Fiction - Thrillers - Historical

A Sea Story About Winning the Cold War - and so much more. . .It is the Fall of 1985, and the Cold War is at its peak. American Thresher Class nuclear powered attack submarine USS GATO (SSN 615) - the Black Cat -...

Like a female James Bond but with better one-liners, an unflappable British spy works alongside her aristocratic partner to root out homegrown Nazi collaborators in this riveting, action-packed WWII caper for fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Susan Elia Macneal, and Charles Todd. London, 1941. Britain...

In Chaucer's London, betrayal, murder, royal intrigue, mystery, and dangerous politics swirl around the existence of a prophetic book that foretells the deaths of England's kings. Bruce Holsinger's A Burnable Book is an irresistible historical thriller reminiscent of the classics An Instance of the...

"A heart-wrenching and poignant story of bravery. An impressive debut; I loved it." -Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author of The World Played Chess and the Tracy Crosswhite series A young farmer turns into a courageous resistance fighter after Nazi Germany invades Norway...

#1 New York Times Bestseller "Absorbing . . . impossible to resist." --The Washington Post As Europe erupts, can one young spy protect his queen? Ken Follett takes us deep into the treacherous world of powerful monarchs, intrigue, murder, and treason with his magnificent...

#1 New York Times Bestseller "Absorbing . . . impossible to resist." --The Washington Post As Europe erupts, can one young spy protect his queen? Ken Follett takes us deep into the treacherous world of powerful monarchs, intrigue, murder, and treason with his magnificent...

A tragic accident at a prestigious boarding school sets in motion a vicious conflict of political power, greed, and lust--a "breathlessly plotted [and] relentlessly suspenseful (The New York Times) historical thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pillars of the...

International bestselling author Mandy Robotham returns with a brand new tale set in 1950s London.'A gripping story of revenge, guilt and redemption, sweetened by love.' Daisy Wood, author of The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris'A truly brilliant read--I couldn't put it down!' Suzanne Kelman, author...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! 'Scarrow's Berlin is sharply drawn with closely observed detail, a place that reeks of threat and fear - and not just from the Gestapo' Financial Times 'Gripping, with an electric atmosphere and cracking pace' Sun Berlin. 1940. Hitler's rule...

The First Bess Crawford Mystery! "Readers who can't get enough of Maisie Dobbs, the intrepid World War I battlefield nurse in Jacqueline Winspear's novels...are bound to be caught up in the adventures of Bess Crawford."--New York Times Book Review Charles Todd, author of the...

The daughter of a powerful tycoon escapes to a glamorous artists' retreat--where dark secrets and dangerous temptations await--in this gripping Prohibition-era novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea. "Enthralling . . . While history is often molded...

The daughter of a powerful tycoon escapes to a glamorous artists' retreat--where dark secrets and dangerous temptations await--in this gripping Prohibition-era novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea. "Enthralling . . . While history is often molded...

The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers - A New York Times "Readers' Choice: Best Books of the 21st Century" Pick From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and Table for Two, a beautifully transporting novel about a man...

The sport of kings...Lord Julian Caldicott is inveigled into attending a two-week long informal race meeting, though he has little interest in fast Thoroughbreds or the people obsessed with the sport of kings. Julian joins the "horse party" strictly because he hopes to spend...

This stunning companion to Kate Atkinson's #1 bestseller Life After Life, "one of the best novels I've read this century" (Gillian Flynn), follows Ursula's brother Teddy as he navigates an unknown future after a perilous war. "He had been reconciled to death during the...

A gripping new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni.The Great Depression. High-level corruption. And a murder that's about to become Seattle's hottest mystery. It's the kind of story that can make a reporter's career. If he lives to write about it.Seattle,...

"Todd's Ian Rutledge mysteries are among the most intelligent and affecting being written these days."--Washington PostCritics have called Charles Todd's historical mystery series featuring shell-shocked World War One veteran Inspector Ian Rutledge "remarkable" (New York Times Book Review), "heart-breaking" (Chicago Tribune), "fresh and original"...

An expert in memory must uncover the truth about her family's wartime past in this dazzling psychological thriller from the #1 international bestselling author of Anna O.Olivia Finn is a memory expert at Charing Cross Hospital in London. One night, she receives an urgent...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An oppressed young man longing for a better life must decide how much he is willing to sacrifice for true freedom--a "gripping" (Chicago Tribune) novel from the award-winning author of The Pillars of the Earth. "An altogether entertaining reading...

Stolen jewels, secret identities, and death abound in this sparkling tale of suspense set in Victorian England, from New York Times bestselling author Tasha Alexander.London's social season is in full swing, and Victorian aristocracy can't stop whispering about a certain gentleman who claims to...