Historical crime and mysteries Books

Gavin Maxwell Johns was born in Georgia, in the United States, orphaned in Hertfordshire in England and sent to the Fairbridge Farm School in Pinjarra, Western Australia as a child migrant in 1935. At Fairbridge, he meets his aggressive and...

Eliza hoped for a peaceful Christmas. She didn’t expect to be in the company of a killer when a parlour game goes terribly wrong…December 1901: After arriving in Richmond-on-Thames Eliza is surprised to be the guest of honour...

Murder, Mystery and a dog of distinctionMajor Heathcliff Lennox is called in, along with ex Detective Inspector Swift, to help the police investigate a macabre death. The dead man is Lord De Ruyter, a man inextricably linked to the notorious Birdcage...

It is October 1882, and a much-anticipated Royal visit will, for a day, put Swansea at the heart of the Empire. It will also become Inspector Rumsey Bucke's greatest challenge. How can he protect the Prince of Wales when the town itself is not safe, when...

The twenty-two stories in this collection, set mostly in Eastern Europe during World War Two, depict a world fraught with conflict and chaos. Theodore Odrach is witness to the horrors that surround him, and as both an investigative journalist and a...

Book 3 of the Apothecary Greene TrilogyProvidential chance brings Apothecary Richard Greene to the aid of a terribly injured man, the victim of a mantrap on a local estate.His patient's revelation of an astonishing Roman artefact - and its source - will...

How could Anthony and Maria possibly have known that taking the new French ambassador and his wife to his posting in Tunis, aboard their new yacht, would lead to this. The set of circumstances that would bring them here, sitting sipping wine and watching...

Priests are being burnt in their churches. Pope Paul hires two old enemies to track down the killer. Their journey leads them to Galileo and his students, but finding the killer leads them to another. They can't deal with this one, but perhaps Anthony's...

In 1465 the world is a dangerous place for women who practice medicine. Even more dangerous for those who defy authority.Luccia Alimenti is a woman who does just that.As a daughter of one of the legendary female doctors called Salernistas, she travels...

The events of the novel The Night Reporter take place in Lviv in 1938. Journalist Marko Krylovych, nicknamed the "night reporter" for his nightly coverage of the life of the city's underbelly, takes on the investigation of the murder of a candidate for...

'Baroness Emma Orczy wrote 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' as a stage play in 1903, and its great success in the theatre prompted a series of books based on the adventures of its hero, Sir Percy Blakeney, whose outward appearance of hare-brained...

1943, Nazi-occupied France. Clinging to her little girl's hand, a young woman runs through the forest and stumbles in the dark. Behind her there are angry shouts in German and shots ringing through the pine trees. Her heart in her mouth, she prays...

Existence Denied is a fascinating, measured, unpredictable and realistic story.Mysterious denials of the very existence of Colin's Father, following his death in WW2, emerge fifty years later, Colin suspects top-level collusion and is determined to seek...

A magnificent seaside hotel, striped deckchairs, strawberry ice cream... and a rather familiar dead body? Lady Swift is on the case!Spring, 1921. Lady Eleanor Swift, explorer extraordinaire and accidental sleuth, hasn't had a vacation since she...

Volume V contains the seventh, eighth, and ninth full-length Thorndyke adventures, published in 1924, 1925, and 1926, respectively. With each subsequent narrative, Thorndyke’s skills and abilities grown and amaze.The Mystery of Angelina Frood...

Five more sizzlingly scandalous Sherlock Holmes stories from the pen of Orlando Pearson-              The Baron of Wimbledon: Holmes averts an injustice and makes a dramatic...

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are summoned to Theobald Grange, the Warwickshire home of Lady Heminworth. Being of a nervous and superstitious disposition, her Ladyship lives in fear. Her husband and elder son were recently murdered, apparently by the...

Here are a few essays about puzzlers in and about Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories: The Devil's Foot and the author's cautious inserts of the Christian sacraments he learnt as a boy; A liturgical opposite - the Hebrew rabbi in...

Sherlock Holmes and John Watson have wandered far from the light of Victorian gas lamps. As Holmes and Watson they've tangled with Nazis, as Sherlock and John they roam the corridors of New Scotland Yard. In a world of so many fresh adventures, why not...

Sherlock Holmes lamented, "I fear that retirement will elude me." It surely does in this five story chronicle. The saga begins with The Bonnie Bag of Bones that lead the infamous duo on a not-so-merry chase into the mythical mountains of Scotland and...

With Baron Barlucci escaping London on his way to New York with Abigail Drake, Dr. Watson is certain they've seen the last of the Whitechapel Vampire; Sherlock Holmes isn't so sure. They soon learn the Animus Lacuna, barque of the now infamous Barlucci,...

