Historical crime and mysteries Books

Finalist des National Excellence in Romance Fiction AwardSie heiratete ihn aus Liebe, er sie wegen ihres Geldes. Kann eine Ehe, die auf Lügen basiert, am Ende zur größten Liebesgeschichte aller Zeiten werden?In acht Jahren Ehe gab es keinen Tag, an dem...

Cavalry captain Gabriel Lacey returns to Regency London from the Napoleonic wars, burned out, fighting melancholia, his career ended. His interest is piqued when he learns of a missing girl, possibly kidnapped by a prominent member of Parliament...

BODYGUARD OF DECEPTION: A NOVEL OF SUSPENSEVOLUME ONE OF THE WORLD WAR TWO TRILOGYBy Samuel Marquis#1 Denver Post Bestselling, Award-Winning Author Praise for Bodyguard of Deception “Bodyguard of Deception grabbed my attention right...

In this compelling mystery, Mas Arai is back to save a wedding from a theft that threatens to destroy it.

The chill of winter has descended on London. But for Sebastian Bell and Gemma Tate, there will be little cheer this season... Gemma Tate has a new job and a new address. She is putting her past - her memories of nursing in the Crimean war - behind...

A Famous Film Star.... A Vandalised Poster... A Hunt for a Killer...London is abuzz with the premiere of the film 'The Thief At Midnight'. The film's American stars, the beautiful Kathleen Carrington and the flirtatious Don Radcliffe, have come to...

A quiet street... A mysterious man... An old secret...After a harsh winter, 1947 has settled on Baker Street. Irene Holmes is restless and determined to find a case, no matter how big or small. When Joe Watson's girlfriend, Sarah, moves into a new house...

Three Wealthy families... Two missing women... One big secret...When two young women go missing at a prestigious finishing school, Irene and Joe are requested to investigate the disappearance. Both students hail from wealthy families and where there's...

November 22, 1963: Death of the President of the United States. Flash forward to 1993. Secrets and conspiracy still surround the murder of JFK. An artifact reveals truths that many want to remain buried-even if more people must die."It was a long time...

When Police Constable Johnson "Sonny" Stone stumbles upon a murdered man's corpse in the filthy Dry River on the edge of Port of Spain, Trinidad, he unwittingly opens a case involving calypso, conspiracy and corruption. It is 1932. African chattel...

Before Baker Street, there was Montague.Before partnership with a former army doctor recently returned from Afghanistan, Sherlock Holmes had but the quiet company of his own great intellect. Solitary he might be but, living as he did for the thrill of...

Federal Marshal Frank Leishke is called to the scene of the vicious murder of a prostitute in Douglas, Alaska, in 1916. The site of the largest gold mine in the world, Douglas was also home to numerous bars, prostitutes and itinerant workers. Leishke is...

In 1796, the men at Fort Kenay or Russian Redoubt Saint Nicholas are terrified. A ghost, a woman in a tattered white dress, screams nightly along the banks of the Kenai River below the bluffs where the fort stands. Young Nicholas arrives with Captain...

"A captivating coming of age story about an Irish weapons trafficker." -BestThrillers.comDavid is pulled from his bed; he is seven. His father, freelancing for British intelligence, is identified while attempting to assassinate a terrorist. Now a wanted...

"Vance has masterfully captured an exciting moment in English history, filled with dark political intrigue and radiantly salacious liaisons." –Michael Hartnett, author of The Blue RatThe King's Favorite is a mystery thriller set...

U.S. Marshal Nelson Lane has more than his fair share of unlikely allies: This time it's a tabloid reporter who turns up missing after he tries to sneak into the Mystical Mountain Hunting Lodge. Nestled in the rugged and scenic Big Horn Mountains of...

In a town where indifference and disbelief cloud the pursuit of justice, one cowboy vows to right their wrongs.Taking up work at the Little Six Ranch in Winsome, Wyoming, Dunbar finds himself immersed in the dealings of Tut Whipple, a prominent water...

When, Sabrina is a child, she has a haunting dream about a strange house. Although she moves forward in life, she never forgets the dream.Many years later, fate leads Sabrina, to the old brick house of her dream, only to discover it has just been...

Fifteen-year-old Jaiye is an African tribesman who has grown up amid constant warring between his tribe, the Yoruba, and their neighbors. As he curiously watches Yoruba prisoners of war paraded to a slave ship, Jaiye contemplates their future and...

When Aggie Mundeen accompanies San Antonio Detective Sam Vanderhoven on a weekend getaway to Lake Placid, she thinks it's going to be fun in the sun. What could be better than caretaking a friend's cottage on the Guadalupe River in Central Texas? Never...

"The 26th issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine features new and classic mystery tales!FEATURES:From Watson's Notebooks, by John H Watson, M DAsk Mrs Hudson, by (Mrs) Martha HudsonNON FICTION:Screen of the Crime: Sherlock Gnomes, by Kim NewmanQuail,...

