at the memory of seeing his wife's torn body, he turned toward Doc Kendrick. "Something is troubling me. Why...

In the darkest days of World War II, Nazi agents infiltrate the vital Chicago rail yards, jeopardizing the entire war effort. The FBI is powerless to stop them. That means it's up to the Chicago Outfit, who dominate the yards. But first the mob...

This story about a Vietnam war veteran who returns home and lands a job in a dog fighting ring will keep you on the edge of your seat. When Jacobs returns home from his 3rd tour and lands in the middle of the bloody...

Be ready for a roller-coaster of a thriller!If you enjoyed the author's debut novel, Harem Secrets, you will enjoy Caravan To Paradise even more. This taut, compelling thriller will keep you guessing till the very end.It's 1531, Istanbul, in the Ottoman Empire. Adam Pasha,...

There is a school of thought that finds Mao Tse-Tung the most important personage of the entire 20th Century. Certainly, if the criterion for that status is a positive impact on the greatest number, this unlikely choice makes more sense, given that his native...

The Mallory clan has uprooted from the Platte River Trading Post, and have moved to the wilderness expanse of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This is the story of Danny and Cal, sons of Ethan and Bo Mallory. A madman, looking to build his...

The U-boat Conspiracy at Little Egg Harbor: A Sean & Julie Eco Cops AdventureDuring the turbulent year of Hurricane Sandy, the quiet shores of Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, are rocked by a discovery that unearths more than storm damage. Sean and Julie, back...

The discovery of an unusual object during a fishing tripwith Allan, his study friend, will turn out to be the beginningof an intriguing adventure.Author: Paul BeccariaISBN-13: 9798344093321Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/24/2024Pages: 142Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d

Werewolves in the TrenchesHumans are not at the top of the food chain. They never have been. For all of human history, Bylaruse - the inspiration for the legend of werewolves - have been hunting them, feeding on them, without fear of reprisals. But...

Paris James is a young archaeologist taken from her boring mundane life and thrown into adventure. After discovering her fathers secrets. She takes it upon herself to finish his quest. But she is not alone and is soon hunted by the evil professor Brown....

Rayner - the early years, is the story of one of Scotland Yard's most prolific and successful fictionalised detectives from his childhood raised in a rural community to the difficulties experienced when first joining the newly created Metropolitan Police as a raw recruit when...

I dive into a time that the mighty Vikings took over much of the world. We start out in Mercia. While there Einar finds out a secret that his father Bor had been keeping from him. There is war, deceiving, and love. Let us...

Spring 1948: As the Cold War intensifies, CIA agent John Sedo travels home on board a Lockheed Constellation, fresh from his first successful mission in Czechoslovakia. Yet, the war has only just begun; John faces his most dangerous conflict - the one within himself.Torn...

Two years on from solving the Murder in Cottonopolis, Inspector Bolton is now working for Special Branch, when he is sent back to Askton Hall on the tail of a Serbian dissident who may try to disrupt negotiations over a treaty between the British...

The Teutonic Knights, the Knights Hospitaller and the Knights Templar, were the three great orders of warrior monks, created during the crusades to protect the pilgrims and keep the Holy land as part of Christendom. With the fall of Acre in 1291, the prestige...

An epic thriller set in the time of Nefertiti, under the scorching sun of Akhenaten's Amarna. Circa 1336 B.C., Egypt. Pharaoh Akhenaten is dying. His kingdom seethes, restless under his abandonment of the old gods. Crocodiles lurk in the murky waters of succession, hungry...

NOTE: This is the same book as "Let Sleeping Nazis Lie" but with its vulgar language removed. It is also a pacifist and anti-Nazi book which specifically targets the horrors of war and the secret police of totalitarian governments. Steeped in history, this fascinating...

Magdalene Burgos, the heart of the rebellion, convened a reunion steeped in bittersweet memories. Together, they faced the haunting echoes of their struggle: the brutal torture they endured and the profound grief for comrades lost. These shared hardships bound them as they confronted a...

A traveling antiques show at an English castle... A rich young aristocratic heiress reveals a mysterious, haunted heirloom from Egypt's past... an ancient Egyptian curse visited on her family... tragedy... unexplained deaths... Independent renegade Egyptologist Anson Hunter is called in to help her break...

In the Anson Hunter archaeological adventure thriller seriesAncient history's most dangerous weapon... truth.Has it emerged today?An archaeological mystery set in Egypt's remote Oasis of Siwa... site of the lost Oracle of Siwa that Alexander the Greattrekked across the Sahara desert to consult.What impact would...

Sometimes history is too horrific to record... 1076 A.D. Daelmn... A small peaceful village in the heart of Germany. A close-knit community built on trust. Shaken by a series of strange disappearances. Until the howls began... Mutilated bodies began to appear as tensions rose...

Inspired by a real event, "The River to Freedom" tells the story of two Federal soldiers' harrowing escape from Camp Oglethorpe on the banks of the Ocmulgee River in Macon, Georgia, in 1862.The Rucker brothers are not the typical Union prisoners of war. Frank...

JFK: KILLED ON FILMOn Friday 22nd November 1963, in Dallas Texas, the 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy was gunned down in Dealey Plaza. This was captured on film by a man called Abraham Zapruder and became the smoking gun over...

WISH TO DIE is... Harry Thursday's third thriller. The Greek countryside and a beautiful woman might seem like enough to satisfy any vacation plans, but the intrepid archaeologist, Harry Thursday seems bereft of a good time if someone isn't trying to kill him.During WWII,...

Is Anything Stronger Than the Bond Between Parent and Child? It's the summer of 1969. After having visited the country that once held her hostage in three concentration camps as it stole everything and everyone she loved, Dr. Bridget Castle has finally made peace...

In 2014, Archivist Emma Colton offers to help neighbor and friend Florence Wentworth sort through two dozen boxes of journals, memorabilia, and personal letters gathered during her career as a professional ballerina who performed in the US-USSR cultural exchange program and as the widow...