Historical crime and mysteries Books

1934: Something is deadly wrong with the lake...When Chief Petty Officer Charles Emery receives a cryptic, urgent message from his old mentor, Captain Donovan, he immediately responds - and finds himself in a lake-side resort town in the grip of an...

Mystery, Murder and Magic...When his nemesis from schoolboy days hires metaphysician Ned Mathey to investigate his father's murder, Ned turns to his friend and sometime lover, detective Julian Lynes, for help. Together, they must navigate a maze of...

When murder invades Haydn's opera stage, scandal isn't far behind . . .Charged with ensuring that an imperial wedding transpires without mishap, composer Joseph Haydn has his hands full. Barely seventeen, Archduke Ferdinand Karl, the imperial bridegroom,...

Death Comes to the North CountryWelcome to Canton, NY, a small farming town nestled in the northern foothills of the Adirondack mountains. It's the 1930s, and to an outsider's eye, this looks like an idyllic village mostly untouched by the Great...

Death occurs once or not at all. So thought Adolph Hitler in war-torn Germany. In current day Poland, a bulldozer cracks the foundation of a secret underground Nazi biochemical lab. The papers found there reveal profound anachronistic medical research...

Book two in the Fyre & Stone series.Sebastian Fyre and John Stone are reluctantly reunited when they are hired by an aristocrat who believes he is going to be the victim of a murder.Deep in the heart of rural Ireland, where a thin veneer of the...

Collette waited impatiently for Esther Rose and Patrick to return from their honeymoon so she could give them a piece of her mind for taking on the mysterious case of the murdered judge without her! Esther Rose promised never again will Collette be left...

What would you dare to become in order to survive?This bone-shivering adult fairytale where the stakes could not be any higher as good and evil intertwine. The legends of the dark forest enter the lives of twins Livia and Luka...

Jack Jones, National Treasure and the backbone of radio schedules and British resolve, has disappeared. Needless to say the powers that be are in something of a tizz, fearful of the disquiet this seems to be causing across the country. Although everyone...

2000 - 2012, Île-de-France. Douze ans qu'une série de meurtres s'enchaînent dans la région sans que les policiers arrivent à poser la main sur le coupable. Pourtant, tous ces crimes ont un point en commun : Laure.Qui en veut à cette dernière au point...

Depois de vinte anos como soldado profissional, Décimo Júlio Viril - parente distante do próprio Imperador - foi comissionado o terceiro no comando da recém-formada Legião XII Brundísio.É sua última missão antes de se aposentar das legiões de César...

Kansas City, 1922: um polo de jazz e de mafiosos. Enquanto no lado do Kansas há Carrie Nation e proibição, no lado do Missouri, os irmãos irlandeses Pendergast fazem o álcool fluir.Claire O'Connor é uma jovem repórter de um jornal local, ansiosa por...

Florencia, 1677. Mientras Sam asume una nueva identidad como parte de la familia Cardinale de su madre, Raphael presenta su nueva familia a la florentina, sólo para desenterrar revelaciones que cambian la vida.Mientras tanto, en Londres, Noah busca...

Tras veinte años como soldado profesional, Decimus Julius Virilis, pariente lejano del mismísimo Imperator, ha sido nombrado tercero al mando de la recién formada Legio XII Brundisium. Es su última misión antes de retirarse de las legiones de César...

Es 1676 y los "espíritus" acechan el reino. Cuando Penny, de ocho años, es secuestrada frente al palacio de Whitehall y llevada a las Indias Occidentales, ¿cómo pueden Susannah y Raphael salvarla?Al llegar a Jamaica, se reúnen con Sam Carter, el padre...

All three books in 'The Rise Of An English Lawbreaker', a series of historical fiction by Malcolm Archibald, now in one volume!Dancing: Set in the midst of bloody smuggling wars in 1762 Kent, England, 'Dancing' is the thrilling tale of John Smith, a man...

Con un trasfondo de asesinatos e intrigas en la disoluta corte del rey Carlos II, ¿podrán Susannah y Raphael salvar a su amigo y encontrarse en el camino?Tras una ausencia de tres años sumida en la ansiedad y atrapada por su falta de habla, la...

The first four books in John Broughton's 'Jake Conley Mysteries', now available in one volume!Elfrid's Hole: Aspiring novelist Jake Conley wakes from a coma to find he has synaesthesia and heightened psychic abilities. When researching King Aldfrith,...

Magdeburg Frühsommer 1376Ein und ein halbes Jahr hat neuerlich die Pest in Magdeburg gewütet. Kaum beginnen sich die Beginen von ihren Verlusten zu erholen, sieht sich Hildegard einer Bedrohung aus ihrer Vergangenheit gegenüber. Ein alter Feind trachtet...

Am frühen Neujahrsmorgen des Jahres 1935 beginnt im westfälischen Rheine mit dem Brand eines aufgeschichteten Stapels Kaminholz eine unheimliche Serie von vorsätzlich gelegten Feuern, die von der Kriminalpolizei zunächst nicht ernst genommen wird. Im...

After the ball at Netherfield, a fault in their carriage results in the Bennet family being forced to stay at the Bingley estate, and when a blizzard blows in overnight, the Bennets find themselves stranded there. Lady Catherine de Bourgh, having heard...

Retired detective Dave and his wife, Linda, are back in New York City after their adventures in Israel and life is not quite what the couple expected it to be. Dave has become an alcoholic and a womanizer and Linda has thrown him out of their Manhattan...

