Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

Far from England and their beloved Morrington Hall, Viscount "Lyndy" Lyndhurst and his American wife, heiress and equestrian Stella Kendrick--now Lady Lyndhurst--find fossils and murder in Montana . . . Led by his passion for paleontology, Lyndy's father, Lord Atherly, has traveled all the...

Ellen Cuthbert's husband, Randolph, is now the Earl of Keswick's heir. Their marriage is a sham, and Randolph's mistress, Lydia, is present at the house party. When she is found murdered in a locked room, all the evidence seems to point to Ellen. And...

"An action-packed plot, rich period detail, and a bit of romance will insure that readers of cozies and historical mysteries will find much to enjoy." --Booklist When Winifred Stanford-Jones wakes up beside the bloodied corpse of her lover, her memories of the night before...

Lady Lucy Revelstoke and her pickpocket-turned-maid Elf are once again embarking on a transatlantic crossing. Also on board are Renata Harwood, star of the silver screen, and her bitter rival, Stella Burke. Roy Armitage may be Renata's husband, but he used to be Stella's...

Adapted from the upcoming major U&alibi series created by Mark Gatiss Matthew Sweet's novelisation of Bookish is based on a brand new six-part TV series coming to U&alibi this summer, set in post-war London in 1946, about an enigmatic independent bookshop owner who helps...

The BRAND NEW instalment in the page-turning Iris Woodmore Mysteries from Michelle Salter! When murder hits close to home, Iris must fight to clear her name... Spring, 1924. Reporter Iris Woodmore plans to move to London to avoid a shocking hometown scandal. Longtime enemy...

The BRAND NEW instalment in the page-turning Iris Woodmore Mysteries from Michelle Salter! When murder hits close to home, Iris must fight to clear her name... Spring, 1924. Reporter Iris Woodmore plans to move to London to avoid a shocking hometown scandal. Longtime enemy...

In this Edwardian mystery, a woman must uncover the truth that will rescue her fianc? from claims of treachery against the English crown. For heiress-turned-sleuth Ursula Marlow, the stakes have never been higher. Lord Wrotham, love of her life and the man she is...

In this "absorbing" Edwardian mystery, an heiress turned amateur sleuth investigates murder in a "tightly knit tale with an unexpected twist" (Publishers Weekly). As heiress to her father's international textile empire, Ursula Marlow's fortune puts her at the top of English society. But as...

The Czar of Halfaday Creek by James B. Hendryx plunges readers into the wild and untamed world of Black John Smith, the self-proclaimed "Czar" of the Canadian wilderness. As Halfaday Creek's unofficial lawman, Black John enforces his unique brand of justice on everything from...

In this thrilling detective story, the mysterious Thunderbolt, a master of disguise and crime, embarks on a daring adventure to reclaim stolen wealth from corrupt financiers known as the "Big Six." With his valet Saggs by his side, the Thunderbolt navigates high-society intrigue, elaborate...

A story of desperation and Jesus's forgiveness. In the region of Judea, Sapphira begins a desperate quest to find a physician to heal her beloved husband Aaron, who is near death. Living in a time when dwomen are considered possessions Sappira fears her brother...

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...

Prisoners of Fate - a corrupt magistrate, an underhand curator, a cat burglar to the rich, rival madams, a cheating husband, his tempestuous wife, art thieves and a psychopath eke out an existence in 1990s Hobart. All are ambitious, most are a step away...

"A richly drawn historical thriller filled with murder, intrigue and shocking twists." -BestThrillers.comIn 1914, the serene city of Hobart is almost as far as it is possible to be from the war clouds that have gathered over Europe, as the kings and emperors of...

Following the death of her husband, a Saxon Earl more than twice her age, a young Norman lady of noble birth is allowed to return to her home in France. But that journey is fraught with danger. Conspiracy, family secrets, stolen jewellery and a...

Canaletto is commissioned by the Duke of Beaufort to paint Badminton, his Gloucestershire seat. Canaletto is delighted to leave London as he fears a smallpox epidemic. He is less delighted to be enlisted as a spy by William Pitt, Paymaster General. There is a...

