Historical crime and mysteries Books

Secrets hide within the branches of every family tree. Abby Eaton thought she had life under control until she lost her job, her husband went AWOL, and her children proved a huge disappointment. After the arrival of a mysterious package she is...

 1950 - Outback Australia.Silva Latham has grown into adulthood loving Declan Callaghan for as long as she can remember. Secretly she has dreamed for him to see her in the light of a desirable woman, not just the pesky little sister of his best...

"Ding, Dong! Avon Calling!" As WW2 rages, a lone vigilante takes to the streets of New York to wage war against a powerful crime syndicate. She's the antihero the city needs, hidden in plain sight, with the perfect double life. But the past is...

A decent man in an indecent time ... When Jack Furey has his 100th birthday celebrations forced upon him, his mind turns to his experience of WWII as a police sergeant in 1942 in Far North Queensland. As Sergeant Furey of the Wangamba Police,...

In this enthralling historical thriller set in post--World War II London, detective John Henry Rossett must stop a murderous ex--SS officer as the German occupation of England begins to falter.Working with the SS in German-occupied Britain was never easy...

The Fairy Detective is a novel written by Rupert Hughes and first published in 1919. The story follows the adventures of a detective named Peter Pan who specializes in solving cases involving fairies and other magical creatures. When a wealthy young...

""Marked Personal"" is a mystery novel written by Anna Katharine Green and published in 1898. The story revolves around the murder of a wealthy businessman named Mr. Leavenworth, whose death is initially believed to be a suicide. However, as the...

When sabotage threatens the Rudin Sugar Factory, Detective Jasper Hollock believes this will be his first real case. But dear Mr. Rudin—the only father Jasper has ever known—holds a different assignment for his private investigator...

Olivia Denis is a contented young wife with a carefree life in late 1930's London. Then her world is shattered with the violent death of her husband, Reggie. The police want to call it a suicide and close the case, but Olivia knows Reggie...

Venice/Africa 1446 Only revenge can make Barnabas whole again.Dependent on opium and driven by anger over his former mentor’s appalling treachery, Barnabas leaves his beloved Alys in Venice and sets out for Africa on a quest to find the lost...

Spring is a time for new beginnings, but for Lady Sarah, it's about closing an old case...It has been almost a year since Lady Sarah's friends were kidnapped. A year of hopelessly searching and worry. But now there is a new lead. Word from Wales and a...

When her parents die from fever, Lady Sarah Montgomery Baird Watson-Wentworth has to leave India, a land she was born and raised in, and travel to England for the first time. Finding it almost impossible to adjust to London society, Sarah flees to the...

In 1940's Chicago, when insurance salesman Elliot Blake calls at the home of fight promoter Walt Winkler to sell him a new insurance policy, it's handsome boxer Vito who comes to the door. Vito wants something from Elliot, but it's not car...

*** FROM USA TODAY & MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY ***IT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST SCANDALS IN THE KINGDOM OF FRANCE'S HISTORY.AND ONE TEMPLAR KNIGHT PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE.When a woman arrives at Sir Marcus de Rancourt's new home,...

A desperate plea from the Vatican. A kidnapped chef. An ambitious mob boss. One perilous game.When Professor Alexandra Delacroix is called in to find a cure for the dying pope, she follows clues left by her mentor and friend, the late Professor K, which...

The Tangled String: A Charlie Chan Mystery takes the famous detective and his family to Boston for daughter Rose's wedding, where prenuptial planning collides with an empty safe, untimely death, and hints of family scandal. Rose Chan's marriage to...

From author Helen Goltz, the fifth book in the exciting mystery series about love, fate, and putting to rest more than the dead.Accustomed to speaking with spirits as they leave this life on their way to the next, Miss Phoebe Astin of The Economic...

Now on exhibition for a few days only, the strange, the wonderful, sights you have never beheld before - Burnham's Carnival, Including Mrs Anna Tufton, the Giantess. Matilda Hayward is determined to have a career, after all, it is 1888! While...

Beautiful muse, Miss Sapphire Reubens, the inspiration for her lover's latest art exhibition, is missing - items of her clothing found in the river. Worryingly, Miss Matilda Hayward and her fellow writer for the Women's Journal, Miss Alice Doran,...

