Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

The fourth installment in Ashley Weaver's delightful series, Locked in Pursuit follows safecracker Electra McDonnell fighting Nazis at every turn as World War II looms over London. Safecracker Ellie McDonnell hasn't seen Major Ramsey--her handsome but aloof handler in the British government--since their tumultuous...

First published in 1952, London Particular was Christianna Brand's favorite among her own books, and it remains a fast-paced and witty masterpiece of the genre, showing off the author's signature flair for the ruthless twist. This edition includes an introduction by CWA Diamond Dagger...

In 1934 St. Louis, Missouri, Pamela, outwardly a young, white socialite (but inwardly an unsettled late adolescent), is about to give birth to her first child.To assist in the delivery, she searches for the 'colored' midwife, Miss Minnie, who attended her own birth in...

In this official authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, detective Hercule Poirot must solve a most confounding conundrum when Lord Edgware has a most unnatural death.When Lord Edgware is found murdered the police are baffled. His estranged actress wife was seen visiting him...

In this official authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, detective Hercule Poirot must solve a most confounding conundrum when Lord Edgware has a most unnatural death. Now with a beautiful new series look!When Lord Edgware is found murdered the police are baffled. His...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Diana Gabaldon weaves a dazzling tale of history, intrigue, and suspense in this first novel featuring one of her most popular characters from the Outlander saga: Lord John Grey. The year is 1757. On a clear morning in mid-June,...

"I robbed a bank. I got away with it. It wasn't even that hard."Recent college graduate Joel Howard, former bench warmer for his small town college team, is optimistic about his future with his out-of-his-league girlfriend and a job prospect with a local insurance...

"A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander." --Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air, on Maisie Dobbs Maisie Dobbs got her start as a maid in an aristocratic London household when she was thirteen. Her employer, suffragette Lady Rowan Compton, soon...

#1 NYT-bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns with a puzzling case in which her favorite sleuths must untangle a slew of secrets to expose a coldblooded murderer.When a middle-aged spinster is found strangled in her country cottage and scurrilous gossip implicates Henry, Lord Glossup, he...

Set in midcentury Paris and starring Julia Child's fictional best friend, this magnifique reimagining of the iconic chef's years at Le Cordon Bleu blends a delicious murder mystery with a unique culinary twist. "It's Child's ebullient personality that is the heart of the book....

What if, on the night of August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe didn't die? What if she got away? Because all she ever dreamed of was to disappear and have a child. Marilyn Monroe would have turned 100 on June 1, 2026, and the world...

1924 in the Catskills sizzled with chaos. The region's turbulent history during that era could easily have erased any trace of the Borscht Belt's grand hotels. Prohibition fueled bootleggers and whiskey stills-Dutch Schultz ran an underground distillery in nearby Ulster County. Meanwhile, the Ku...

In the new novel in the iconic Max Liebermann mystery series, master storyteller Frank Tallis delivers his latest suspenseful and spellbinding tale set in the smoky atmospheric world of fin de siecle Vienna.Vienna, 1904.The body of a man-still sitting in a chair-is discovered in...

Maisie Dobbs investigates the mysterious death of a controversial artist--and World War I veteran--in the fourth entry in the bestselling series from Jacqueline Winspear, Messenger of Truth.London, 1931. The night before an exhibition of his artwork opens at a famed Mayfair gallery, the controversial...

"A welcome look at a distinctive turn in the history of detective fiction., the stories offer ample local color, highlighting for the most part the ordinary folk--shopkeepers, ticket-takers, hairdressers, steeplejacks, barmen, and the occasional government functionary--that give London its flair." -- Kirkus ReviewsFeaturing a...

Bombay, New Year's Eve, 1949As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Persis Wadia stands vigil in the basement of Malabar House, home to the city's most unwanted unit of police officers. Six months after joining the force she remains India's...

A pacy, evocative dark historical thriller about a working-class private detective in 1920s London's Soho, who has grown up alongside the morally dubious characters who are key to cracking the cases he investigates, for fans of Dominic Nolan and Laura Shepherd Robinson. When Cockney...

Lev AC Rosen delivers a new and captivating 1950s mystery in this dazzling, award-winning series Private Investigator Evander "Andy" Mills' next case takes him out of his comfort zone in San Francisco--and much to his dismay, back home to Los Angeles. After a secretive...

A young woman is invited to a mysterious relative's estate and winds up entangled in a murder investigation in this witty historical mystery that pits the gothic eeriness of Crimson Peak against the comic absurdities of Knives Out. Miss Marigold Manners may be steeped...

A witty, engaging murder mystery featuring Jane Austen as an intrepid sleuth--the second installment in the Miss Austen Investigates series. 1797: A broken-hearted Jane Austen travels to Kent to look after her brother Neddy's children and further her writing. She soon realizes it's imperative...