Historical crime and mysteries Books

Rome, 1847. Renowned watercolourist Edward Lear convinces his pupil, Lord John Proby to accompany him on a painting tour of Sicily.After Lear suggests an adventure into the Aspromonte Mountains of Calabria, the two start exploring paths untrodden by...

Jake Reynolds es un ladrón de arte. Un maestro del arte capaz de crear una réplica exacta de cualquier lienzo famoso, con todo lujo de detalles. Tan preciso y elegante es su trabajo que aún hoy, colgadas en las paredes de los más prestigiosos museos y...

Milicent épousera-t-elle son cousin Darrell? Ils s'aiment depuis leur plus jeune âge. Mais son père la force à épouser le capitaine Duke, commandant du Vautour. Milicent se résigne auprès de ce mari brutal et absent. Absent ? mais voilà sept ans qu'il a...

Peut-on faire confiance à Jabez North, maître d'études à l'académie du docteur Tappenden et enfant trouvé? Or c'est Richard Marwood qui revient chez sa mère après des années d'absence qui se voit accusé de l'assassinat de son oncle et du vol de sa bourse...

Dans cette histoire d'héritage romantique, découvrez les amoureux, Charlotte et Valentin. Découvrez aussi Les Oiseaux de proie, qui cerclent autours de riches héritages. Diana, l'amie de Charlotte au pensionnat devenue sa demoiselle de compagnie est...

Un capitaine, incontestablement borné mais bon marin. Un second officier qui accomplit son office mais pense et questionne les manques de son capitaine. Un officier mécanicien solide et à son affaire. Et une tempête, le typhon, qui menace... L'éviter...

Avec Charlotte, découverte héritière de la succession Hayghart à la fin des volumes des Oiseaux de proie, on peut imaginer que l'histoire est achevée. Alors que viennent faire dans ce récit Gustave Lenoble, le normand, et son épouse anglaise dont on nous...

Quatre nouvelles qui ont toutes pour toile de fond un paysage marin: dans Le Planteur de Malata, un homme, misanthrope, Geoffrey Renouard, réussissant dans la culture de la soie sur une île lointaine s'éprend de Felicia Moorsom, elle-même voyageant...

Wie oft muss man sich begegnen, bis man sich für immer erinnert?Ein Unglück in der ehemaligen DDR hat Helena diesmal weiter durch die Zeit reisen lassen als jemals zuvor. Doch es ist nicht ihre eigene Vergangenheit, die sie gerufen hat. Helena...

In 1866, a brutal gang of ex-convicts from Australia left a trail of death, thievery and larceny across the goldfields of New Zealand. In the goldmining town of Greymouth, Inspector William Henry James, in charge of the police camp, attempted to prevent...

She's on the verge of greatness. He's a self-proclaimed black sheep. When a slaying brings them together, getting locked up could tear them apart... San Francisco, 1872. An American murder mystery series.Susannah Carterton yearns to be accepted as a...

He was looking forward to relaxing in his golden years. Until a letter resurfaced an abhorrent act from his youth. San Francisco, 1872. Hector de Vile feels ready to let go of the reins. After a ruthless climb to the top, the California senator...

È stato assassinato per un segreto che si è portato nella tomba.200 anni dopo, quel segreto lo perseguita di nuovo.Meriwether Lewis è stato assassinato. L'organizzazione che ne è all'origine è cresciuta silenziosamente nell'ombra.E solo Harvey Bennett e...

Dr. Marco Capitelli, a dashing archeologist from Bologna and Dr. Francesca Martini, curator of Vatican archives from the rival city of Parma, find themselves on successive expeditions in pursuit of historical treasures and brokering international peace...

Father Michael Dominic, prefect of the Vatican Secret Archive in Rome, is entrusted with the mission of transporting the original 17th-century trial documents of Galileo to Loyola Law School in Chicago. The stage is set for a modern historical moot...

In the harrowing aftermath of Chernobyl's meltdown in 1986, the fate of Eastern Europe hangs by a thread.From Beijing, American radiation scientist Lara, once a thorn in the Russian mob's side, is drawn back into the shadows of the Soviet Union on the...

Captain Lacey is asked by Peter Thompson of the Thames River Police to help him investigate a cold case–the murder of a woman found near the docks Thompson patrols. The investigation was sidelined, considered unsolvable, but Thompson has long...

This collection of short stories ranges through time and space from the Yucatán peninsula in the early years of the Spanish conquest (The Broken Circle) to a bank office in late Victorian London (The Stockbroker's Wife.) Most stories feature Francis...

Everyone wears a mask. But the deadliest secrets hide in plain sight.Marie St. Jean’s supreme acting talent comes with a price: Every spellbinding performance extracts a piece of her soul. When she reluctantly steps into a role abandoned by another...

AUSTRIA. 1686.Two plagues rage in the countryside. One plague is smallpox, a torturous disease that ravages the body, turning homes into tombs. The other ailment is more mysterious, a scourge of occult origin, a plague that ravages the mind and consumes...

