Historical crime and mysteries Books

Le Filleul Du Roi, Partie 1 : La Belle Proven�����ale (1876) est un roman de Du Terrail, Ponson. L'histoire se d�����roule ������ la fin du XVIIe si�����cle en France, ������ une �����poque o����� le roi Louis XIV r�����gne sur le pays. Le personnage...

Le Crime Du Vieux Blas est un roman policier �����crit par Catulle Mendes en 1882. L'intrigue se d�����roule dans un petit village fran�����ais o����� un vieil homme nomm����� Blas est retrouv����� mort dans sa maison. Les habitants du village sont tous...

The huge dark sky. The crashing waves. The smell of the ocean. An escape? Or another trap?Scott has rented a house in an old seaside town in Nova Scotia. He plans to spend the summer painting and escaping from the hustle of his career in Toronto. He...

Dans cette deuxième volume, Suivez l'intrigue et découvrez l'identité du mystérieux Les Habits Noirs ! Ce classique du roman policier français est un incontournable pour les fans de mystères et d'aventures.This work has been selected by scholars as being...

A fictional retelling of Charles Dickens' unfinished novel, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", in which the villainous John Jasper confesses to the titular murder. Carden's version of events provides a possible resolution to the mystery that has fascinated...

1526 is an Interlocking puzzle of characters and situations bound together by a central mystery - an entertaining epic, speckled with folklore, romance and battle that brings the early 16th century to life.Turkish forces destroy the Hungarian army and...

Winner of the 2012 Luminis Prize!"Once I started reading, I could not put it down. The story is thrilling and magical." "Twisty! Turny! Magical! Wonderful!" "...I figured I knew exactly how it was going to end. I was completely...

The mysterious Russian invasion hoax that shook colonial New Zealand.New Zealand, January 1873, in a sparsely populated coastal community on Wellington’s south coast, the peaceful lives of Owhiro Bay residents were shattered with the discovery...

"Richly reminiscent of Umberto Eco, the headlong pace of this dark fantasy--combining elements of mystery, historical fiction, horror and the splinter genre clockpunk--will let readers swallow the entrancing story in a single gulp." --Kirkus ReviewsPablo...

Read the story of a journalist in France who finds a young woman threatening suicide. Find out what happens during one girl's adventure at midnight to get help for her injured father. And exactly what sort of creature was observed by a ship full of...

Ein ungesühnter Mord unter Schauspielern – Nell Drury ermittelt wiederDer 20er Jahre Cosy Crime für Fans von Rhys BowenKent, 1926: Auf Wychbourne Court herrscht Trubel als Lady Ansleys alte Theatergruppe für eine...

Erich Wulffen: Die Kraft des Michael Argobast. Ein klassischer Kriminalroman von 1917Erstdruck: Dresen, Verlag von Carl Reissner, 1917.Neuausgabe.Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth.Berlin 2022.Der Text dieser Ausgabe wurde behutsam an die neue deutsche...

Ann Radcliffe: Eine sizilianische Romanze. Die nächtliche Erscheinung im Schlosse MazziniA Sicilian Romance. Erstdruck anonym 1790. Hier in der Übersetzung von Dorothea Margaretha Liebeskind (später: Meta Forkel-Liebeskind), erschienen unter dem Titel...

Auf Schloss Allstedt (Im Süden Sachsen-Anhalts gelegen) sind drei Männer verschwunden.Der 17-Jährige Jasper, der 1842 in dem berühmten Gestüt des Schlosses arbeiten möchte, wird, ohne es zu wollen, in die Angelegenheit hineingezogen.Selbst nicht aus...

Im Spätherbst 1951 schockierte ein brutaler Mordanschlag, wie es ihn in dieser Form bis dahin noch nie gegeben hatte, die Menschen in ganz Deutschland. Selbst die Medien im europäischen Ausland und in den USA berichteten darüber.In dem vorliegenden Band...

Esther Brookstone is at it again, this time obsessing about the life and times of St. John the Divine, all triggered by the discovery of a parchment hidden in the frame of a Botticelli painting that she authenticates. As in Rembrandt’s Angel, she...

England, early May, 1926After the funerals of the late Duke of Sutherland and his daughter-in-law, Charlotte, (and of course Grimsby, the blackmailing valet), the younger members of the family-Philippa Darling, her cousins Christopher and Francis, and...

England, late April, 1926 When Henry Astley, Duke of Sutherland, turns up dead in bed at the end of an afternoon spent calling his family on the carpet, everyone assumes that the excitement finished the old boy off. He was quite old and also quite...

London, 1816. A mysterious criminal mastermind known as John Devil challenges the detective powers of Scotland Yard's chief superintendent Gregory Temple. A true literary event ; this is the first time in fiction that the term "detective" was used.JOHN...

Paris, 1945. Fen looked out over the rooftops as the sun was setting. The letter she was holding, written on blue paper, was the clue she'd been searching for. She wiped away a tear and pulled herself together. Who would want to murder her dearest...