The beginnings of the sub-genre of villainy at the turn of the nineteenth century a compendium of bad guys from gentleman jewel thieves to serial killers all introduced before 1911.Author: Richard RussellISBN-10: 144869163XISBN-13: 9781448691630Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/07/2009Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.00h...

Join undercover and patriarchy-bucking PI Elizabeth Baranabus on a third and final mystery adventure through a steampunk-flavored Victorian London You'd have to be mad to steal from the feared International Patent Office. But that's what Elizabeth Barnabus is about to try. A one-time enemy...

San Francisco 1944Barry Keys successfully concludes his espionage case at Mare Island only to find the FBI has branded him a loose cannon. He storms out of his boss's office leaving his badge and gun behind. It's time for a new life and back...

Two crimes, one ticking clock. Suffolk, 1903. William Gardiner stands trial for the brutal stabbing of Rose Harsent, and concerned parties turn to Lawrence Harpham for help in a last-ditch attempt to uncover the truth. As Lawrence delves into the investigation, he finds himself...

Secrets, murder, and a moving gravestone: a chilling mystery that will shatter lives. A string of vanishings in West Ham turns deadly. Estranged from his partner Violet, Lawrence joins forces with an oddball reporter to track down the ruthless killer. Meanwhile, Violet's peaceful life...

A child vanishes, a cold case resurfaces: two detectives on a perilous hunt. Lawrence and Violet find themselves entangled in two perplexing cases: a missing child in Battersea and a decades-old Suffolk poisoning. As they navigate the investigations with few suspects and rising personal...

Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None meets The Gilded Age in this delicious, suspenseful murder mystery. When Lady Emma Grace Hastings receives a much-coveted invitation to the most auspicious Christmas party of the season--one that comes with a 10,000 pound prize for the...

Young German girl and her uncle leave Germany in 1939 and travel to America via Mexico. The story jumps forward to 1993 when Christine, nicknamed "Spider," learns her original travel documents may become public, and could expose her real identity as the person who...

A miser's death. The Ripper's shadow. The hunt begins. When a miserly recluse meets a lonely end, Harpham uncovers clues that lead him to the unsolved mystery surrounding Edmund Gurney's death years earlier. Meanwhile, Violet grapples with a series of strange disturbances at a...

A sinister mystery that threatens to resurrect the dark history of the Suffolk witch trials. Private Detective Lawrence Harpham grapples with his own demons while unraveling a chilling case with echoes of Suffolk's dark history. As unexplained deaths stir whispers of witchcraft, Harpham must...

A chilling confession, a string of murders, and a race against time. Lawrence Harpham and Violet Smith uncover a chilling connection between a suicide, a murdered bookseller, and the unsolved case of Fanny Nunn. As they delve deeper into the investigation, they discover a...

Evelyne Redfern returns in A Dark and Deadly Journey, the next book in international bestselling author Julia Kelly's captivating historical mystery series. After being sidelined for a pesky gunshot wound, typist-turned-field agent Evelyne Redfern is ready for her next assignment with Britain's secretive Special...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"This 1931 novel, now republished as part of the British Library's Crime Classics series, is a cunningly concocted locked-room mystery, a staple of Golden Age detective fiction." --Booklist STARRED reviewDuchlan Castle is a gloomy, forbidding...

In London's affluent Brunswick Gardens, the battle over Charles Darwin's revolutionary theory of evolution intensifies as the respected Reverend Parmenter is boldly challenged by his beautiful assistant, Unity Bellwood--a "new woman" whose feminism and aggressive Darwinism he finds appalling. When Unity, three months pregnant,...

Welcome to Hollywood of the 1920s: a world filled with glamour, fake names . . . and the occasional felony! July, 1924. After nine months of living in Hollywood and working as a companion to her beautiful silent-movie star sister-in-law, young British widow Emma...

A healing remedy or a deadly poison? Owen Archer confronts a lethal mix of dangerous attraction and troubling secrets when two knights die unexpectedly.York, 1363. Master apothecary Nicholas Wilton provides a healing potion for a wounded soldier at St Mary's Abbey. A KILLER CURE?...

