Historical crime and mysteries Books

Dive into the macabre and mysterious world of Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe, often regarded as the master of the macabre, weaves tales of suspense, horror, and psychological unease that continue to captivate readers to this day. His influence on the...

It is late summer and London is all a-bustle for St Bartholomew’s Fayre, with merchants arriving from faraway lands. When an old friend returns with fabulous items for sale, it can only mean one thing: trouble. As thievery, revenge and murder stalk...

From London's fog to Arabia's sands, a Legend gallops into Myth.When a murdered aristocrat and a stolen obsidian statuette draw Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson into a web of intrigue, they embark on a journey that will challenge their wit, courage, and...

Das Leben der Bürger Transsilvaniens war nach 1945 der kommunistischen Ideologie der Bukarester Regierung und des Geheimdienstes (Securitate) permanent ausgesetzt. Die Menschen erholten sich von den Kriegsfolgen und die deutsche, evangelische Minderheit...

Nach dem Einsturz des Stadtarchivs in Köln werden bei der Restaurierung der beschädigten Schriften Dokumente gefunden, die sich auf einen Hexenprozess aus dem beginnenden siebzehnten Jahrhundert beziehen. Die Dokumente sind offensichtlich nicht nur für...

Ernst Moser: Ein Verbrechergenie. Ein klassischer Kriminalroman aus dem Jahre 1908Erstdruck: Berlin, A. Weichert, 1908.Neuausgabe.Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth.Berlin 2022.Der Text dieser Ausgabe wurde behutsam an die neue deutsche Rechtschreibung...

Dans ce nouveau numéro des Chroniques de L'Isle-sur-Sorgue, retrouvez les enquêtes de Jules Monier, ancien commissaire de la Sûreté parisienne, devenu pêcheur de Sorgue dans la jolie ville de L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, dans le Vaucluse.Au XIXe siècle, au bord...

Cromwell, one of Parliament's leading generals sends a cavalry officer, Luke Tremayne, to Ireland to investigate the murder of a fellow officer and to find missing silver that Spain had sent to assist the Royalist and Irish rebel cause...

Opportunity for Evil is the second book in a trilogy with C. E. Hall as a fire investigator and FBI consultant. The local fire chief has called C.E. Hall to investigate the cause of a small fire in a print shop. When a body is discovered in an adjoining...

Bill Eaton's dying grandmother drops a bombshell when he comes to visit, though he doesn't realize until later the significance of the old files she asks him to retrieve from her attic and review.The files include an old photo of President John F...

Widowed Lady Rosamund spends the first months of her mourning in the Lake District, where it's safe and peaceful, and murders are exceedingly rare. Luckily, she is rescued from this tedium by a house party comprised of playwrights, poets, and actors-an...

For Dominick and Alfie, it feels like they've only just settled into life at Balcarres House when an urgent letter from an old friend has them racing back to London. However, they're not returning to Alfie's swirling ton of money and nobility, but to the...

~Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/ Suspense Finalist~~National Readers' Choice Awards Finalist~A Hoyden's PrejudiceA spirited and unconventional miss, Violet Kent has a taste for adventure. All she wants is the freedom to be...

Diary of an Insane Woman is a novel was inspired by the death of JonBenèt Ramsey. On Christmas Eve of 1996, this lovely Mini-Miss was murdered in her own home while her parents slept in another part of the house. The culprit was never found, nor anyone...

Sind Flüche echt? Nach dem Vortrag eines magischen Spielzeugmachers auf einer Soiree im Club der Sammler wird ein wichtiger Zauber gestohlen und ein Mann erwürgt aufgefunden. Die Mordermittlungen führen India und Matt in die bunte, gefährliche Welt...

Upstairs, Downstairs at the French Riviera1931. Jack, Frances and Uncle Sal are supposed to be the guests of honour at a dazzling New Year's party in Nice. But instead, their hostess needs their discreet help to solve the theft of government documents...

A Papal legate, on a secret mission to England from Rome, is discovered dead. How did he die? And why? Mycroft Holmes, master of many of the secrets of the realm, calls in his younger brother Sherlock to discover the answer to these questions.When he...

A map carried by a stowaway aboard the ill-fated riverboat SS Sultana, plus an exchange of letters between pulp authors Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft, launch four people on a dangerous modern-day quest. Without warning, the four find themselves in...

Bearoness Belinda's suggestion that she and Octavius retire has produced some interesting results. Can he actually become a Consulting Detective Emeritus? They agree on a one year sabbatical tour with the Twins, away from UUI, the Hexagon and above all,...

Lestrade panted, getting to his feet as the gang of Cheathams fell back. “Right now I can think of worse things than rescue by an amateur detective.”“My dear Lestrade, we’re simply ensuring the fight is fair.” Sherlock...

From the curious clauses in a miser’s will, to a plea for help on a tiny scrap of paper, these six cases, from the early years of Holmes’s career in the 1880s, present a singular collection of mysteries for the world’s first consulting...

