Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

DI Herbert Reardon investigates the murder of an enigmatic woman who was about to leave her comfortable life behind and mysteriously disappear in this page-turning 1930s historical mystery with gasp-worthy revelations. 1935, Templewood, Worcestershire. Judge Waring's glamorous wife Emilie is mysteriously missing and no...

Author: Jenny WheelerISBN-10: 1067012249ISBN-13: 9781067012243Publisher: Happy Families LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/05/2024Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.03lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.82d

Author: Jenny WheelerISBN-10: 1067012214ISBN-13: 9781067012212Publisher: Happy Families LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/10/2024Pages: 346Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.77d

Author: John D. NesbittISBN-13: 9798895675144Publisher: Wolfpack Publishing LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/14/2025Pages: 282Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.70d

Author: John DeguireISBN-13: 9798990870956Publisher: JohndeguireLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/20/2024Pages: 362Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.34lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.94d

Step into 1897 Victorian London: Unravel Love and Intrigue with The Tabitha & Wolf Historical Mystery Series, where Mystery meets Romance with a splash of Humour.Wolf had hoped he could put his thief-taking life behind him when he unexpectedly inherited an earldom.Jeremy Wolfson Chesterton,...

It was a simple choice: The stranger or the hangman. On the eve of "Dr." William Johnson's execution, a rough, mysterious man comes to Newgate Prison demanding his release. The stranger calls himself Detective Coombs. He claims Johnson is his assistant and helped him...

In the winter of 1893, William Smith awakens to an intruder in his Medford home. Paralyzed by a sinister drug, he faces a familiar yet shadowy figure intent on framing his death as a tragic suicide. As William's life flashes before his eyes, he...

Five years ago, Henry, Lord Glossup, was suspected of murdering his late wife. Although he was exonerated and the true murderer caught, Henry has been accused of murdering a lady again, in the same fashion. He appeals to Barnaby and Penelope for help, as...

During the untold millennia before patriarchy was conceived, the world was a very different place. Nothing concealed stays buried forever.THE ARKANA SERIESThe forgotten past refuses to stay buried in an artifact hunt spanning continents, centuries, and lost civilizations. The prize is a cache of...

Facing his most cunning foe, can Robert serve the Lord, save the king, and forestall civil war?It's 1630 and there's a bounty on the head of King Charles I. English cities are plastered with pamphlets and posters promising riches and honors to whoever kills...

From a fog shrouded London, to a North Country castle and on to Casablanca, the duo seem to be followed by the mist swirling around the doorway at 221B, obscuring the shadows they pursue.Author: David Taylor, Maurice BarkleyISBN-10: 1710090502ISBN-13: 9781710090505Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/21/2019Pages:...

"...This story centers around Isabelle, a woman recently bereft of her Civil War beau, and a journalist named Paul Delahoussaye who has come to the family home of Belle Ombre to return a packet of loveletters Isabelle had written to her fiance. He has...

A shocking discovery leads to the unraveling of a murder mystery in the charming Victorian village of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Filled with historic background from one hundred years ago and the flavor of the artistic community of present day Eureka Springs, Mystery of the...

A SCARLET TRAIL OF MURDER. At ten o'clock on Sunday morning, the twenty-second of October, 1882, in an abandoned house in the West Bottom of Kansas City, just a stone's throw from the stockyards, a fellow named Jasper Harrison did not wake up. His...

London 1600. When an attempt is made on Queen Elizabeth's life, Serjeant Noah Ames races to her rescue, then sets out to identify the culprit among a band of foreigners who've newly arrived from the Continent to join with the seditious Lord Essex. In...

The new novel in the ever-popular Hawkenlye series Autumn, 1210. A year ago, King John was excommunicated and now his men have come to Hawkenlye Abbey to take it over. Abbess Caliste, Helewise's successor, worries how she is to feed the nuns under her...

Author: Paul MartinISBN-13: 9798218511876Publisher: Gemini OriginalsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/10/2024Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60dReview Citation(s): PW Booklife Reviews 12/02/2024

"Vetsch has masterfully crafted another page-turner full of mystery, adventure, sparkling dialogue, and shimmering Regency details!" --Amanda Wen, Carol Award-winning author of The Rhythm of Fractured Grace The Home Office has asked Sir Bertrand Thorndike to head an investigation into stolen royal jewels. And...

A house of secrets, an impossible attractionOn a personal quest, Constance Silver, who runs Mayfair's most exclusive brothel, has lied her way into Greenforth Manor, home of respectable and charismatic provincial banker, Walter Winsom. She feels quite safe from recognition until Solomon Grey joins...

Western silver heiress Val DeVere expects nothing but joy at an elegant Newport picnic in 1899, only to be abruptly summoned to New York by a close friend's urgent and cryptic plea: "PLEASE HELP...THEO B."In New York, Theo confides in Val, begging her to...

Destined for a life beyond her wildest dreams, born fifth in succession to the throne, and determined to get to the bottom of a most foul puzzle. The future queen becomes a rebellious sleuth when she vows to solve the mystery of a dead...

A murder in Yellowstone reveals a historical conspiracy, drawing a park ranger into the heart of a centuries-old mystery."...a masterful blend of historical intrigue and contemporary mystery." --Gary McAvoy, bestselling author of The Magdalene DeceptionWhen a history professor is fatally shot at the base...

In this imaginative cozy mystery, the search for a missing maid leads Miss Caroline Bingley from Jane Austen's beloved Pride & Prejudice into murder and mayhem in the gritty underbelly of Regency London.Two years after her brother Charles Bingley weds Miss Jane Bennett, Miss...

As Prohibition era speakeasies and Jazz Age excitement reign supreme throughout a deeply divided country at the height of the Roaring 20s, a young psychic in small town Illinois helps the Black community fight crime and corruption in this thrilling historical mystery written by...

