Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

Two grisly murders. A disgraced former mayor. A tranquil town on the verge. This gripping historical crime novel set in the South pulls the past into the present, perfect for fans of Attica Locke and Wiley Cash. Dave Hendricks was once a respected man...

This latest Regency-era mystery from USA Today bestselling author Vanessa Kelly finds Jane Austen's clever Emma Knightley (nee Woodhouse) as an amateur sleuth, navigating shocking changes in her family--while meeting her match in a deadly adversary . . . Emma's spirits are elevated after...

Death at a Highland Wedding, the fourth of New York Times bestselling author Armstrong's Rip Through Time novels, finds Mallory investigating a murder in the Scottish countryside After slipping 150 years into the past, modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson has embraced her new life...

Hugo Marston must figure out what lies hidden inside an old sailor's chest before a 200-year-old blood promise is revealed and claims another life. In post-Revolution Paris, an old man signs a letter in blood, then hides it in a secret compartment in a...

Small town mystery and veteran's issues collide as retired police chief Samuel Craddock investigates a murder. Right before the outbreak of the Gulf War, two eighteen-year-old football stars and best friends from Jarrett Creek signed up for the army. Woody Patterson was rejected and...

Erik Carri?re-Destler's opera, Don Juan Triumphant, is making its grand premiere in the summer of 1888! But things take a turn when valuable props go missing. Along with Christine and his friends, Erik goes behind the scenes to set things right. With just three...

Feathers, diamonds, showgirls, oh la la... Paris is everything Opal Laplume could dream of. But she wasn't expecting to be cast as the lead detective in a murder case... Paris, 1930. The Honourable Opal Laplume has just started working as a seamstress in the...

Author: Rhys Bowen, Clare BroylesISBN-10: 1250890837ISBN-13: 9781250890832Publisher: Minotaur BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/10/2026Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d

Unearthing History's Hidden StoriesImagine walking down a narrow, cobblestone street, surrounded by centuries-old buildings that whisper secrets from the past. Each step you take feels like unearthing a hidden treasure, a piece of history waiting to ignite your curiosity. The past keeps uncountable secrets...

When Dani Nowak spots what looks like a World War II era German U-boat, presumed lost at sea for more than eighty years, cutting through the twilight waters off the Gulf Coast of Florida, she is tossed between the whispering ghosts of her family's...

With mystery, intrigue, and the hints of romance international bestselling author Julia Kelly is known for, Evelyne Redfern returns in Betrayal at Blackthorn Park. Freshly graduated from a rigorous training program in all things spy craft, former typist Evelyne Redfern is eager for her...

In the fog-laden hills of 19th century Ireland, secrets whisper on the wind, and the line between salvation and damnation blurs with each passing hour. Colleen O'Byrnes, a woman bound by duty and driven by desperation, embarks on a harrowing journey under the shadow...

A huge forest. A young nobleman. Death Stalks them both.The year is 1191A sprawling expanse of ancient woodland becomes the backdrop for a gripping tale. Amidst its towering trees, a young nobleman is bound by a sacred oath so Holy, he dare not break...

She sees the future with a touch. A powerful gift in a time of war.The enemy wants her. The Allies need her.Addie Brandt is cursed. When she touches someone, or an object that belongs to them, she sees their future, and it's rarely good....

New York, 1924. Vivian Kelly has gotten a job at the Nightingale, a speakeasy known to the young and fun as a place where the rules of society can be tossed aside for a dance and a drink, and things are finally looking up...

WHEN ANOTHER SUSPICIOUS MURDER TAKES PLACE, HAMISH IS IN A RACE AGAINST TIME TO IDENTIFY THE KILLER...It's 1885 and a South Sea Island labourer, Kaelo, is the primary suspect in the murder of a Logan sugar plantation manager and the citizens of Brisbane are...

William Forbes is desperate. The former solicitor to Jack Reid, he believes that the soul of the notorious Victorian serial killer, Jack the Ripper is haunting him. Seeking help, William contacts criminal psychologist David Hemswell who invites William to his remote Scottish island home,...

In her second mystery, Ellie Stone--a young reporter in 1960s' upstate New York--plays by her own rules while searching for a killer, putting her own life at risk. A dead girl in the woods. Three little oil spots on the dirt road. A Dr....

"Woman with a Blue Pencil is a brilliantly structured labyrinth of a novel--something of an enigma wrapped in a mystery, postmodernist in its experimental bravado and yet satisfyingly well-grounded in the Los Angeles of its World War II era. Gordon McAlpine has imagined a...

1964--Life on the North Dakota farm hasn't always been easy for Marjorie Trumaine. She has begun working as a professional indexer to help with the bills--which have only gotten worse since the accident that left her husband, Hank, blind and paralyzed. When her nearest...

Spring of 1952. Annie Watson, now widowed, is assisting her daughter Lady Penelope Sheridan with the first formal dinners to be held at the renovated Big House. Even the reputedly troublesome Dowager Lady Edwina cannot cast a shadow over the triumphant success of the...

Master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo return to investigate a murder at the shogunate. June, 1565: Master ninja Hiro Hattori receives a pre-dawn visit from Kazu, a fellow shinobi working undercover at the shogunate. Hours before, the shogun's cousin, Saburo, was...

Sonny Burton was forced to retire from the Texas Rangers after taking a bullet from Bonnie Parker in a shoot-out. The bullet so damaged Sonny's right arm that he had to have it amputated. While Sonny struggles with recuperating and tries to get used...

Ellie Stone is a professed modern girl in 1960s' New York City, playing by her own rules and breaking boundaries while searching for a killer among the renowned scholars in Columbia University's Italian Department. "If you were a man, you'd make a good detective."...