Mrs. Boyd's first mystery Murder Breaks Trail had an Alaskan background, and introduced F. Millard Smyth, small-town groceryman with a passion for detective fiction, who was forced to turn detective himself. In her second story, Doom in the Midnight...

April 1775.  Unrest grows in the colonial capital of Williamsburg, VA.  Opinions turn ugly when the city's armory is seized in the middle of the night by the British.  Faith prepares to be a bystander as her father-in-law Ezra takes lead...

In her Fifth Avenue mansion in autumn, 1898, silver heiress Val DeVere learns a third young woman's strangled body has been found nearby in New York's Central Park. The victim could be someone like Val's late mother-or her-for the Valentine Mackle DeVere...

"Poignant and funny, studded with characters who haunt your imagination long after you've read the final page." -Anne Hillerman, New York Times bestselling author of Cave of BonesWhen everyone would prefer to look the other way, can one man cut...

Gangsters and hoodlums prey upon people's weaknesses for a quick buck in an era that saw few bucks to spare, making criminals of everyday folks in the rural Great Depression. In a place as wild as the West ever was, during the heyday of the badmen and...

As collections curator for Old World Wisconsin, Chloe Ellefson delights in losing herself in antiques and folk traditions-and forgetting her messy love life. But her peace is destroyed when her ex-boyfriend unexpectedly turns up, followed by a break-in...

It is 1939 when the bullet-riddled body of an accounting clerk from a gambling ship washes up under the Santa Monica pier. As city homicide detectives tenaciously chase down their only clue-a fast, expensive, and very exclusive Bugatti-their...

Mufti (1919) is a novel written by British author Herman Cyril McNeile. The book is set during World War I and follows the story of Captain Hugh Drummond, a former British soldier who is now working as a private detective. Drummond is hired by a wealthy...

""Great Porter Square V1: A Mystery"" is a novel written by Benjamin Leopold Farjeon and first published in 1885. The story is set in the titular Great Porter Square in London and follows the investigation of a mysterious murder that takes place there...

Grant Sharer just solved the mystery of great entertainmentHollywood, 1948The Supreme Court is forcing Major Hollywood Studios to sell their movie palaces marking the final curtain for filmdom's Golden Age. The Department of Justice is threatening...

It is 1855 in San Francisco when Bonita's Quest begins. From page one we find ourselves in the midst of Bonita Kelly's fight to clear her parents' names and claim her rightful place at her daughter's side. The fight carries her from San Francisco to New...

The Light Horse is the story of two men who join forces to capture one of the most dreaded murderers in history; one man driven by sworn duty, and the other man by vengeance; a psychological thriller based on documented fact, written after years of...

Theodor Mügge: Schritt für Schritt. Ein klassischer KriminalromanErstdruck: 1859.Neuausgabe.Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth.Berlin 2021.Der Text dieser Ausgabe wurde behutsam an die neue deutsche Rechtschreibung angepasst.Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas...

In the beautiful green waters in Charlotte Amalie harbor sits a little island that was the scene of a horrible murder. The actual case was never solved, but for this story the only surviving member of the family was a little girl. Over two hundred years...

The Picture Box is the story of an American descendant of a well-known Croatian family and his journey back to his homeland and the mysteries he has yet to discover.

Cookesville, U.S.A. is a fictional western town whose story, location and peoples have been ripped from the pages of history. From Santa Fé, New Mexico to the goldfields of California in 1850, to the settling of Cookesville in California's Central...

Vengeance knows no bounds.How far would you go?Life is never simple, especially with a last name like Riot. Recently returned from their wedding trip, Bel and Riot are looking forward to settling into their new partnership and family. But their first day...

An ancient energy. A daring expedition. Two misfit scientists in a race against time.Iris McTavish always wanted to follow in her father's footsteps. But when his sudden death leaves her household on the brink of ruin, she may have to choose an...

The year is 1861. Concerned about the threat of a Confederate invasion of New Mexico, Duke Harper joins the Colorado Volunteers in Denver and begins his journey into the Civil War. An amiable young man, he is haunted by his troubled family past, which...

Forgetting her is impossible. Remembering him could kill her.Left with partial amnesia after a steamcart accident, Claire McPhee tried lengthy treatment for the mental and emotional trauma. Now armed with her own training and medical degree, she helps...

Reporter Mary Fanning finds the body on the bed, poisoned. Mary Fanning finds the body on the bed in the house next door. Smart, tough and inquisitive, she covers the murder trial as the first woman reporter for the Kansas Daily Tribune. Amid the...

Nothing ever happens in Cockington, a sleepy thatched village in the heart of the Devonshire countryside. The odd stray sheep perhaps. Or a drunken argument in the 16th century Drum Inn is about as exciting as it gets.That is until Inspector Findlay and...