Historical crime and mysteries Books

A missing woman, a charming, untrustworthy lord. The mystery deepens at every turn. Horn Cottage, an ancient cave house, has been home to the cunning folk of Thornton Cleveleys for generations. The early death of her mother left Meryall as the cunning...

There are some who might say adventure is a young man's game-but is age the only indicator of youth? Can someone be brave and wild at an older age, as well, especially if filled with passion? Along the beaches of the Dead Sea, a group of varied...

ANCIENT MYTH MEETS DARK SCIENCE, AND GODS AND KINGS WILL RISE AGAINFollowing the events of The God Extinction and The Hidden Persuaders, Dr. Dan Kotler finds himself embroiled in a plot that turns out to be "the family business." Kotler's...

The Opal Serpent is a mystery novel written by Fergus Hume and originally published in 1905. The story follows the investigation of a murder that takes place in London's Chinatown. The victim is a wealthy man named Mr. Gabriel Chestermarke, who is found...

The Black Opal is a novel written by Maxwell Gray and first published in 1918. The story is set in the late 19th century and follows the lives of two sisters, Damaris and Dorcas, who live in a small village in England. Damaris is engaged to a wealthy and...

When an Italian bride witnesses an accidental death three days before her Christmas Eve wedding, can she ferret out if the victim fell by accident or by design before her Castle of Lovewedding turns into happily-never-after?Padua, Italy 1897. Upon...

​Consider the notion that three true crimes converge in the Pumpkin Buttes region of Wyoming. One true crime involves three men who escape prison. Another involves two men recently charged with the illegal export of uranium from the United States to...

Gabriel's Breeze is a thought-provoking historical fiction novel with a thriller twist that follows a family from 15th-century Spain to president-day California, where three people are being called in their dreams to a mystical chapel in the Sierra...

A tragic death at a betrothal ceremony embroils Nico Argenti in the precarious world of Renaissance Florence's elite.Guests are gathered at a villa in the Tuscan countryside to celebrate a betrothal that would unite two powerful Florentine families. The...

Lizzy and Darcy are on their honeymoon in Bath when her mother and Kitty show up to surprise them. They have hardly recovered from that shock before they find a dead body in the women's changing room. The waters at Bath might heal, but they can't solve...

In the low Middle Ages, in the middle of the winter, a defeated and wounded Viking warrior is found in the Asian frozen plains by a young Mongol maid. A romance starts in that difficult environment. The woman turns out to be a shaman of the Tengrist cult...

Deception is still deception no matter what form it takes … She deceived him for vengeance. He wanted to protect her from harm. Can they overcome their lies and deceit to trust in their love? Raina LeClair's life ended when her family...

The Gilded Murder follows Matthew and Martha as they mingle with Newport high society in the summer of 1899 while setting out to enjoy the America's Cup Trials between Columbia and Defender. When Matthew runs into a group...

Bluthund is an anthology that includes two psychological thrillers written by the author recently, sharing, albeit partially, their characters. The two books are separate pieces and can be read in any order, although the author prefers given in the book...

 A THRILLING BRITISH MYSTERY FROM JACK BENTON FEATURING PRIVATE DETECTIVE JOHN "SLIM" HARDY Attempting to forget his problems with the bottle, former soldier turned private detective John "Slim" Hardy joins what ought to be...

Award-winning historical fiction. Like Game of Thrones with real history. 1152: Les Baux de Provence, where today's friends are tomorrow's enemies.'A remarkable achievement.' Deborah Swift As feuding lords gather in Provence, the troubadours, Estela...

A young tribune at the Roman Empire's dusk meets a fiery daughter of a Celtic prince. Their descendants battle their way through history to the 21st century where they must find their own destiny and happiness while keeping their country safe. Over...

After a distinguished scientist dies under suspicious circumstances at an archaeological dig in Tuscany, Darren Priest and Alana Weber are called in to investigate.They discover that the now-deceased scientist's work was focused on Italy's earliest...

After orchestrating a string of daring train raids, Confederate scout Drouet Broussard is inducted into a secretive group only known as the Knights of the Golden Circle.Shrouded in a world of agents and assassins, Broussard is soon assigned the ultimate...

West Garside, Yorkshire, mid-1950's. After a young girl is abducted from a local hospital, D.I. Yarrow, still recovering from an attack in which he was severely burnt, fears for the safety of the child.With the community in shock, everyone in town now...

So hatte der Gerichtsmediziner Karl Wiesenholder sich seinen letzten Abend in Gießen nicht vorgestellt. Seine Abschiedsfeier auf dem Schiffenberg endet dramatisch. Offenbar wurde der Archäologe Arnd Lotner mit einer Fechtwaffe schwer verletzt. Doch von...

London, 2. Mai 1924. Kurz nach sechs Uhr abends: Ein junger, gut gekleideter Mann betritt durch einen Seiteneingang die Waterloo Station und schlendert zur Gepäckaufbewahrung. Dort lässt er sich einen blutigen Handkoffer aushändigen und macht sich auf...

Sexton Blake Meets His Greatest Female Foe!"What a wonderful woman!... What a brain-what thoroughness! Truly, my unknown friend, you give the chase a decided zest!" ~Sexton Blake, Beyond Reach of the LawMademoiselle Yvonne Cartier. Yvonne the Adventuress...

*** FROM USA TODAY & MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY ***SOMETIMES IN THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL, FAITH WILL BETRAY YOU.Father Mercier is on a mission to save the souls of the possessed in the Kingdom of France, but he makes a...

