Fiction - Thrillers - Historical

The legendary figure of notorious seventeenth-century Italian poisoner Giulia Tofana, thought to be the first female serial killer in history, is brought to life in this feminist retelling. Palermo 1632: Giulia is thirteen when she learns her mother greatest secret: Teofania makes an undetectable,...

"A cracking good mystery, almost impossible to put down." --Booklist The year is 1925. A labyrinth of roads and rails spirals out from the bones of a nearly forgotten settlement. Londinium. Once the far-flung edge of the vast Roman Empire, it is now the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Alan Bradley, author of the most award-winning series debut of any year, returns with another irresistible Flavia de Luce novel. In the hamlet of Bishop's Lacey, the insidiously clever and unflappable eleven-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce had asked a...

In the latest Daughter of Sherlock Holmes novel, Joanna Holmes must confront a shocking case of blackmail that threatens the highest levels of His Majesty's government, as this USA Today bestselling mystery series continues. In the latest installment of this acclaimed series, Sherlock Holmes's...

In the stark Nevada landscape of the 1950s, A Small Disturbance on the Far Horizon explores the aftermath of a murder through the intertwined lives of three individuals. Tom Lang, a deputy sheriff, finds solace in a secret affair with Ettie Calvert, the wife...

When a music critic learns a talented young singer might have been murdered, he delves into the past, only to find peril in the present. For the first time in his life, journalist Jack Fiorello is out of work. The sixty-five-year-old music critic is...

"Todd has written a first novel that speaks out, urgently and compassionately, for a long-dead generation....A meticulously wrought puzzle."--New York Times Book Review"An intricately plotted mystery. With this remarkable debut, Charles Todd breaks new ground in the historical crime novel."--Peter Lovesey, author of The...

"Captivating." --The Washington PostNamed a Best Book of Summer by Good Morning America - BuzzFeed - PopSugar - BookRiot - LifeSavvy - CT PostFrom "a master of historical fiction" (NPR), Karin Tanabe's A Woman of Intelligence is an exhilarating tale of post-war New York...

A century-old mystery--and a desperate battle to survive--unfold in this standalone thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion. On Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman, and child in a remote mining town disappeared, belongings forsaken, meals left...

"A galloping adventure." -- The Wall Street JournalFrom the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbinding historical novel that brilliantly imagines one of the greatest manhunts in history: the search for two Englishmen involved in the killing of King...

THE FINAL NOVEL FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER November 11th, 1918. As the guns of the First World War fall silent, two babies draw their first breath.Eve is the daughter of an Earl. Adam, a shepherd's son. Yet from their first meeting they form an...

In the shadows of Victorian London, a tale of obsession and redemption unfolds. Margaret Prior, an upper-class woman recovering from a suicide attempt, has begun visiting the women's ward of Millbank prison, Victorian London's grimmest jail, as part of her rehabilitative charity work. Amongst...

This gripping and emotionally riveting tale is a dark and timely retelling of The Wizard of Oz, where one little girl is forced to face head on the prejudices of the Midwest in the late nineteenth century. Kansas, 1896. After a tornado destroys the...

This gripping and emotionally riveting tale is a dark and timely retelling of The Wizard of Oz, where one little girl is forced to face head on the prejudices of the Midwest in the late nineteenth century. Kansas, 1896. After a tornado destroys the...

A fictional portrayal of a real-life Revolutionary spy and her daring deeds, from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room.Agent 355 is a result of author Marie Benedict's quest to bring history's most fascinating and courageous women to life...

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Conclave and Dictator, a gripping tale of ancient Rome's descent into dictatorship "Thrilling. . . . Agrippa is a swift-paced romp. . . . Politics may be 'a filthy business, ' as Agrippa observes, but in the...

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Conclave and Dictator, a gripping tale of ancient Rome's descent into dictatorship He was born feet first, a dangerous way to enter the world. His mother did not survive, and the nickname, Agrippa--mother killer--stuck. But the schoolyard...

The bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments reveals the life of one of the most notorious women of the nineteenth century in this "shadowy, fascinating novel" (Time). - A Netflix original miniseries.It's 1843, and Grace Marks has been convicted for her...

#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Charlaine Harris returns with the fifth installment in the bestselling Gunnie Rose series as sisters Lizbeth Rose and Felicia as well as brothers Eli and Peter, are reunited in Texoma only to break apart before...

"American Spy updates the espionage thriller with blazing originality."--Entertainment Weekly"There has never been anything like it."--Marlon James, GQ"So much fun . . . Like the best of John le Carré, it's extremely tough to put down."--NPR NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF...