Fiction - Thrillers - Historical

New York in the Roaring Twenties--a riveting true-crime novel, based on one of the most notorious unsolved murders of the era, where power, politics, and secrets conspire to bury the truth.Manhattan, 1923. Scandalous flapper Dot King is found dead in her Midtown apartment, a...

A wry, thought-provoking fictional portrayal of ten pivotal weeks in the life of Leon Trotsky, inspired by the Russian revolutionary's exile in New York City in 1917, by the New York Times bestselling author of The Company January 12, 1917: An ocean liner docks...

"Brooklyn Motto is a stylish, propulsive mystery that beautifully captures late 90s New York City in the convulsions of enormous social and economic change. Alex Johnson combines novelistic texture with cinematic pace to great effect, and narrator Nico Kelly is the perfect guide to...

"Burning the Raven Tree is a vivid, clever blend of folklore, myth, generational trauma, and the complicated bonds of family. Janyre Tromp pens pure poetry wrapped in small-town gothic drama, and it's a delight!"-Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Will an ancient curse darken the skies over Camino Island? Bruce Cable and Mercer Mann are about to find out. Look for John Grisham's forthcoming legal thriller, The Widow. This time, the verdict isn't the end of the...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Will an ancient curse darken the skies over Camino Island? Bruce Cable and Mercer Mann are about to find out. Look for John Grisham's forthcoming legal thriller, The Widow. This time, the verdict isn't the end of the...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Will an ancient curse darken the skies over Camino Island? Bruce Cable and Mercer Mann are about to find out. Look for John Grisham's forthcoming legal thriller, The Widow. This time, the verdict isn't the end of the...

Pauline only wanted love and happiness in her marriage. Instead, she and her six, soon to be seven, children suffered abuse. The choice she's about to make may free them from death-but will it cost her everything else?In the rural South in the mid-twentieth...

France, 1942. While war blazes at the front lines of Europe, in the walled southern city of Carcassonne, nestled deep in the Pyrenees, a group of courageous women is engaged in an equally lethal battle. Like their ancestors who fought northern invaders seven hundred...

'Vaseem Khan writes with charm and wit, and an eye for detail that transports the reader entirely. I couldn't love this series more' CHRIS WHITAKER'Historical fiction at its finest' MAIL ON SUNDAY From the award-winning author of MIDNIGHT AT MALABAR HOUSE and THE LOST...

EMBARK ON A TURBULENT JOURNEY THROUGH A RAVAGED COUNTRYSIDE . . . WITH ONLY LIARS FOR COMPANY. The year is 1348. In a world ruled by faith and fear, nine desperate strangers, brought together by chance, attempt to flee the certain death that is...

Author: Robert HarrisPublisher: Diversified PublishingPublished: 11/22/2016Pages: 432Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10dISBN: 9781524757359About the AuthorROBERT HARRIS is the author of ten best-selling novels: Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, Imperium, The Ghost Writer, Conspirata, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, and...

"This woman was one of the most impudent, scurrilous, wicked creatures of this world; and she did now throughout her whole trial discover herself to be such a one. Yet when she was asked what she had to say for herself, her chief plea...

In book two of the Ancient Rome Trilogy that started with Imperium, bestselling Robert Harris again turns Roman history into a gripping thriller as Cicero faces a new power struggle in a world filled with treachery, violence, and vengeance.On the eve of Cicero's inauguration...

"Lagodzki's prose is as powerful as his plot is gripping. A historically astute tale with deep emotional impact. (...) OUR VERDICT: GET IT." Kirkus ReviewsIn 1982 Soviet-controlled Poland-a time and place of suspicion and mistrust-when geopolitical forces and violent men descend upon her little...

Author: Robert J. HarrisPublisher: Pegasus CrimePublished: 08/04/2026Pages: 240Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.80h x 5.70w x 0.40dISBN: 9798897101641Review Citation(s): Library Journal 06/01/2026 pg. 60Publishers Weekly 05/25/2026Booklist 07/01/2026About the AuthorRobert J. Harris is the author of the novels The Devil's Blaze and A Study in Crimson,...

Will Shaw and his friends are typical American students, still celebrating the end of the Depression and dreaming about a future filled with success. The war in Europe is far away and someone else's concern.Until it isn't.Compelled to do their part, Will and his...

A race against time Courtney series thriller from the Master of Adventure, Wilbur Smith It's 1943 and the tides of the Second World War are changing: the Germans are losing and the Allies are on their way. Special Operations Executive, Saffron Courtney - daughter...

In the dark heart of the Krakow Jewish ghetto, three women--each a world apart--are drawn together by an unthinkable twist of fate. The women must navigate a deadly game of survival, risking everything to outsmart the Nazis and save countless lives. Perfect for readers...

The storm of war thunders to a finale.Nora Brouwer, a radar operator, watches as Allied bombers crest the horizon. A cryptic call tempts her-safety or a daring mission?Her brother-in-law Christiaan Brouwer, ensnared in an SS prison, faces a dire choice: betray his secrets or...