Historical crime and mysteries Books

A Suspenseful Tale Sprinkled with Humor and History.  The author, Rose O Hayes, highly schooled in nuclear enigmas, takes the reader through a complex riveting plot full of red herrings and cliffhangers. She weaves historic fiction into the fabric...

"I swear to God it was Willoughby. My brother stood not two feet away from me, called me Lina to my face, and pulled Harley into his arms, saying he was sorry, sobbing, and calling him his boy."An apparition in Sydney's fruit and vegetable market leaves...

'Murder, mystery and a dog of distinction. Heathcliff Lennox investigates.'Ladies man, dandy, charming rogue, thief. Montague Morgan has a buccaneering reputation and he doesn't give a damn - until he falls in love.He has a plan, he needs money and he...

It begins with an apprentice lawyer leaping for his life to a ship escaping a hostile and dangerous London. Leaving his friends perishing at the ruthless hands of fire-brandishing Catholics, he makes a solemn vow: to one day wield revenge. After years of...

A PAST WELL HIDDEN...At a reunion of Spitfire pilots from the Battle of Britain, Georgia and Peter Marsh discover that a murder, as yet unsolved, took place in the 1970s, and make it their mission to uncover the truth of the matter.The victim was popular...

One weekend house party, multiple murders, and two very special investigators.Immortal detectives Elliott Caine and Abernathy Thorne have spent centuries searching through time for the reincarnations of their murdered wives. As their quest continues,...

Ikaros of Apollonis is a long way from home.An educated and noble man enslaved by the Roman Empire that killed his family and destroyed his city, he is stranded in the bleak and inhospitable colony of Britannia. His only consolation is to be living in...

'Had I known what was to happen soon after we arrived at Mr and Mrs Walker's lovely old West Country house, my apprehension about spending Christmas in Devon would have dwindled to nothing.' Library Assistant Jan Christopher is to spend Christmas...

The BRAND NEW instalment in the Martha Miller Mysteries from bestselling author Catherine Coles!Winteringham Village 1947As a thank you for her previous brilliant crime solving, amateur sleuth, Martha Miller is guest of honour at the Winteringham Country...

THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMESby Sir Arthur Conan DoyleEDITION: Cactus Classics Dyslexic Friendly Font - 11 Point FontFONT: 11 point OpenDyslexic 3BOOK TRIM SIZE: 6" x 9" (15.2 cm x 22.9 cm)COVER: GlossyPAPER: CreamTABLE OF CONTENTS: YesCactus...

THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMESby Sir Arthur Conan DoyleEDITION: Cactus Classics Dyslexic Friendly Font - 11 Point FontFONT: 11 point OpenDyslexic 3BOOK TRIM SIZE: 6" x 9" (15.2 cm x 22.9 cm)COVER: GlossyPAPER: CreamTABLE OF CONTENTS: YesCactus...

THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Illustrated)by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleEDITION: Cactus Classics Dyslexic Friendly Font - 11 Point FontFONT: 11 point OpenDyslexic 3BOOK TRIM SIZE: 6" x 9" (15.2 cm x 22.9 cm)COVER: GlossyPAPER: CreamTABLE OF...

Every Bird Loves to Hear Himself Sing... To her aunt and cousins, Ophélie Davenport is as wise as she is inaccessible. Behind her gaze she hides a harrowing past, one she must confront when her uncle and guardian inherits Baudières-the ghostly estate...

This psychological thriller, set in both the eighteenth century and the1990s, is a fictional account of real-life Painshill Park, a romantic landscape garden in Surrey, England, which was a film location for the first season of Bridgerton, the Netflix TV...

She's more than meets the eye.Lady Perdita Tinley-Dita to her family and friends-grew up as did any well-bred young woman. Daughter of an earl, she had the best of everything. However, her perfect life suffered a crushing blow when the love of her life...

November 1928, New York City. No one can keep a secret like high society - especially when that secret is murder.There are two things Penelope Harris would rather do than get involved with another murder-sing opera and flirt with Thom Lund. When two...

Baltimore, 1910. Dr. Sarah Kennecott does not believe in ghosts. But when her dead sister appears in a dream and correctly forecasts a murder, Sarah must find the killer. At the center of the mystery is a spiritual medium with hidden motives and a...

In Duke Hamlyn's Murder, Elerren Demesne's army has aligned to invade Syharrill Demesne, as King Lynton is running short of patience to know his brother Prince Edwarren's fate.Syharrill's queen, Mariona, is desperate to avoid war. She sends Lady Keial to...

Autumn 1820. From Mayfair to Covent Garden to Seven Dials, London is in an uproar over George IV's (the former prince regent) attempts to divorce his wife Queen Caroline. And nowhere is the crisis more intense than in Westminster where the royal...

Every spy has a past. But Mélanie Suzanne Rannoch is not prepared to meet her husband Malcolm’s past literally walking towards them across a candlelit Mayfair ballroom in the person of brilliant, stunning Katelina Ashford, Malcolm’s...