Murder's off the scale!Ginger Gold and her husband, Chief Inspector Basil Reed, enjoy a night out at the popular jazz club, the Cave of Harmony, run by the captivating Elsa Lanchester-a name well-known in London's society pages in 1928. But after an evening of...

After a mysterious discovery is found in her husband's possessions, Adelia Brown begins to question whether their relationship was anything like the picture she had painted in her mind. Gifted with a unique type of clairvoyance, and fueled by the need to know the...

Minerva Peniston, intrepid spinster and book lover, is determined to capture the villain who tried to shoot a duke at a book auction--imperiling her father's position and the only home she's ever known. And now the same wealthy bibliophiles are gathering at Wycliffe Manor...

"His Majesty's Prison" chronicles a royal drama set within the formidable walls of Dartmoor Prison in Devon. Holmes and Watson are summoned by the Duchess of Sussex, who is deeply concerned about her husband, the prince. Somehow, he's managed to get himself imprisoned in...

Set in atmospheric 1950s San Francisco, Rough Pages asks who is allowed to tell their own stories, and how far would you go to seek out the truth. Private Detective Evander "Andy" Mills has been drawn back to the Lavender House estate for a...

She Won't Let Her People Down People's lives are on the line, and Katy Williams can't even pick up the phone. She's learning how to edit without using her hands. Her wrists are still damaged from the arson fire last month. It's left her...

A Woman's Place?Ruthie Brewster was on a mission to make sure every abused woman in Plains City, Texas, has a safe place to go.Until someone killed her.Plains City Gazette news editor Katy Williams admired Ruthie a lot. She's appalled: The police seem less than...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of crimes in this spellbinding Dickensian romp, with the canonical author at Oxford, where the greatest minds of England toil ... and one mind toils day and night with thoughts of the perfect murder....

"AN EPIC STORY THAT YOU CAN'T PUT DOWN" A powerful 2,000 year old story ... two families engaging with the realities of Muslim, Jewish and Christian culture in Israel ... significant opportunity for forgiveness and peace ... an epic story that you can't put...

In the scorching summer of 1911, London is a hotbed of political activity as women fight for their equality and Germany starts to pose a dangerous threat. But Dody McCleland, England's first female autopsy surgeon, has more immediate concerns--such as finding out who's trying...

"I robbed a bank. I got away with it. It wasn't even that hard."Recent college graduate Joel Howard, former bench warmer for his small town college team, is optimistic about his future with his out-of-his-league girlfriend and a job prospect with a local insurance...

Lady Emily investigates the murder of a glamorous debutante in the latest irresistible mystery of Tasha Alexander's New York Times bestselling series. London, 1907: When the Season's most accomplished and elegant debutante, Victoria Goldsborough, collapses and dies at her engagement ball, the great and...

Mary Kelly was the final victim of the infamous Victorian-era serial killer, Jack The Ripper. The circumstances of her death overshadow her life, and in The Last Dance of Mary Kelly, E. David Brown imagines for her a life and occupation beyond the "prostitute"...

After his grandfather dies, avid scholar and budding forensic investigator Cí Song begrudgingly gives up his studies to help his family. But when another tragedy strikes, he's forced to run and also deemed a fugitive. Dishonored, he has no choice but to accept work...

Discover the delightfully gripping new historical mystery series that's perfect for fans of Helena Dixon, Verity Bright and T E Kinsey. Agatha Christie is about to embark on a new, gripping murder case. But this time, she's not the author - she's a suspect......

Madame Toussaint leads the drab life of the concierge in a fashionable building in the glittering Paris of La Belle ?poque in 1895. On a drizzly January morning, the housemaid of the apartment directly over her head runs down to the loge in terror....

Ethel Arsenault's been hearing noises in her brother's house ever since she arrived from Summerside, but when he turns up dead, could the supernatural be to blame, or her sister-in-law Dolly whose been caught talking to herself when night falls? Ethel isn't sure, nor...