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The Dark Water
The Strange Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
The detective team of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Dr. Joseph Bell star in this “ingenious” historical mystery (The New York Times Book Review).
As many fans of Sherlock Holmes know, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle found inspiration for the great fictional detective in a brilliant Scottish surgeon...
by Lindsay Ashford
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
**"**Ashford cleverly weaves historical facts into a whodunit written in Austen's style. Janeites may be enthralled or appalled, but they'll agree that this literate page-turner is thought-provoking."—Kirkus
Pride and Prejudice and... Murder?
Twenty-six years have passed...
Cold Bayou
A historical mystery set in New Orleans
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Everyone at the family wedding was hoping someone would murder the bride … The intriguing new Benjamin January mystery.
“Don’t go to Cold Bayou, brother … Nuthin’ good waiting for you there.”
New Orleans, 1839. Despite his misgivings, Benjamin January has agreed to play the...
A Grave Concern
The Twenty Second Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
The twenty second chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew.
Identifying the murderer of the Chancellor of the University is not the only challenge facing physician Matthew Bartholomew. Many of his patients have been made worse by the ministrations of a 'surgeon' recently arrived from Nottingham, his...
by Anna Mazzola
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
AN EDGAR AWARD WINNER
A thrilling debut based on the real case of Sarah Gale, a seamstress and mother sentenced to hang for her alleged role in a shocking murder, bringing together the accused with an idealistic young lawyer assigned to investigate whether she is a guilty murderer or an unfortunate...
by Stephanie Barron
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
It's with a heavy heart that Jane Austen takes up a new residence at Chawton Cottage in Hampshire. Secretly mourning the lost love of her life, she's stunned to learn that the late Lord Harold Trowbridge has made her heir to an extraordinary bequest: a Bengal chest filled with his diaries, letters,...
by D. M. Pirrone
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
“The ominous title of Pirrone’s fine historical mystery, taken from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice,
suggests the bleak mood in Chicago’s Orthodox Jewish community after the devastating fire of
[1871.…Pirrone] has painted a complex and intriguing portrait of her native Chicago,...
Mistress of Mourning
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
In a gripping historical novel of suspense and romance from the national bestselling author of The Queen's Governess, two women fight to defeat the enemies of the precarious Tudor monarchy by uncovering the secrets of the dead...
London, 1501. In a time of political unrest, Varina Westcott,...
Dark Tide Rising
A William Monk Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
When a ransom exchange turns deadly in this thrilling mystery from bestselling author Anne Perry, Commander William Monk faces an unthinkable possibility: betrayal by his own men.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST CRIME NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • “Riveting . . . one of the...
Woman in the Shadows
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale and Jacqueline Winspear’s Journey to Munich, here is the next exciting historical novel featuring Clara Vine, the actress and British spy in prewar Germany who maneuvers through the treacherous Nazi society gathering intelligence—and discovering...
The Maggie Hope Series 5-Book Bundle
Mr. Churchill's Secretary, Princess Elizabeth's Spy, His Majesty's Hope, The Prime Minister's Secret Agent, Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
“Fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Charles Todd will feast on this riveting series chronicling Britain’s own ‘Greatest Generation,’” raves Julia Spencer-Fleming. “You’ll be [Maggie Hope’s] loyal subject, ready to follow her wherever she goes,” predicts O: The Oprah Magazine. With a...
Isabella and the Strange Death of Edward II
: An insightful take on an infamous murder
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
The story of a queen known as 'the she-wolf' and a fresh view of an infamous murder...
In a colourful non-fiction narrative, which provides an evocative setting for a scramble for wealth and power, Paul Doherty traces the life of Queen Isabella and her part in the mysterious death of her husband,...
by I. J. Parker
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2006
In I. J. Parker's latest mystery set in ancient Japan, a cold and hostile land pits Akitada against his deadliest foe yet
I. J. Parker's engrossing historical novels bring eleventh-century Japan to life in all its colorful, treacherous glory. As Black Arrow opens, Sugawara Akitada assumes his...
by Victoria Cornwall
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
A woman driven to crime finds love with a man of the law in this tale of eighteenth-century Cornwall, “full of twists and turns” (Buried Under Romance).
England, 1779. Though many citizens of Cornwall have resorted to smuggling as their only means of survival, Jenna Cartwright has determined...