"Hereward is dead."His estranged wife, Torfrida, doesn't believe it. Beautiful, clever and wise in the lore of the stars, she assumes it's a trick to win back her wifely submission. Hereward the Wake, the legendary English hero who defied and defeated...

The Sherlockian, the magazine that the indefatigable Holmesian, Kelvin I. Jones, edited in the mid-1980s for publication by Magico Magazine, is re-published in one volume. New material includes essays and stories by leading Sherlockians in the UK, USA...

Six more tales of Sherlock Holmes... 'The Torso At Highgate Cemetery' I watched as the policeman took out a notebook and read from an open page. He spoke in a whisper. Inspector Lestrade's face turned ashen. He turned towards me, looking grim...

Inges is not a good cat. Sure, he saves the day, helps the weak, tweaks the noses of kings and wins the hearts of beauties. But he's no hero: he's just looking after number one.England 1621: A killer stalks the Yorkshire Dales and when Inges' human is...

When Dutch-Canadian Peter Dekker is hired as an investigator by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, he has no inkling of the war crimes that lie in his own family's history.His work takes him to Timbuktu, where he collaborates with Malian...

At fifteen, Frank “Shane” McLean covets a commission in the Texas Rangers. With the shadow of civil war on the country’s doorstep, he uncovers a dark family secret. His God-fearing father Kirby is an Illuminati henchman and hired...

New York, 1952. From the shadowy docks of Athens, Greece, to the elegance of a Fifth Avenue penthouse, to the neon glare of Coney Island, art smuggler Cantor Gold must track down an ancient artifact, elude thugs and killers, protect a beautiful woman who...

If people would only stop trying to kill him, Halvar the Dane might finally manage to do what he was sent to the island of Manatas to do-get the fugitive Leon di Vicenza on a boat back to Al-Andalus.And he didn't intend to kill two people before...

Siblings, Charlotte and Peter, have it all loving parents and a happy home until Their fragile world comes to a shrieking halt when their lives become derailed by a world war they have no business being in the path of. They find themselves in the care...

A man investigating treason is assassinated, and the case must be solved by a “brilliant and haunted Southerner” working for the Union Army (RP Dahlke, author of the Dead Red Mysteries). Cpt. Alphonso Clay had been summoned to meet John...

The Civil War has ended—but the killing isn’t over—in this intriguing historical murder mystery: “I can’t wait to read the next Alphonso Clay book.” —RP Dahlke, author of the Dead Red Mysteries   April...

A beautiful city with ugly traditions of corruption and racism. A black man set to hang for a murder he didn't commit. A world-famous author -- and detective -- who isn't about to let it happen..."An enjoyable tour of 1890s New Orleans.....

The Malice Domestic cozy anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition -- 29 original tales with historical settings! Included are:The Blackness Before Me, by Mindy QuigleyHonest John Finds a Way, by Michael...

The 22nd issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine features new and classic mystery tales -- including a brand new Nero Wolfe story! Included are 7 stories, a poem, all the usual features, and more:Features:From Watson's Notebook, by John H. Watson,...

The Kenda Saga Continues. The summer of 1943 finds Kenda in the Philippines as part of the occupation forces. Kenda's friend is assigned a courier duty and his plane goes down in Manila Bay after he delivers a secret document to the Japanese embassy. Was...

Step into a world of mystery and espionage with this thrilling novel set during the Cold War. When a British embassy official is murdered in East Berlin, two intelligence agencies must work together to unravel the plot. James Leasor's masterful...

"This robbery of the pots is a rum thing," said Vaughan, thoughtfully, when the last shreds of Plunkett's character had been put through the mincing-machine to the satisfaction of all concerned. "Yes. It's the sort of thing one doesn't think possible...

""Equal parts baseball and mystery are the perfect proportion."" --Robert Parker The Big Dead MachineIt's 1921, and journeyman infielder Mickey Rawlings finds himself on yet another team, the Cincinnati Reds, who everyone remembers for ""winning"" the...

Arabella Beaumont, courtesan, adventuress, and sleuth, romps her way through Regency London into a dangerous affair of blackmail...Arabella Beaumont is the fortunate possessor of one of England's most celebrated bodies-with a formidable business brain to...

A lost child will uncover old secrets....After her triumphant performance as goddess of the night at a royal banquet, Sera is instructed by the Mage Council to stay out of public sight. She is tasked with settling a restless spirit who has been roused by...

Sarah, the only child of Rev. and Mrs. Cranston Estey, was betrothed to Connor McLagen of the affluent McLagen family. The McLagens were socially revered, although there were rumours of nefarious underpinnings to their substantial wealth, and the...

After the end of the Second World War, a few senior military officers formed a secret organisation in India to ascertain the truth behind the death of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. They came under the flag of Azad Hind Fauj during the Second World War to...