Historical Mystery category: 10101 books
by Ellen Mansoor Collier
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
"Boardwalk Empire" meets "The Great Gatsby" in this soft-boiled historical mystery, inspired by actual events. Rival gangs fight over booze and bars during Prohibition in 1920s Galveston: the "Sin City of the Southwest."
Jasmine Cross, a 21-year-old society reporter,...
Murder On Ice (A Detective Joe Ezell Mystery, Book 3)
Private Investigator Cozy Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2017
". . . charming glimpse of Hollywood in the 1940’s. A relaxing read even with the murder and mayhem." ~Tree House Reader, eBook Discovery Reviewer
Up and Coming Starlet Gets ICED in, Murder on Ice by P.J. Conn
-- Los Angeles, California, 1947 --
When aspiring actress...
The Angel in the Glass
A new forensic mystery series set in Stuart England
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Physician-sleuth Dr Gabriel Taverner uncovers dark secrets in his small Devon village in the second of this intriguing historical mystery series.
June, 1604. When the emaciated body of a vagrant is found on the edge of the moor, it’s the verdict of physician Gabriel Taverner that the man...
The Francis Bacon Mysteries Volume One
Fires of London, The Prisoner of the Riviera, and Moon Over Tangier
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
The first three brilliantly realized novels in the Lambda Literary Award–winning historical mystery series featuring the real-life British painter.
Spanning London during the Blitz to the postwar French Riviera to Tangier in the 1950s, these three mysteries in Janice Law’s award-winning Francis...
Thaddeus Lewis Mysteries 4-Book Bundle
On the Head of a Pin / Sowing Poison / 47 Sorrows / The Burying Ground
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2015
This ebook bundle contains the first four novels of the Thaddeus Lewis Mystery series. During the wild era before Confederation, Thaddeus Lewis, a “saddlebag” preacher, mourns the mysterious death of his daughter Sarah as he rides to his new posting in Prince Edward County. But soon other deaths...
Oscar Wilde and the Vatican Murders
A Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Oscar Wilde makes a triumphant return to sleuthing in the fifth novel in the critically acclaimed historical murder mystery series based on real events, featuring Wilde as the detective aided by his friend Arthur Conan Doyle, and written by a premier British biographer.
Oscar Wilde and the...
by Jim Musgrave
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
In the Top 100 of Best Sellers in the Historical Mystery Category at Amazon
What if Edgar Allan Poe did not die in Baltimore as a drunk in the gutter? What he were, instead, murdered?
In post Civil War New York City, Detective Pat O'Malley is living inside Poe's Cottage in the Bronx....
The Peach Widow
Argolicus Mysteries
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Mystery in history.
A distressed widow. Greedy brothers. A huge farm dog. Argolicus unravels the threads.
When Argolicus, is asked to counsel a grieving widow on the laws of inheritance, he finds the law will serve her cruelly. Her stepsons want her out and there is no recourse.
When...
by Clarence Budington Kelland
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
“In this mystery centering around a murder victim dressed as a homeless man and a missing Stradivarius, the [characters] are all well rounded... The setting of the mystery is a New York television studio. As this was written in 1951, television was still in its infancy and Kelland takes the time...
Leonardo and the Mystery of the Alchemist
Da Vinci's Cases, #3
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2018
Leonardo and the Mystery of the Alchemist
Da Vinci's Cases
by Alfred Bekker
The scope of this book is 120 pages paperback.
In the small village of Vinci, near Florence, in 1462: The Alchemist Vincente wants to leave his paint formulation "Vincente's Blue" to the...
by Alex E. Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Riot and Retribution is an historical fiction novel set in Bath and Bristol in October of 1831. The historical backdrop of the book is the great Reform Bill of 1831. The government has pledged to give the vote to the wealthy middle class, and the poor are hoping that democracy will also extend to...
by Andrew Pessin
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
An historical murder mystery based on real events.Who would want to murder the world’s most famous philosopher?Turns out: nearly everyone.In 1649, Descartes was invited by the Queen of Sweden to become her Court Philosopher. Though he was the world’s leading philosopher, his...
The Devil's Hunt (Hugh Corbett Mysteries, Book 10)
A spellbinding medieval mystery of murder and intrigue
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
The mysterious 'Bell Man' stalks the streets of Oxford...
Hugh Corbett finds himself investigating amongst the dreaming spires of Oxford in the tenth novel in Paul Doherty's medieval mystery series, The Devil's Hunt. Perfect for fans of Ellis Peters and Robin Hobb.
The golden summer...
The Assassins of Isis (Amerotke Mysteries, Book 5)
A gripping mystery of Ancient Egypt
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
As Egypt is thrown into disarray, only one man can solve the mysteries...
Judge Amerotke returns in Paul Doherty's fifth Ancient Egyptian mystery featuring the enigmatic sleuth. Perfect for fans of Lauren Haney and Wilbur Smith.
'Paul Doherty weaves an intricate story with clues littered...