The greatest horse race of the century, with the best five-year-olds of England running against the best of America, will take place in a week at Epsom Downs. Millions have been bet on the winners. Owners, jockeys, grooms, and gamblers from across England arrive....

Boston, 1870. When news of Charles Dickens's sudden death reaches his struggling American publisher, James Osgood sends his trusted clerk, Daniel Sand, to await the arrival of Dickens's unfinished final manuscript. But Daniel never returns, and when his body is discovered by the docks,...

The second book in the critically acclaimed medieval mystery series featuring Sir Geoffrey Mappestone In the year 1101, Sir Geoffrey Mappestone returns to his home at Goodrich Castle on the Welsh border. He is travelling in the company of a knight who claims to...

The St. Louis World's Fair, 1904: A miniature city of palaces and pavilions that becomes a backdrop for romance, betrayal--and murder. Cousins Grace and Lillie have been best friends since birth, despite Grace's vastly inferior social status ever since her mother married for love...

Author: Andrea HicksISBN-13: 9798230864387Publisher: Andrea HicksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/16/2025Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d

Author: Chris NicksonISBN-10: 1448316294ISBN-13: 9781448316298Publisher: Severn HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/07/2025Pages: 240Format: Hardcover

The BRAND NEW spellbinding historical novel from bestseller Elena Collins. 'Heartbreaking and hopeful, it's a brilliant read.' Nicola Cornick Now: When Megan's father gets a letter containing a secret from the past, he asks her to go to the Cornish village of St Mawgen...

On a sultry afternoon in July, a man stumbles through thick foliage and rough ground, making for the coast. He wears prisoner's garb and the guards are hot on his heels. Happening upon a bather's clothes - the bather nowhere in sight - the...

Join Countess turned advice columnist Amelia Amesbury as she tries to juggle a new Season and a new murder in this charmingly deadly historical mystery. "A beautiful debutante, a wealthy widow, and a dead would-be baron. What could be more exciting?" Countess by day,...

In this case, Esho is asked to uncover who's behind the murders of prostitutes in the Undercity. It will take every ally he has, and a few new ones he picks up along the way, to discover who's behind the grisly murders.Author: Scott RocheISBN-10:...

Author: Oliver P?tzschISBN-13: 9798228469792Publisher: HarperCollinsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2025Format: MP3 CD

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 the shadowy streets of Edwardian London, a killer leaves a trail of bodies, and only one man can stop him. Retired detectives Lawrence and Violet Harpham return to the city for a relaxing holiday, but their peace is shattered when Lawrence begins investigating...

A murder shocks the small town of Walden. And it's only the beginning...Walden, 1921. Local reporter Iris Woodmore is determined to save her beloved lake, Waldenmere, from destruction.After a bloody and expensive war, the British Army can't afford to keep the lake and build...

A fatal jump. A missing suffragette. An inexplicable murder.London, 1920. For the first time ever, two women are competing against each other to become an MP. Reporter Iris Woodmore has a big story on her hands when she accompanies one of the candidates to...

Award-winning historical fiction. Like Game of Thrones with real history. 'Believable, page-turning and memorable.' Lela Michael, S.P. Review1150: Provence, where making love and making paper are crimes against the Church. Death on her heels, Estela runs towards a new identity. Her life depends on...

You will soon discover that Captain Arthur Hastings is on hand to relate confirming details of case after case. Hastings was an ongoing friend and adventure companion of the often exuberant Belgian investigator who once proudly proclaimed, I am the greatest detective in the...

Cambridge, 1940. Snow is falling thick and fast on a cold winter's night. As a college porter makes his nightly rounds, he is startled to hear a boy's desperate screams for help coming from the icy river below. But by dawn the river has...

Dundee, Scotland, 1862. After the mill of businessman Matthew Beaumont burns to the ground, Detective Sergeant George Watters is sent to investigate.Soon, George discovers that this is not the first property that has been targeted. When a man is found dead in the hold...

The Bloodied Girl (1857) is the third volume in a series of four that tells the story of the secret government's spy network, the Secret Bureau, that intercepts and opens all private mail. In this tome, we discover how the downfall of Napoleon and...

Discover the captivating treasures buried in the British Library's archives. Largely inaccessible to the public until now, these enduring classics were written in the golden age of detective fiction."...this crime is conditioned by the place. To understand the one you've got to study the...

Amateur sleuth Queen Elizabeth II is back on the case in 1960's England in the 5th installment of this historical mystery series the New York Times Book Review calls "sheer entertainment," perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen and Richard Osman. 1961, England.The Queen is...

Hollywood, 1939. When film director Orland Orcott is found dead in his locked study, police rule it a suicide. However, movie star Victor Marvel believes otherwise and sets out to investigate, aided by his handsome boyfriend, Griffin, and Eve Spellman, Victor's smart, young costar....

This wry, big-hearted, noir brings 1950s New York to life from the tenements of Hell's Kitchen to the mansions of Riverdale, from Sing Sing to City Hall, with a gripping murder mystery laying bare the explosive conflicts between its big wheels, its working stiffs,...

When second-rate illustrator Ernie MacGuffin's artistic works triple in value following his apparent suicide off the Brooklyn Bridge, Dorothy Parker smells something fishy. Enlisting the help of magician and skeptic Harry Houdini, she goes to a s ance held by MacGuffin's mistress, where Ernie's...

With his customary verve and insight, Terry Roberts' latest novel is an evocative portrait of humankind's capacity for courage, love, and hope as well as folly, and another love ballad to his region of North Carolina. Clinton Salter is the sheriff who never wanted...