Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

"A fantasy tale that hums with magic and originality, featuring extensive worldbuilding and a compelling cast of ne'er-do-wells."-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Bernice Chandler is a woman with a sword and a lot of problems it won't fix. She's got a ritual murder case on her...

Winner of the 2022 Edgar Award for Best Novel "War, imprisonment, torture, romance...The novel has an almost operatic symmetry, and Kestrel turns a beautiful phrase."New York Times Five Decembers is a gripping thriller, a staggering portrait of war, and a heartbreaking love story, as...

Hercule Poirot must solve a baffling case from the past in this classic Agatha Christie mystery. Now with a beautiful new series look. Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went...

When a flood threatens vulnerable collections at Villa Louis State Historic Site, Chloe travels to southwest Wisconsin to help site staff haul endangered artifacts to higher ground. The elegant Villa Louis is not in danger, but a nearby museum dedicated to the region's fur...

Fool: Reckoning in the Court of King Henry VIII-Betrayal, Revenge, and the Power of PerceptionKronos is a juggler in King Henry VIII's court; a man jeered for his dwarfism but discreetly desired by noble women. One dangerous moment of eavesdropping nearly costs him his...

A wildly charming and fast-paced mystery written with all the panache of the hardboiled classics, Fortune Favors the Dead introduces Pentecost and Parker, an audacious new detective duo for the ages. "Razor-sharp style, tons of flair, a snappy sense of humor, and all the...

A writer finds his rural English life disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious doctor with a legendary past in this bold and chilling sequel to Frankenstein, written in the style of Mary Shelley's classic. From the author of Dracula's Child. Perfect for fans...

"Fans of the series will race through this hefty page-turner to see where Matthew's latest adventure leads him."- Publishers Weekly The year is 1703, and Matthew Corbett, professional "problem solver," is missing. Following a hunch, his comrade-in-arms Hudson Greathouse retraces Matthew's steps only to...

"Very highly recommended!" --Jim Harris, Pacific Northwest Writers AssociationIt's the Roaring Twenties. Prohibition is the law of the land. A rumrunner's boat is found adrift near the United States-Canada maritime border of Puget Sound, its crew missing, its cargo hold riddled with bullet holes...

At the Castañeda Hotel you'll find romance, gourmet dining, bootleggers, and murder! Bored with her conventional middle-class life, Prudence Bates escapes Cleveland by heading west to qualify as a Courier for the Southwestern Indian Detours. On the California Limited she meets Jerry Begay, a...

Frog Music is a wonderfully evocative novel of intrigue and murder from Emma Donoghue, the author of the international bestseller Room, an emotive and powerful novel that was shortlisted for the Man Booker and Orange Prizes.Author: Emma DonoghuePublisher: Picador USAPublished: 03/12/2015Pages: 482Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...

Lady Georgiana "Georgie" Rannoch is just like any other new mother, balancing responsibilities of being 34th in line for the British throne and solving the shocking deaths of several young men, in this new Royal Spyness novel from the queen of historical mystery, Rhys...

The year is 1820. Rider Sandman, a hero of Waterloo, returns to London to wed his fiancée. But instead of settling down to fame and glory, he finds himself penniless in a country where high unemployment and social unrest rage, and where men--innocent or...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER. The first in the Kopps Sisters Novel Series, Girl Waits with Gun is an enthralling novel based on the forgotten true story of one of the nation's first female deputy sheriffs.Constance Kopp doesn't quite fit the mold. She towers over most men,...

A Wall Street Journal Top Ten Fiction Book of the Year * A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book of the Year * A Seattle Times Favorite Book of the Year * An NPR Best Book of the Year * A Kirkus Reviews Best Historical...

WHAT STALKS THIS SMALL TOWN...After a boy vanishes on the outskirts of a small Northern town, a woman spies from her window a mysterious man digging a grave in the exact spot of the disappearance. However, when she confronts him, the man's true purpose...

Autumn, AD 673. Fidelma accompanies Eadulf to his hometown, Seaxmund's Ham in the Kingdom of the East Angles, to be greeted with the shocking news that Eadulf's uncle, Athelnoth, the lawgiver, has been murdered and his house burnt down. And Eadulf's younger sister is...

Autumn, AD 673. Fidelma accompanies Eadulf to his hometown, Seaxmund's Ham in the Kingdom of the East Angles, to be greeted with the shocking news that Eadulf's uncle, Athelnoth, the lawgiver, has been murdered and his house burnt down. And Eadulf's younger sister is...

"Hands down one of the best formal detective stories ever written."-- Kirkus Reviews, STARRED reviewThis Golden Age masterclass of red herrings and tricky twists, first published in 1944, features a tense and claustrophobic investigation with a close-knit cast of suspects."You have to reach for...

Rosa Pelham lives in a castle in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, built by her late husband to woo her during their courtship, a story rooted in local legend. Still in her early thirties, her lavish lifestyle has pushed her to the brink of bankruptcy....