Historical crime and mysteries Books

Some seven hundred years ago, two Gemini knights placed Europe and the Middle East in a perpetual state of animosity and conflict, leaving their legacy in limbo until the ring cycle could restart again. It is not until the Nazi party comes into power in...

World War II leaves most of the world in ruins. Hunger and homelessness wreak havoc on past military professionals who no longer feel they have a future or direction. Torn by the loss of his wife and son, an American admiral searches the globe for the...

It’s early in the Second World War, and most of Europe is occupied by Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler, aspiring to establish a thousand-year empire. The occupied countries will be robbed of their art treasures, the items to be exhibited in newly...

Come and look upon these things, so that you may understand and believe. Sistina, Brian Kenneth Swain?s gripping and thought-provoking new novel, is a story two thousand years in the making. The events set in motion following Christ?s crucifixion build...

Gary Lovisi presents a new Sherlock Holmes adventure set in the magical land of Oz, as Holmes and Watson take on their most fantastic case-the Red Poppy Menace! Sure to delight all fans of both Sherlock Holmes and Oz, this edition is profusely...

Along with John Dickson Carr and Rex Stout, David Alexander is not only a master of atmosphere and suspense, but creator of some of the most ingenious, diabolically clever plots in detective literature. Alexander’s famous murder expert, Bart...

BART HARDIN HAD A CASE WITH TOO MANY CLUES!The envelope stuffed with one hundred one-hundred-dollar bills. The gangster who whistled Puccini. The very lousy amateur painting of a butterfly -- that every hood in New York was after. The stolen masterpiece...

A COP-KILLER WAS LOOSE!The Cop: "Just find Ellison."Inspector Sanson said, "—and leave me alone with him in a locked room—"The Girl: “He used to make me scream and cry when he tore the wings off butterflies, and...

Bart Hardin trails a mad butcher -- a killer who hates the pretty girls of the Great White Way!With this taut and chilling tale, David Alexander, author of "Murder Points a Finger," introduces Bart Hardin, sardonic, Broadway-wise editor of...

While he lived, Carley Dane, a novelist whose one great success had led him to alcoholism, took delight in doling out misery in varied forms to all around him. In death, at the hands of party or parties unknown, he caused a breathtaking turn of events...

When "The Town Crier," the semi-weekly newspaper for which Ted Wilford writes and Nelson Morgan takes pictures during their college vacations, decides to bring the statewide baseball tournament to Forestdale, Ted and Nelson need about ten hands...

The Notting Hill Mystery is a crime novel first published in 1862. The author is unknown, but it is widely believed to have been written by Charles Warren Adams, who published the novel under the pseudonym of Charles Felix. The novel is notable for being...

Get ready for a thrilling ride with this gripping novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. The Doctor's Wife is a suspenseful tale of love, betrayal, and murder that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end. Fans of Victorian literature and...

In this gripping mystery novel, Humphrey Neville Dickinson explores the dark underbelly of 1920s London through the eyes of its troubled protagonist, a man haunted by the death of his friend. As he delves deeper into the seedy world of crime and...

Dans ce roman, l'auteur relate l'histoire de la mort mystérieuse de M. de Balzac, qui a été retrouvé assassiné avec sa propre canne. L'histoire se déroule dans le Paris du XIXe siècle et offre un regard captivant sur la vie littéraire de...

Step into the shoes of detective Richard Devine as he solves the most baffling case of his career. With twists and turns at every corner, this classic mystery will keep you guessing until the very last page.This work has been selected by scholars as...

On January 24, 1925, The Saturday Evening Post began its serialization of the book that would make Earl Derr Biggers famous: The House Without a Key, the first of the Charlie Chan series. Chan, the first Chinese detective in literature, was modeled after...

On January 24, 1925, The Saturday Evening Post began its serialization of the book that would make Earl Derr Biggers famous: The House Without a Key, the first of the Charlie Chan series. Chan, the first Chinese detective in literature, was modeled after...

A Killer Stalks an Island ResortJim Young is banished to a desolate winter beach to rebuild his smashed feet and legs. His left eye and racing career vanished like the Sandprints of Death left in the sand by the waves with each turn of the tides. His...

Ladies From Hell is a historical non-fiction book written by Robert Douglas Pinkerton and published in 1918. The book is a detailed account of the Scottish soldiers who fought in World War I, famously known as the ""Ladies From Hell"" due to their fierce...

The 1918 influenza pandemic strikes Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Great War rages overseas. While her husband fights in Europe, Katharine works in a doctor's office to support her children and her brother, a wounded veteran. One night their neighbour...

After what seems like a decade of unrest, Prohibition has finally ended. While the new year draws closer, Detective Clive Hill hopes the remaining hours of 1933 are uneventful. Crime, however, never takes a holiday. When the fugitive accountant, Midnight...

When aggressive television network news producer, Elle McCord, is assigned to Iraq at the beginning of the Gulf War, she feels her career is beginning to take off. But when her mother informs her that her elderly and ill aunt is about to give away the...