In the dawn of 1891 Sherlock Holmes is locked in a deadly game of wits with the sinister Professor James Moriarty; but events will soon transpire which will question the very outcome of Reichenbach. With Holmes presumed dead, the streets of London are...

Lucy Graham has just married Sir Michael Audley, a middle-aged, rich, and kind widower. But Sir Michael's nephew, Robert, is suspicious of the fact that no one knows much about the new Lady Audley's past. Robert's friend, George, arrives to stay with the...

Death by Rum Running. . .It's the hot and humid East Coast summer of 1931 and seven years since Dr. Haley Higgins' brother Joe was murdered. The case is cold. The Boston Police Department may have given up on finding Joe Higgins' killer, but Haley never...

"Clever and entertaining, you'll love this charming Golden Age mystery series. And the fashion is to die for!" - Molly C. Quinn, actress, CastleMayhem All Aboard!One blustery day in October of 1924, newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Basil Reed travel aboard the...

"Clever and entertaining, you'll love this charming Golden Age mystery series. And the fashion is to die for!" - Molly C. Quinn, actress, CastleWeddings can be murder.Romance is in the air for the delightful Reverend Oliver Hill. Unfortunately, the choir...

"Clever and entertaining, you'll love this charming Golden Age mystery series. And the fashion is to die for!" - Molly C. Quinn, actress, CastleMurder's a Bad Stroke of Luck!River Thames boat races between the London University colleges are popular...

A HARD-DRINKING, TWO-FISTED PROTAGONIST IN THE MIDST OF A PARADE OF COLORFUL CHARACTERS-GRITTY REALISM AT ITS FINEST.After years of tracking down pedophile priests, Vatican investigator-and former cop-Father Michael Barrett snaps and beats one to...

In 1812, an aristocratic spy's hunt for a missing governess-aided by an intrepid earl's daughter-escalates into a desperate attempt to prevent a terror attack on the people of London. 

Green Curry and Caviar: The Mystery of Arash Asahvi is not a classic romance, and yet it is a love story, an extraordinary account of love on many levels.Neither is it a cookbook, but it is a mix of savoury adventures steeped in the tantalising flavours...

Esteemed California music professor David Whealy is drawn to the other side of the country to investigate the circumstances behind his unexpected inheritance. As David probes deeper into the secrets of his benefactor, James Burton West, he finds more...

A queer historical murder mystery that explores notions of justice and morality, driven by compelling flawed characters.In the summer of 1912 in Northern England, sapphic couple Louisa Knight and Ada Chapman are drawn into the investigation of their...

This is the Anastasia, a candle, along with St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church become a symbol of hope and light after the tragic events of September 11, 2001.  Anastasia tells her life story from the original churches opening, through the events...

To solve a centuries-old crime, a man makes a deal with the devil: “The fantasy, the murder and the historical action are . . . all wonderful” (San Francisco Chronicle).An aging scholar of Restoration history, Nicholas Fenton has...

Velda toyed with men. Sometimes she gave them what they wanted -- sometimes not. But her games were somewhat limited by her marriage. For every time her husband found out about one of her flights, there were jealous rages. If he got mad enough, no...

Ashley's Shadow is based on the real 1934 murder of Ethel Allen who's mutilated body was found on the banks of the Indian River in Eau Gallie, Florida. For decades the case remained unsolved until a young journalist, Brad Kirby, working for Dead End...

Cole Youngblood is a Navajo tribal member by blood, a park ranger in Sedona, Arizona, by necessity. He is also a renowned tracker and geographical expert in the Four Corners area, making him highly sought after in missing person cases. While on a camping...

A headstrong young RCMP constable is left alone to police the quiet and peaceful island of Grand Manan, New Brunswick. However, his daily routine is disrupted when the body of a foreign national is found off a local wharf and he finds himself embroiled...

A gripping tale of conspiracy and a love triangle set against the background of 19th century New York City.

Finalist in the Daphne De Maurier mystery and The Maggie writing contests.When wealthy Chicagoan Nicholas Shield set off to find his missing sister, he never expected to come face to face with his infamous past, let alone his own mortality. Six weeks...

This fictional tale follows the exploits of a young American woman who becomes embroiled in a perilous plot to assassinate Kaiser Wilhelm II during the First World War. With twists and turns at every stage, this is a gripping adventure novel that keeps...

Dans ce livre captivant, Charles-Louis Cadet de Gassicourt raconte l'histoire de Jacques Molai, un membre de l'ordre des Templiers qui a été exécuté pour hérésie au XIVe siècle. Il explore les mystères qui entourent la mort de Molai et la légende qui...