Having survived a grave illness to become one of 11th-century England's wealthiest landowners, Godgyfu of Coventry remains forever grateful to the town whose patron saint worked such miracles. She vows to rebuild Coventry's abbey and better the lives of...

For a time in the 1940s, Alexander Bassett was one of the brightest stars in the literary firmament, an acclaimed novelist, poet, and playwright, a voice for social justice. But the years took their toll, Bassett's work fell out of favor, and eventually,...

Fifty years ago, Heinrich "Henry" Rohling was a German POW in Camp Conrad. Now widowed and in his seventies, he journeys back to Conrad, Kansas, to join in a POW reunion. And to correct the American verdict that his friend Novak died of suicide many...

As the Civil War rages, a man and his regiment of former slaves risk their lives for freedom in the second novel from the author of The Lies That Bind.  2017 Missouri Writers Guild Historical Fiction Award Winner   After fleeing...

To save his estranged son, a monk risks breaking his vows in this “moving and suspenseful” entry in the Silver Dagger Award–winning medieval mystery series (Booklist).For Brother Cadfael in the autumn of his life, the mild November of...

The twelfth-century Welsh monk is caught up in civil war and captured by Danish mercenaries, in the Silver Dagger Award–winning medieval mystery series.In the summer of 1144, a strange calm has settled over England. The armies of King Stephen and...

The medieval monk digs for clues when a body is unearthed by a plow: “His detecting talents are as dazzling as ever” (Publishers Weekly).When a newly plowed field recently given to the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul yields...

Strangers seek refuge at the abbey as floodwaters rise, a body falls, and a relic vanishes—in this “top drawer” mystery featuring the twelfth-century monk (Chicago Sun-Times)In the chill, rainy autumn of 1144, two groups of visitors...

..., it was amazing to hear conspiracy against survivors by a group of evils. Even, intellectuals of the nation were wondering how Al Muna and garbage trainers trained and converted Levil's mind. Despite the shocking incidents and public clamor, Levil...

For Holocaust survivor Frank Wolf, what matters most is helping people. After relocating to New York City after the war, he takes on a new career as a detective. In these three stories, all set in the 1970s, he sets out with methodical determination to...

The 25th issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine features new and classic mystery tales!FEATURESFrom Watson’s Notebooks, by John H Watson, M DAsk Mrs Hudson, by (Mrs) Martha HudsonNON FICTIONScreen of the Crime: Sherlock Gnomes, by Kim NewmanThe...

Steven Cogswell was being hunted on the Riviera. Between crooks and party girls, things are getting tough. Add his ex wife ... and beautiful Nadine (who may not be as innocent as she pretends) ... and Nadine's brute of an ex fiance, Gerald ... and...

When Cadets Don and Jim Mercer and their friend Terry Mackson were ordered by Colonel Morrell of Woodcrest Military Academy to gather together all the school trophies, they were able to find all except one-the cup awarded to the Class of 1933. What had...

In this adventure, a cunning criminal mastermind becomes entangled in a royal conspiracy. The narrative follows a thrilling tale of espionage, intrigue, and political machinations as secrets are uncovered in the highest circles of power. With danger...

Stranleigh's Millions is a novel written by Robert Barr, first published in 1909. The story follows the adventures of a wealthy young man named Stranleigh, who inherits a large fortune from his grandfather. Stranleigh is determined to use his newfound...

Silken Threads: A Detective Story is a classic mystery novel written by Harold Williams and originally published in 1885. The story follows detective Herbert Wynne as he investigates the disappearance of a wealthy young woman named Violet Deane. As he...

Link By Link: Detective Stories is a collection of short stories written by Dick Donovan and originally published in 1893. The book features a series of thrilling and suspenseful tales, each one centered around a different crime or mystery that must be...

Joe Muller, Detective: Being The Account Of Some Adventures In The Professional Experience Of A Member Of The Imperial Austrian Police is a novel written by Grace Isabel Colbron and first published in 1910. The book follows the adventures of Joe Muller,...

Idle Wives is a novel written by James Oppenheim and published in 1914. The story revolves around a group of wealthy and bored women who are dissatisfied with their lives and seek excitement and adventure. They form a secret society called ""The Idle...

Hand and Ring is a novel written by Anna Katharine Green and was first published in 1883. The story is set in New York City and revolves around the lives of two women, Gertrude and Edith, who are both in love with the same man, Arthur Cumberland. The...

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 recalls...

Another Christmas Novella for the Notebook Series!!Bells are ringing, people are singing, and Christmas is coming. The family is planning a wedding for Christmas Eve. They are all working to make it special.Before that can happen, an invitation...

Award-winning historical novelist James Y. Bartlett has reimagined the great German composer and keyboard virtuoso Johann Sebastian Bach as a cross between Sherlock Holmes and Keith Richards in this imaginative new historical mystery. During a visit to...

    Clive and Henrietta return for Christmas!Clive and Henrietta (and baby, Teddy!) return to Highbury to spend Christmas with the family. Clive's mother, Antonia, schemes to increase her social standing at her club by...