The “Tenth Sword of the Prophet” is a story that unravels multiple conspiracies that lie deep within the history of nascent Islam and the Judeo-Christian Heritage.  At the center of the story is Michael, a brilliant Professor at...

The greatest mystery of the ancient world remains the identity of who set fire to the Great Library in Alexandria.One hundred years later, Heron of Alexandria-the city's most renown inventor and creator of Temple miracles-receives coin from a mysterious...

A poisonous letter writer is killing off the mistresses of London. Can Poppy find the culprit in time?Welcome to book three in the exciting new series The Perfect Poison Murders from bestselling author E.L. Johnson!In search of her mother, a mistress in...

Pete's pal, Professor Ethan Alexander, has a friend in hot water, and Ethan is eager to get Pete on the case. Pete is convinced the friend is guilty, but Pete values friendship and loyalty. He agrees to help.  The investigation leads Pete to call on...

Un secret interdit... Le destin de l'Église en suspens... Un duo de limiers amateurs révélera-t-il une vérité qui pourrait bouleverser le monde chrétien ?La Résurrection est la pierre angulaire de la foi chrétienne. Toutefois, lorsqu'un indice...

He gave up his throne for the woman he loved. But now the Duke of Windsor is missing.This stunning mystery proposes that England’s former king, Edward VIII, disappeared in the early months of World War II.The questions arise: Has the Duke of...

After being erased from history for over 400 years, a historical serial killer returns to terrify readers.In sixteenth-century France, seventeen-year-old Marie dreams of leaving behind her life at a rural inn for the excitement of Paris. But she grows...

Leonidas, champion gladiator of Rome, is set free from the games by a mysterious benefactor who grants him freedom, a place to live, and a servant-Cassia, a scribe-to look after him.But the benefactor is only so generous-Leonidas must pay his own way and...

After losing both her parents and her long-time boyfriend, doll sculptor Isabel Joven is emotionally raw. When a mysterious gift-a vintage doll-arrives on her doorstep she is intrigued. But Isabel can't imagine the dark shadow this doll will cast on her...

It’s 1964, and a body with a bullet hole in the forehead is found floating in the Raquette River, miles from the nearest town. Upstream, hidden at a titanium mine, a clandestine lab works on the design for a new fighter plane — a plane...

This adventure continues…. Nineteenth Century Van Demonian sleuth, Caspian Hunter, is a colonial lawman deeply immersed in the life and crimes of Hobart Town, where convicts transported from Mother England form a majority of the population...

1958 San FranciscoStruggling jazz musician and Beat generation youth, Frank Valentine, suffers a midnight beating, leaving his left hand paralyzed. Jobless, penniless, and desperate, he agrees to join his best friend, George, and three other buddies to...

Beloved Humorist. Best-Selling Author. ... Consulting Detective. Now it can be told: Mark Twain’s adventures with Sherlock Holmes, Watson, Mycroft, and Irene Adler. As part of his autobiography, Samuel Clemens dictated seven stories that...

Midnight treasure hunts, fancy-dress parties, and a blue-blooded murder . . .November, 1923. Olive’s school chum, Gigi, invites Olive to London because Gigi’s dotty grandmother fears for her life—or so she’s said to Gigi. However...

A snowbound country mansion, a missing butler, and a Christmas case . . . Olive and Jasper have never been closer-except in one area. Jasper is still reticent about his frequent disappearances from polite society. With the holidays approaching and...

#1 New York Times-bestselling author Stephanie Laurens brings you a tale of murder, mystery, passion, and intrigue – and diamonds! Penelope Adair, wife and partner of amateur sleuth Barnaby Adair, is so hugely pregnant she cannot even waddle...

A wealthy businessman with a reputation for taking risks rose from the slums to the height of success. But success comes at a price, especially when it's achieved at the expense of others. When a former guest of the hotel is found dead in a dockside...

Scandal, secrets and bawdy photographs are uncovered when the wife of a politician is murdered. Untangle the lies with Cleo and her friends and find the killer. When Harry Armitage passes an investigation to Cleo involving adultery, they both think it...

As fashion designer to London's elite, she had an eye for detail and a flare for the dramatic. But there's nothing stylish about her cold-blooded murder.With the social season just around the corner, the women in Cleo's family are having new outfits made...

She was admired by women and desired by men, until jealousy and past secrets took center stage. Help Cleo and her friends solve the murder of one of London's leading actresses. When a hotel guest's mistress is found dead in the stalls of the Piccadilly...

1931. Frances Palmer is overjoyed when her brother Robreturns to Adelaide as a racecourse veterinarian. But all is notwell on the turf, and when a man is murdered, there is only onesuspect – Rob.Frances and her boyfriend, charming night club owner...

In AD180 Quintus Suetonius and his stepson Manius are frumentarii, the Roman Empire's secret police. Dispatched to Britannia on a mission whose purpose is from them they they join forces with the formidable female spy Tita Amatia and find themselves...

The Reverend Samuel Cotton and his wife Eliza founded The Caragh Orphanage in 1866. They then collected bountiful charitable donations towards the funding of this institution designed for the care of destitute Catholic babies and children. The money they...

A TOTALLY ABSORBING HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT SOCIALITES, SPIES, AND THE KING OF ENGLAND.London, 1936.Socialite and journalist Lady Pamela pens the popular 'Agent of Influence' column, writing wittily about fashion and high society.For her latest piece, she...