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Praise for A Casualty of War: "[Charles] Todd's strongest war book."--Washington Times

In 1855 New England, young mother Frances Barnett's obsession with the details of a local murder trial lead her to a mental institution, while in the present day, young mother Abby Bernacki discovers Barnett's diary and finds unsettling parallels with...

"Full of action and colorful characters, this genre mash-up is expertly done and will be enjoyed by fans of mysteries and fantasy alike."--Booklist (starred review)

""An Artist in Crime"" is a mystery novel written by Rodrigues Ottolengui and published in 1892. The story follows the investigation of a series of art thefts in New York City. The main character, detective Ebenezer Gryce, is tasked with solving the case...

AD 1618 — Post-Reformation Central Europe is on the verge of a cataclysmic new religious conflict—the Thirty Years War—that will ultimately lead to the deaths of eight million and the dramatic alteration of European civilization.When...

Marshal CB Wooly returns in Blood City, the Second Book in The Calamitous Breed Trilogy. Wooly’s life is not the same since his “shootout” with the notorious Clay Bardoe. He has gained both tremendous fame and relentless guilt for the...

Sid Hackbirn and Lisa Wycherly knew that their latest assignment in Lake Tahoe was not going to be your basic pick up of secrets. After all, their bosses upline sent them as people who would never be suspected as the domestic espionage agents they were...

Celeste Bonalee is anything but average. In fact, she's one of a kind – a highly skilled courier pilot with dreams of owning her own hangar. One last delivery is all she needs.There's only one thing stopping her... World War II...

From USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Kathryn Gauci, comes an unforgettable story of love, hope and betrayal, and of the power of human endurance during history's darkest days.Inspired by true events, The Secret of the Grand Hôtel du Lac is a gripping and...

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 murdered by...

Winner of the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for Historical FictionThis dazzling new Victorian mystery from USA Today bestselling author Karen Odden introduces readers to Nell Hallam, a determined young pianist who stumbles upon the operations of a...

Cozynook is a novel written by Mrs. M. A. Bird and published in 1867. The story revolves around the life of a young woman named Lucy who is forced to leave her home and move to a new town with her family. In her new surroundings, Lucy finds solace in a...

A Note from the Author This book turns on secrets. One secret is buried in the deep, dark forest of Katyn, Poland.The other in the pages of a notebook kept in a modest café in Lwow, an ancient Polish city. The principal contributors to the Scottish Book,...

From Anna Loan-Wilsey comes the first installment of a new historical mystery series featuring Hattie Davish, a traveling secretary who arrives in a small Ozark town only to discover her new employer has disappeared. . .On the eve of the heated...

A Postmodern re-imagining of the Great Detective as a traumatized polymath and an Indian doctor. Charlotte Holmes & Dr Watan investigate a new courtesan who may be a Maharaja's illegitimate daughter and Branwell stumbles upon a plot to assassinate the...

Cornwall, England. 1740.They say only the brave ride Bridles Lane at night. Vicar Richard Dodge speaks of ghosts and demons, conducting elaborate exorcisms in his churchyard overlooking the lane. And with the villagers sheltering in fear, local...

A killer who can't be stopped. A request that can't be refused. In 1482 the Englishman Thomas Berrington is living in the last remnants of Moorish Spain. A physician, he is an unwilling friend to the most powerful man in the kingdom. When bodies...

"a truly gripping and vividly told adventure" - The ScotsmanA FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND FORBIDDEN LOVEAfter his latest acts of heroism, Santiago finds himself legally adopted by the rebel chieftain Tadhg Óg MacGlannagh. Santiago's stock has greatly risen...

Hidden Eyes is a mystery novel written by Eric Levison and published in 1920. The story revolves around a young woman named Sylvia who is engaged to a wealthy man named Ronald. However, their engagement is complicated by the sudden appearance of a...

"Return to a twisted version of Jazz Age New York in this follow up to the critically acclaimed fantasy Westside, as relentless sleuth Gilda Carr's pursuit of tiny mysteries drags her into a case that will rewrite everything she knows about her past. Six...