Fiction - Thrillers - Historical

London, 1914. Someone is draining the blood of the city's mediums. Lily Albright knows who's next. The unacknowledged bastard daughter of the Earl of Torrington, Lily is haunted by visions of the future that she can never change. When she foresees the death of...

"The Americans meets Paul Vidich's An Honorable Man!" -Cam Torrens, bestselling author of the Tyler Zahn suspense seriesArt student Eleanor has been trapped in fascist Italy since 1939, forced into hiding, camouflaging her identity. At war's end, she meets intelligence officer Talbot who's captivated...

A centuries-old score. A city built on secrets. A melody that kills.When a celebrated music impresario is found dead in Venice-his body slumped in the hot house of a remote palazzo, a cryptic musical interval in his hand-rumours swirl around a rediscovered manuscript: the...

The Four Swans is the striking sixth novel in Winston Graham's classic Poldark saga, the major TV series from Masterpiece on PBS.Just when Ross Poldark, now something of a war hero, seems secure in his hard-won prosperity, he must confront a new dilemma: the...

A girl liberated from a carnival sideshow discovers her mysterious purpose in a moving novel about family, sacrifice, and transcendent love by #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.The human "oddities" in the Museum of the Strange are less wondrous than the gawking...

In this historical novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz, a girl liberated from a carnival sideshow discovers her mysterious purpose in a moving story about family, sacrifice, and transcendent love.The human "oddities" in the Museum of the Strange are less...

On a deserted road, late at night, Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge encounters a frightened woman standing over a body, launching an inquiry that leads him into the lair of a stealthy killer and the dangerous recesses of his own memories in this twentieth installment...

A novel inspired by a true story. Thomas "Tommy" Holmes was a proud Canadian yearning for adventure outside of his hometown, Owen Sound. Influenced by his brother and father, Tommy lies about his age to enlist in the global conflict that ravaged Europe on...

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE★ "Mesmerising, tragic, horrifying, utterly unputdownable... An outstanding read for fans of WWII fiction and of writers like Anthony Doerr."--Emily Melton, Booklist (Starred Review)In the final months of World War II, a clandestine group known as The Choir successfully...

A New York Times Editors' Choice・Book Riot Best Book of 2025・Guardian Best Book of 2025・Irish Book of the Year 2025★ "Mesmerising, tragic, horrifying, utterly unputdownable... An outstanding read for fans of WWII fiction and of writers like Anthony Doerr."--Emily Melton, Booklist (Starred Review)In the...

Author: Oliver PötzschPublisher: HarperviaPublished: 02/24/2026Pages: 448Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.40dISBN: 9780063348493Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 01/12/2026Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2026About the AuthorPötzsch, Oliver: - Born in 1970, Oliver Pötzsch is the New York Times bestselling author of The Hangman's Daughter series and the...

18 million copies sold worldwide! An elderly couple are worried about their granddaughter. They know she's been smuggling drugs, and now she's gone missing. Looking for help, they turn to Konrad, a former policeman whose reputation precedes him. Always absent-minded, he constantly ruminates on...

"This is historical fiction at its best." --Book ReporterBased on the true story of a famous trial, this novel is Law and Order: 1800, as Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr investigate the shocking murder of a young woman who everyone--and no one--seemed to know.At...

"This is historical fiction at its best." --Book ReporterBased on the true story of a famous trial, this novel is Law and Order: 1800, as Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr investigate the shocking murder of a young woman who everyone--and no one--seemed to know.At...

"This is historical fiction at its best." --Book ReporterBased on the true story of a famous trial, this novel is Law and Order: 1800, as Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr investigate the shocking murder of a young woman who everyone--and no one--seemed to know.At...

The #1 bestselling author of Cooking for Picasso and The Godmothers returns with The Girl from the Grand Hotel, a dazzling historical novel that brings readers into the glamorous world of the first (and doomed) Cannes Film Festival and the deadly atmosphere of Europe...

"Gut-wrenching. . . . A majestic, fiery epic. The Given Dayis a huge, impassioned, intensively researched book that brings history alive."--New York TimesNowavailable with a contemporary look, a beautifully written novel of Americanhistory, set at the end of the Great War; an unflinching, utterly...

USA TODAY BESTSELLER"Utterly gripping. . . a transformative and immersive story so powerful and captivating that I could not put it down. . . . Truly one of the best books I've read."--Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish"Lisa Barr's new historical...

USA TODAY BESTSELLER"Utterly gripping. . . a transformative and immersive story so powerful and captivating that I could not put it down. . . . Truly one of the best books I've read."--Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish"Lisa Barr's new historical...

Amy Chua's debut novel, The Golden Gate, is a sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change. In Berkeley, California,...