LIONS OF THE DESERT is the true story of the WWII 1941-1942 Desert War in North Africa and Operation Condor, a story that has captivated the minds of authors, historians, and filmmakers for three-quarters of a century...

Salisbury, 1226A young pregnant woman is found tangled in reeds in the river Avon, her identity a mystery. Grieving widow Ela Longespée is determined to succeed her husband as sheriff of Salisbury, and quickly takes charge of the investigation. She soon...

On the Knife Edge, a timely spy thriller, casts the reader into the throes of the current war inUkraine. Part historical novel, it is based on the true story of the container ship El Faro, whichsank off the Bahamas almost nine years ago with no...

Als der Earl von Salt Hendon die Tochter eines Landadligen, Jane Despard, heiratet, ist die feine Gesellschaft entsetzt. Aber Jane und Salt haben eine geheime Vergangenheit voll Liebeskummer und Misstrauen. Sie sind zu dieser Heirat gezwungen, die keiner...

A 1970s debate on equality is overshadowed by a deadly secret...Spring 1970. Sussex University is hosting a debate about equality for women. But when one of the debating group goes missing, attention turns away from social injustice to something more...

Captain Tom Caine knows he should be out with the throngs of revellers celebrating Victory in Europe but, instead of elation, he only feels anger. How can he celebrate when he is haunted by the horrors of the war and the friends he was unable to...

How deadly is the fight for equality?It's 1922, and after spending a year travelling through Europe, Iris Woodmore returns home to find a changed Walden. Wealthy businesswoman Constance Timpson has introduced equal pay in her factories and allows...

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...

More parodies have been written targeting Sherlock Holmes than anyone else dead or alive, fictional or real. James M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, started it all back in the early 1890's and Sherlockian parody has been coming out regularly ever...

A Pride and Prejudice MysteryMary Bennet has always been the quiet sister, the studious and contemplative middle child in a busy family of five. She is not interested in balls and parties, and is only slightly bothered by the arrival of the distant...

This is the story of two ordinary people, Emma, a doctor at St Thomas's Hospital in London and Roger, a police detective.Emma and Roger live through extraordinary times and confront unimaginable hardship. It is an inspirational story that will transport...

(A classic adventure novel in Welsh set on Anglesey during the early eighteenth century)  Sir Fôn, y ddeunawfed ganrif. Mae'r grŵp o ladron penffordd yn ymosod ar yr Yswain ifanc Morys William a dwyn swm nid bach o arian oddi arno. Caiffwybod mai...

They were sent to unmask the spy in their midst. Instead, they'll have to identify his murderer.England, 1922. After their adventures at Westminster, Dora and Rex depart for a quiet month in the Cotswolds. Or at least, that's what everyone thinks.In...

March 1926, Salem, Massachusetts A spring equinox party at the mansion of a rich, flamboyant, and controversial art collector promises New York jazz singer Lizzie Crane and her band a fat paycheck, lucrative connections, and plenty of fun. She'll also...

The Icarus Club is one of London's most prestigious gentlemen's clubs, counting amongst its members the very elite of society.  Beneath the veneer of respectability, however, there swarm dark secrets, tense rivalries, blackmail, and murder...

Parker City, Autumn 1984 . . .  As the leaves begin to change colors and the weather starts turning cooler in the historic city in the heart of Western Maryland, Parker City Police Detectives Ben Winters and Tommy Mason are called to Saint...

Would the assassins plotting to kill Theodore Roosevelt on his visit to the Panama Canal succeed? Until this trip, no president while in office had ever traveled abroad. White House secretary Maurice Latta, thrilled to accompany the President, could not...

Boston might be white with snow, but there's nothing but a winter's darkness for Shane Cleary, a former cop, veteran, and reluctant PI.  There's an international war within the mafia over drugs, and he has been asked to find the nephew of the local...

"The devil is in the details and David Buzan masterfully brings all of those details to bear in creating one hell of a novel." -Tom McCaffrey, bestselling author of The Claire TrilogyThe most highly decorated Native American in the history of the...

"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...

It is 1630 and Venice is being torn apart by factions within and enemies without. Our two now-grown Alberti friends from ‘Venetian Born’ fight through plague and war in this, their “Venetian Crucible,’ to rise from the ashes fully...

Crime photographer Nellie Burns and Basque Sheriff Charlie Asteguigoiri travel from central to northern Idaho to investigate bootlegging-and the town officials who might be involved. While there, a suspicious mine explosion pulls them into a second...

A former Russian ballerina and a police photographer,destined to be lovers, seek to unfold the murder mystery of two women...DARK EYES...Anya, an unwed mother of a mentally challenged child, meets Andrei, at a murder scene. They strive to unravel...

It’s the late 1950’s in Havana. Flowing mojitos and hip-shaking rhumbas rule colorful nightclubs filled with elegantly dressed beautiful people from around the world. Casinos, run by gangsters like Meyer Lansky, and a government on the brink,...

London, 1821. Former spies Malcolm and Mélanie Rannoch have been friends with Bow Street runner Jeremy Roth since they all met in the intrigues of the Peninsular War. Now settled in London, they frequently collaborate. On a chilly night, an urgent...