*** FROM USA TODAY & MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY ***HAS ONE TEMPLAR'S LOYALTY FALTERED, OR IS SOMETHING MORE SINISTER AT PLAY?When Templar Knight Sir Marcus de Rancourt's sergeant and best friend, Simon Chastain, expresses...

From USA Today Bestselling Author and Daphne du Maurier Award Winner Grace Callaway comes a riveting tale of passion, peril, and a love for all time...#1 National Romance Bestseller on Apple Books She buried her husband twelve years ago...didn't...

10.000 jaar geleden was Antarctica niet het bevroren continent dat we kennen.En 6.000 jaar geleden, werd het bezocht door de Minoans.En wat ze daar deden was niets minder dan wonderbaarlijk. Van de USA Today Bestselling Auteur van de...

"Veel verraad... enkele werkelijk unieke vormen van gevaar. Een meeslepende ingebeelde wereld, zo echt dat je je afvraagt of het verzonnen is." - Steve Berry, New York Times Bestseller auteurWat begon als neurologisch experiment op apen... kan...

In Peru verdwijnt in één nacht een hele dorpsbevolking. Vlakbij werkt Vicente Garza aan iets in een topgeheime basis. Harvey Bennett wil uitzoeken wat het is.Garza bouwt al jaren aan zijn particuliere beveiligingsbedrijf, Ravenshadow, en hij...

The US and China have emerged in the millennium as the preeminent superpowers. Japan and the US have worked in secret at a disused nuclear research center on a remote island in the South China Sea to pefect a viable nuclear fusion reactor. Suddenly the...

Chloe Buckner, a veteran of two tours of duty in Afghanistan, has been running from a bad marriage. All her life it seems she has been running from something, until she finds a job at Conway Resort, a good, safe place to work and raise her daughter...

An old World War II diary filled with cryptic clues launches two friends on an adventture around the world... but their path is fraught with danger and deception... and the treasure they seek can change everything for good-or evil.Father Michael Dominic...

A curious priest uncovers a mystifying secret... One that leads to a long-buried relic some will do anything to possess. Can he outwit adversaries who will stop at nothing to keep him from revealing an object that challenges history as we know...

A forbidden secret... The Church's fate in the balance... Will a pair of amateur sleuths expose a truth that could upend the Christian world? The Resurrection is a cornerstone of Christian faith. But when a clue surfaces that hints at an alternate...

During the election of a new Pope in the mid-18th century, famed violinist Antonio Vivaldi learns of a ring of art forgers who are replacing the Vatican's priceless treasures with expertly-painted fakes. Desperate, the composer hides a message in a...

Father Jonah Barlow is dead. The respected Jesuit scholar of apocalyptic studies might have died from a fall in his apartment . . . or was he pushed? All that is known for sure is that the provocative manuscript he was working on-a book that promised to...

Secret trysts. Daring dalliances. And a body in the orchard.It’s Midsummer, 1591, at Richmond Palace, and love is in the air. Gallant courtiers sport with great ladies while Tom and Trumpet bring their long-laid plans to fruition at last...

DECLARED AN ENEMY OF ROME, ARRIUS MUST NOT ONLY FACE GENERAL ARVINNIUS’S RE-LENTLESS EFFORT TO FIND AND EXECUTE HIM, BUT ALSO THE HOSTILITY AND DISTRUST OF THE NATIVE TRIBES NORTH OF HADRIAN’S WALL.General Arvinnius gave the tribune a hard...

The struggle to develop a 2,000-acre pristine university research forest into an ultra-exclusive golf enclave becomes a conflict involving Native Americans who believe the land is theirs, unscrupulous and corrupt people who envision huge profits, and...

Who choped off insuance agent Henry Jamison's head with a Samurai sword? While trying to figue this out, Seattle Private eye Jake Rossiter also has to deal with his recently promoted junior partner - who iMiss Jenkins- who's about to take on the...

Lurking in the post-war East London moors, an imposter snuffs out the life of Lord Tannahill. Assuming the prestigious, luxurious life at the family estate in Uxbridge, he becomes obsessed with witnesses and suspicion. The imposter finds the secret...

Regency England.With no organised police force, there is nothing to stand in the way of a new breed of costumed villains, who hide their identities behind aliases and prey on the vulnerable.Nothing, that is, except for the Vigils.Elizabeth Bennet is one;...

Als sich das Wissen um die Magie in London verbreitet, stehen Magier plötzlich hoch im Kurs. Jeder will ihre Waren kaufen und hält Ausschau nach Magiern im eigenen Bekanntenkreis. Indias seltene Magie ist äußerst gefragt bei Matts Familie, dem Club der...

When three innocent children play a game that ends in fatal consequences, it sets in motion a series of events that will haunt their family forever...After the horror of World War One, disillusioned army chaplain John Elliot arrives at Hern Hall, an...

1940: Dover waits for the Nazi invasion... but what if Hitler's agents are already here, among them?Canadian journalist Jessica Marshall is reporting from Dover as the town is on the brink of a German invasion. But her story never makes it into the paper...

'Swashbuckling adventure on the high seas doesn't get much better than this.' Nelson DeMille, New York Times bestselling author'Broad comedy, high drama, plenty of action.' Daily MailIt's 1805 and Admiral Sir Jacob Fletcher faces his most...

What's behind a series of mysterious deaths among the favourite concubines of Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamid II? Suspecting a plot against himself, the Sultan has called on Sherlock Holmes to investigate. However, as a man, the detective is clearly unable...