Harold Bergman, a Jewish private detective and World War II veteran, is approached to locate a missing girl. Little does he know, this seemingly routine case plunges him into a labyrinth of deceit, entwined with a looming threat to national security. Meanwhile, a distraught...

"Fresh and exciting, with both humor and thrills, Griffiths' first book in her new series knocks it out of the park!"--Shari Lapena Cold cases are a lot easier to solve when you can travel back in time to find new evidence. Unless, that is,...

It's 1825, and Henry Rockcliff has been living in self-imposed exile in France for nearly a decade. But when his former army commander asks him to investigate a series of mysterious shipwrecks in his native England, and introduce a revolutionary lighthouse lens to his...

Rodney Alcala and Ted Bundy had a lot in common. They also did not. Both were avid serial killers, and they were both executed for their avid appetite for killing young, beautiful, vivacious women. They were also both charming, good looking, and could blend...

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....

A second chance to set the record straight, and rekindle a lost love.Wisconsin, 1931-Buck Wilson refuses to accept failure as his reward for all he has sacrificed, but he's kept secrets for too long to be believed. With his freedom on the line, there's...

". . . masterful, evocative, and original." -Georgina Petty, journalist and author of Top Dogs"A wonderful dance in a beautiful hall of mirrors taking the reader through the decades of glamour and war, love and espionage." -Sarah Ingham, PhD, author of The Military CovenantBriggens...

It's 1825, and Henry Rockcliff has been living in self-imposed exile in France for nearly a decade. But when his former army commander asks him to investigate a series of mysterious shipwrecks in his native England, and introduce a revolutionary lighthouse lens to his...

Penrose and Pyke's honeymoon takes a dangerous turn when they investigate the most notorious robbery in Central Otago history. Grace and Charlie had been looking forward to a blissful break away from their hectic lives. Instead, watchful eyes follow their every move from the...

LITERATURE'S GREATEST DETECTIVE TEAM Travel back in time to 221B Baker Street in Victorian London and join the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes and his loyal assistant, Dr. Watson as they engage in extraordinary investigations that have entertained and captivated readers for generations. Originally published...

Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private detective husband Frank discover that the cure is worse than the disease when they investigate the death of a promising young woman in this atmospheric, riveting mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Murder on Bedford Street....

Frog Music is a wonderfully evocative novel of intrigue and murder from Emma Donoghue, the author of the international bestseller Room, an emotive and powerful novel that was shortlisted for the Man Booker and Orange Prizes.Author: Emma DonoghueISBN-10: 1447249763ISBN-13: 9781447249764Publisher: Picador USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/12/2015Pages:...

A bride-to-be's discovery of long-lost wedding rings at an estate sale reveals the key to a decades-old cold case in a small-town mystery. 2024. Recently-engaged city girl Cora is new to the small town of Hickory Falls. Still adjusting to the change in pace,...

Tom Thomson, one of the painters belonging to the Canadian Group of Seven, disappeared on Canoe Lake in 1917. His death was confirmed eight days later when his body was recovered. Did he commit suicide or was there foul play at work? Was he...

Unsettling and gripping, this innovative classic first published in 1932 was the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's film Suspicion, and remains an arresting and unique work of literary artistry. Anthony Berkeley Cox, writing as Francis Iles, flips the traditional mystery model of the crime genre...

Author: Clara McKennaISBN-10: 1420520962ISBN-13: 9781420520965Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/12/2025Format: PaperbackLarge Print

Is there a more enduring, legendary detective than Sherlock Holmes? This quintessential collection includes many of the famous cases that made the legendary Sherlock Holmes one of fiction's most popular creations. Set against the foggy backdrop of London and the English countryside, each story...

Author: B. A. ShapiroISBN-10: 1665159855ISBN-13: 9781665159852Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/23/2012Format: CD

A brilliant young Cambridge University engineer is carrying out secret research for the Admiralty. It will lead to the building of the world's most powerful battleship, The Dreadnaught. His adventuress mother is kidnapped and having been spurned by Scotland Yard he seeks the help...

THE ADVENTURE OF THE PINCHED PALIMPSEST.THREE STUDENTS FROM OXFORD BREAK INTO THE BRITISH MUSEUM. THE NEXT DAY THEY ARE CHARGED WITH THE MURDER IF A MUSEUM GUARD.At Oxford University, an influential professor has been proselytizing for anarchism. Three naive students fall for his doctrines...

From a death camp to a college. Over thirty years, Schmuel's journey takes him from Auschwitz to New Hampshire. But not all who leave the Holocaust are survivors. Some are criminals. And even a small New Hampshire town, where everybody knows everybody, can have...

"An absorbing novel of espionage and romance - an unforgettable story of the amazing ship that saved the Union." New York Herald Tribune"One of America's most famous authors tells of the fateful battle of the ironclads-and the beautiful woman who turned the tide of...

RICHES NOT ROMANCE, WAS HER AIM - SO SHE FOUGHT AGAINST LOVE ALL THE WAY! "The time is the Eighteen Seventies; the place is gaudy, lavish San Francisco. Anneke Villard, of haunting grace, comes to the city on the Golden Gate with Hepsibah, her...

LONDON 1600. When the Earl of Essex is removed from command and placed under arrest for reaching a forbidden truce with the Irish rebels, Serjeant Noah Ames reluctantly accepts a commission to investigate the earl's fitness for command, and the two are pitted against...

London 1558. An orphan from a far-off land is renamed "Noah Ames," and given every advantage the English Crown can bestow. London 1592. Now an experienced barrister, Noah witnesses what appears to be a botched robbery outside the Rose Theater, a crime he soon...