The thrill-packed adventures of this brilliant young secret agent of the U.S. Naval Intelligence Service find him in hot pursuit of the powerful "Scorpion," leader of an international spy ring whose deliberate aim is to plunge the whole world...

Mark Twain is in merry old England to see his family. Wentworth Cabot, Twain's assistant, is looking forward to seeing the sights, and hopefully finding some peace and quiet -- when not helping his boss with a new lecture series. But peace is the...

Working with the great Mark Twain is a job Wentworth Cabot relishes -- especially when it includes a first-class boat trip, a visit to Europe, and a steady paycheck. But Cabot hopes his third adventure with the renowned author won't involve any murders.....

Liv, the owner of the White House Dollhouse Store in Minneapolis, strives to keep her store afloat while investigating the murder of an employee. The employee was an actress in the neighborhood production about President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson. When the...

The year is 1897. Sherlock Holmes and his lovely young American daughter Lucy James must foil a plot to destroy Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebration, defeating the high-ranking traitor who has eluded them in their previous adventures. If they...

In the heart of Victorian London, two intertwined quests for truth and justice come together in an enthralling tale of mystery, heritage, and fate...London, 1895: American actress Lucy James, with the soul of an explorer, arrives in London to unravel the...

The corpse barely missed my head. No flying cadavers, just a new case falling into the lives of our intrepid unlicensed detectives. While in dogged pursuit of a killer, Arnie and Zellie navigate the tricky waters of a full-blown romance. Solvers of a...

Introducing "Einstein's Compass" by Grace Blair - A YA Time Traveler Adventure!Embark on a thrilling journey through time and imagination with "Einstein's Compass." This captivating historical fantasy science fiction novel weaves together the...

The novel begins with the director of the Saranac research laboratory telling the FBI that Communists at Trudeau are demanding that he publish the papers as part of a plot to bankrupt American asbestos manufacturers. While searching for the...

THE MUCH ANTICIPATED SEQUEL TO THE KEEPER IN THE CORNER OF HER EYE SERIES."If you fail...much worse things will happen...much worse things, will come for you."Charlie White thought this was the end. She thought once she accepted her fate as a Keeper of...

"IMPRESSIVE DEBUT. FUNNY, EERIE AND FASCINATING." - Kaaron Warren, author of The Underhistory"A FRESH NEW VOICE IN THE HORROR GENRE. ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR." - Shani Struthers, bestselling author of the Psychic Surveys series"JJ CARPENTER...

Sarah Black, Countess of Stryden and acclaimed spy for the British War Office, kidnapped by the French and imprisoned on a ship in the English Channel, has but one complaint: having to share a prison cell with her husband.Forced into the marriage to help...

Blood and intrigue abroadWinter 1763. Alec, Lord Halsey is sent on a diplomatic mission to Midanich, imperial outpost of the Holy Roman Empire, to bargain for the freedom of imprisoned friends. Midanich is a place of great danger and dark secrets, a...

A poisoned vicar and the mysterious MirandaAutumn 1763. Alec Halsey has been elevated to a marquessate he doesn't want and Polite Society believes he doesn't deserve. And with the suspicion he murdered his brother still lingering in London drawing rooms,...

Country house murder and mayhemSpring 1763. Career diplomat Alec Halsey returns to London to the shocking news his estranged brother, the Earl of Delvin, has not only killed his friend in a duel but is engaged to the woman Alec hoped to marry. The dead...

September 1948. Under the guise of exclusive Savile Row and posh gentlemen's clubs, London's upscale clothier Otis Battersby has managed to conceal his insidious business dealings-until one crisp Saturday morning. In a mad dash for a wicked drop shot,...

ACONITE Queen of PoisonsBased on a True StoryThe adventures of Dr. Josephine Reva, a first woman doctor in Brooklyn, who moonlights as a detective to solve paradoxical "poison cure" crimes. It's the Roaring 20's in New York, and a feisty orphan rises...

Adam Schwartz is a motivated high school teacher bothered by the lack of his students’ creative ideas in their attempt to write essays for their college applications. Together with his best friends, Drew, a twice-divorced attorney; Kenny,...

Dundee, Scotland, 1908.Suffragettes are dying. The police aren’t interested, taking the attitude ‘good riddance to bad rubbish’.Three suffragettes band together to find the truth.Kirsty, a naïve, young girl unable to escape her...

Murder, Mystery, and MunitionsEast London, January 1917:"He pulled her into his arms and kissed her long and hard before he strangled her. With a last glance at the fire, he turned and ran for the door to escape the inevitable explosion...

"The Cold War sets the stage for various proxy wars, nationalist movements, and covert missions across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Out of the tumult will emerge a warrior. Though his heart is in the right place, he knows that he must make a...

A free-spirited princess determined to challenge the feminine standards of her time.Princess Mary Armstrong-Leeds enjoys her status as a lady in Boston's elite society. But she enjoys her job as an apprentice lady detective even more. When a prominent...