Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

For fans of The Lost Apothecary, a gripping dual-timeline novel about the mysterious death of an indomitable female papyrologist during an archaeological dig in the early 1900s and an aspiring young female researcher's present-day quest to find out who killed her. An ill-fated dig....

A New York Times Best Mystery Novel of 2021 Set in 1944 Chicago, Edgar Award-winner Naomi Hirahara's eye-opening and poignant new mystery, the story of a young woman searching for the truth about her revered older sister's death, brings to focus the struggles of...

Curl up with this collection of classic scary stories from the masters of the genre. With dozens of stories of the macabre, fantastic, and supernatural, Classic Horror Tales is sure to keep readers on the edges of their seats. This collection of works by...

From the author of the bestselling Phryne Fisher Series comes Cocaine Blues, the first historical mystery featuring the sensual, posh, and intrepid murder detective Phryne Fisher..."Phryne can not get enough of adventure and the reader can not get enough of Phryne."--Deadly PleasuresLooking for a...

Contains Two "A Rip Through Time" NovellasCocktails & ChloroformFor modern-day detective Mallory Atkinson, being trapped in the body of a Victorian housemaid means overcoming endless obstacles. Her current challenge is winning over the suspicious young parlormaid, Alice. Mallory's plan starts with teaching the girl...

Ellison Russell's life resembles a rollercoaster ride. And rollercoasters make her ill. Her daughter Grace has a crush on a boy Ellison doesn't trust and she's taken to hosting wild parties when Ellison goes out for the evening. Worse, the bank which represents Grace's...

Charles Wolfe Collins is an Irish immigrant, ex-spy, Pinkerton operative, and a veteran of the Civil War. Collins is being sent on a hazardous assignment by President Grant in 1876, the nation's centennial. President Grant has recently received intelligence in military dispatches that there...

Author: Robert J. HarrisPublisher: Pegasus CrimePublished: 08/04/2026Pages: 240Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.80h x 5.70w x 0.40dISBN: 9798897101641Review Citation(s): Library Journal 06/01/2026 pg. 60Publishers Weekly 05/25/2026Booklist 07/01/2026About the AuthorRobert J. Harris is the author of the novels The Devil's Blaze and A Study in Crimson,...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky's seminal classic, now in a beautiful clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a...

An exclusive authorized edition of a classic Agatha Christie thriller revolving around a devastating family mystery, described by the Queen of Mystery herself as one of her favorites of her published works -- now a feature film from Sony Pictures starring Christina Hendricks, Gillian...

Two Japanese American men hired to investigate an art theft discover something much more sinister in turn-of-the-century California--from the Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of Clark and Division. Pasadena, 1903: Eighteen-year-old Ryunosuke "Ryui" Wada staggers off the boat from Yokohama, Japan, ready to reinvent...

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the legendary detective saves his best for last as he races to apprehend a five-time killer before the final curtain descends - the last book Agatha Christie published before her death.The crime-fighting careers of...

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the last book Agatha Christie published before her death, the legendary detective saves his best for last as he races to apprehend a five-time killer before the final curtain descends. Now with a beautiful...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION ON THE HISTORY OF HOLIDAY MYSTERIES BY MARTIN EDWARDS"All about them, happy holiday-makers were strolling and laughing, evidently oblivious of the prevailing perils of their chosen resort..."A cold case of poisonings heats up at a quaint guest house. A string of...

The gripping psychological tale of a young doctor who fights to escape an early-1900s Philadelphia asylum--and expose the plot to destroy him. Philadelphia, 1905. A month ago, Owen Townsend was a medical intern primed for success. Now he is locked in Fairmount Lodge, an...

The second novel in the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series--the inspiration for the Hulu original series Shardlake! In 1540, during the reign of Henry VIII, Shardlake is asked to help a young girl accused of murder. She refuses to speak in her defense even...

There are secrets within the Church. Some are worth killing for.When Washington, DC, homicide detective Marko Zorn is called to the city's cathedral, he finds a scene as chilling as it is surreal: the bloodied body of the cardinal archbishop lies on the church...

#1 NYT-bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns with a confounding case that sees her favorite sleuths acting to save a friend wrongly accused of murder.When a detested viscount is found murdered by the banks of the Thames and Charlie Hastings becomes the prime suspect, Barnaby...

"In this terrific series opener, Afia evokes the women's lives in all their wayward and beautiful glory, especially the abruptness with which their dreams, hopes and fears cease to exist."--The New York Times The start of an exciting new historical mystery series set during...

The most dramatic installment yet in the Nero Award-winning Pentecost and Parker series, as Will scrambles to solve a shocking murder before Lillian takes the fall for the crime. NEW YORK CITY, 1947: Wealthy financier and ghoulish connoisseur of crime, Jessup Quincannon, is dead,...