Before he was Razor the Mafia Don.Before he was Razor the Consigliere to Joey Leftfoot and third in line to run the Leftfoot Crime Family.He was Anthony DeLuca, the young Italian confidence man.Come along with Olivia Wainwright as she learns a little...

An inheritance of villainy. Masterful forgeries of art. An unusually handsome inspector. Pomona Moriarty must unravel it all to prevent a crime that could rock the world. Pomona Moriarty, the artistic, quirky, half-American daughter of the notorious...

"Griffin, I beg you. Go to Europe and find my daughter. I'll give you any damn thing you want. I've got a bad feeling about waiting,..." April 1919. Scarred and disillusioned, John Griffin has returned home from the Great War with no job and no real...

A story of desperation and Jesus's forgiveness.In the region of Judea, Sapphira begins a desperate quest to find a physician to heal her beloved husband Aaron, who is near death. Living in a time when dwomen are considered possessions Sappira fears her...

New York's "Diamond Horseshoe" balcony in the Metropolitan Opera House glittered with ladies' jewels in January 1899, and Society seated in private boxes heard Mozart's murder victim sing his song of death-unaware that the sudden death of a "Coal King"...

Deadly Downpour: A Eureka Springs Mystery by Myria Hopkins In the heart of the Ozark Mountains lies Eureka Springs, a picturesque town shrouded in mystery and Victorian charm. But beneath its scenic beauty, a deadly secret is about to unfold in Myria...

Carina Mitela is still a young inexperienced officer in the Praetorian Guard Special Forces of Roma Nova. Disgraced and smarting from a period in the cells for a disciplinary offence, she is sent out of everybody's way on a seemingly straightforward...

"The Trial of John Jasper for the Murder of Edwin Drood" by G. K. Chesterton is a gripping novel filled with mystery and intrigue. The story revolves around John Jasper, a choirmaster with a troubled past involving opium addiction, and his nephew Edwin...

One man's quest for his roots reveals a complex maze of relationships A mysterious letter from a hundred-year-old Englishman. A body found on the railway tracks in an Indian gold mining town. An Australian journalist's trip to the abandoned Kolar Gold...

Kent, England, 1762. Bloody smuggling wars are raging on England's southern coast. It's a time of daring men and bold women, and deadly skirmishes between rival gangs and the law.John Smith, a man both hanged and drowned, returns to his home village,...

When two scientists develop the ability to go back in time, there is only one place for them to go to demonstrate their new technology.After they make a wager about whether or not the resurrection of Jesus really happened, the two set out to prove their...

Artur Landsberger: Justizmord? KriminalromanErstdruck: Berlin, Sieben Stäbe Verlag, 1928 mit der Widmung Herrn Carl Sonderhof in freundschaftlicher GesinnungNeuausgabe.Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth.Berlin 2018.Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas...

The most ESSENTIAL stories of the Sherlock Holmes canon -- with new essays and illustrations!At last! The third of four volumes bringing together, in chronological order, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most important adventures of SHERLOCK HOLMES from a...

In 1705, the stability of Clan MacLeod on the Isle of Skye, Scotland was threatened by a coalition of greedy witches and selfish relatives trying to overthrow the ailing chieftain and seize the clan's fabled treasure. Elspeth MacLeod is called home to...

It’s 1899, and when his best friend is arrested for the murder of a notorious gangster, gentleman adventurer John Granville is determined to hunt down the real killer.To save his friend, Granville must dive into the seedy side of the...

Finalist des NECRWA Readers' Choice Award, des Golden Quill sowie des Maggie AwardEr ist ein Herzog, der sich hinter einer Bad-Boy-Fassade versteckt, sie eine ehemalige Kellnerin und Mutter seines Kindes ... von dem er allerdings nichts weiß. Das...

Lord Julian Caldicott, still recovering from his years at war, is tasked with investigating the circumstances of a small boy who could be either the salvation of the Waltham dukedom or a pawn in a scheme to sink the Caldicott family in endless scandal...

A matter of matrimony... Lord Julian Caldicott is summoned to the family seat by his ducal brother, whose bachelorhood is imperiled by the very determined Lady Clarissa Valmond. As the only titled Eligible the hostesses avoid including on their guest...

Trouble comes in threes for Shane Cleary, a former police officer and now, a PI. Arson. A Missing Person. A cold case. Two of his clients whom he shouldn't trust, he does, and the third, whom he should, he can't. Shane is up against...

The embittered Sir Meliagaunt is overlooked by King Arthur when a group of new knights, including Gildas of Cornwall, are appointed to the Round Table. In an ill-conceived attempt to catch Arthur's notice, Meliagaunt kidnaps Queen Guinevere and much of...

An exciting prequel to THE DUKE HEIST.Meet the Wild Wynchesters: This fun-loving, caper-committing family of tight-knit siblings can't help but find love and adventure!Years ago, Chloe Wynchester and five other uniquely talented orphans were adopted by a...