Historical Mystery category: 10101 books
A Tournament of Murders (Canterbury Tales Mysteries, Book 3)
A bloody tale of duplicity and murder in medieval England
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Fact and fiction start to entwine....
Paul Doherty relates the Franklin's tale in A Tournament of Murders - a tale of mystery and murder as he goes on pilgrimage from London to Canterbury. Perfect for fans of Ellis Peters and Susanna Gregory.
Chaucer's pilgrims are sheltering in a friary...
by Barbara Hambly
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2015
A short story about free man of color Benjamin January (of the Free Man of Color historical mystery series). In pre-Civil-War New Orleans, musician Benjamin January is tasked by his obnoxious mother to find the missing daughter of one of the city's free colored demi-monde - who may or may not...
by Frances McNamara
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
In the sixth Emily Cabot Mystery, the intrepid amateur sleuth’s journey once again takes her to a world’s fair—the Paris Exposition of 1900. Chicago socialite Bertha Palmer has been named the only female U. S. commissioner to the Exposition and she enlists Emily’s services as her social secretary....
The Bloody Black Flag
A Spider John Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Agatha Christie meets Patrick O'Brian in the first book in a new series of swashbuckling historical mysteries featuring Spider John Rush, a most reluctant pirate. 1722--aboard a pirate ship off the American Colonial Coast. Spider John Rush never wanted to be a pirate, but it had happened and he'd...
by Boris Akunin
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2009
The ship carrying the devout to Jerusalem has run into rough waters. Onboard is Manuila, controversial leader of the “Foundlings,” a sect that worships him as the Messiah. But soon the polarizing leader is no longer a passenger or a prophet but a corpse, beaten to death by someone almost supernaturally...
by Ray Celestin
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
"Ray Celestin skillfully depicts the desperate revels of that idiosyncratic city and its bizarre legends in his first novel, THE AXEMAN." — The New York Times Sunday Book Review (Marilyn Stasio, Crime Columnist)
The Axeman stalks the streets of New Orleans...
In a town...
Prince Drakulya
A spellbinding novel of the legendary figure
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Who was the man behind the legend?
In Prince Drakulya, Paul Doherty traces th****e life of the infamous figure in a thrilling mystery. Perfect for fans of C.J Sansom and Ellis Peters.
Dracula has always been a fascinating yet terrifying figure. But the legend of the human vampire is...
The Hand Of Justice
The Tenth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2010
The tenth chronicle in the Matthew Bartholomew series.
In February 1355, amid the worst snows in living memory, two well-born murderers return to Cambridge after receiving the King's pardon - but they show no remorse, and are in fact ready to confront those who helped convict them.
When...
Will Starling
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
The Reckoning of WM. STARLING, Esq., a Foundling, concerning Monstrous Crimes and Infernal Aspirations, with Perpetrators Named and Shrouded Infamies disclosed to Light of Day, as set down by his Own Hand in this year 1816
London, 1816. The Napoleonic War is over, Romanticism is at its high...
Gods of Gold
A new police procedural series set in late nineteenth century Leeds
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Introducing Detective Inspector Tom Harper in a brand-new historical mystery series.
June 1890. Leeds is close to breaking point. The gas workers are on strike. Supplies are dangerously low. Factories and businesses are closing; the lamps are going unlit at night.
Detective Inspector...
A Gentleman of Fortune
Or, the Suspicions of Miss Dido Kent
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
With all the charm of a Georgette Heyer novel, the sequel to Bellfield Hall finds Miss Dido Kent vacationing at the home of her cousin. When a neighbor passes away quite suddenly, Dido feels she is ideally placed to observe the reaction of the community, but her suitor, Mr. William Lomax, feels otherwise....
The Haunting
History, murder and the unexplained in a gripping Victorian mystery
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Called upon to exorcise dark spirits, will Father Oliver live to tell the tale?
Paul Doherty delves into the murky world of the Victorian ghost story in The Haunting, a spine-chilling tale of the unknown. Perfect for fans of The Others and Susan Hill's The Woman in Black.
In October...
Death at the Boston Tea Party
An 18th century mystery
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
**A business opportunity in America leads to a case of cold-blooded murder for Apothecary John Rawlings in this “highly entertaining adventure” (Booklist).
America, 1773. Following a long and perilous journey, John Rawlings has arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, to pursue a new business...
The Godless Man (Telamon Triology, Book 2)
A deadly spy stalks the pages of this gripping mystery
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Can the mysteries of Ancient Greece, and Alexander himself, be unravelled?
Alexander the Great faces the challenge of the Persian Centaur in The Godless Man, the second novel in Paul Doherty's magnificent series. Perfect for fans of Gary Corby and Margaret Doody.
'[Paul Doherty's] Alexander...