Historical Mystery category: 10101 books

From the acclaimed author of The Dutchman and The House on Mulberry Street comes another darkly thrilling mystery rooted in New York's historic past. In November 1864, Manhattan mirrors the tumult of the Civil War. Bowery toughs rub shoulders with fashionable theatergoers, crippled veterans...

E. Phillips Oppenheim was a popular 20th century writer best known for penning suspenseful thriller novels like The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown**.** Many of his more than 100 novels are still read today.

The crash of Pharaoh's colossal statue into a throng of worshippers brings the festival of the good god Ptah of Memphis to a sudden, bloody end. Prince Khaemwaset, the High Priest, barely escapes with his life. He finds clues in the wreckage that show that the disaster was deliberately set. Now he...

We come to the end of the first mystery in the tiny, hidden village of Dunverton. The question that dogs Augustus is whether he has done enough.

‘MASTER OF CRIME’ THE TIMES The Faro family gather in Orkney to support grieving widow Emily, but their attention is caught by strange activity aboard the royal yacht anchored nearby. When a body is washed ashore, neither Faro nor his daughter Rose McQuinn can resist the mystery unravelling...

AN OUTSTANDING GOLDEN AGE MYSTERY CLASSIC & ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS ABOUT WOMEN OF WORLD WAR II! "Bright and breezy sabotage and romance with plus appeal for murder-mystery-spy addicts. S.E.P." Kirkus Reviews Not long after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and U.S. entry...

Within the palatial home of the leading Wall Street “Money King,” a concealed extortionist seeks a fortune from the magnate. The police detectives can’t discover any suspects, so the obvious choice is to secretly employ the best sleuth in New York City. At his office, Joe Phenix receives an...

Matters are looking grim for the rakish Earl of Dorset: ravishing Lady Arabella Arbuthnot has gone to meet her maker by way of his knife plunged deep into her fickle heart, which makes him the chief suspect. But villains and Bow Street alike are no match for Dorset's fond aunt, the bewitching, calculating,...

The second of a series of historical mysteries featuring Batholomeu Hoare, officer in His Majesty's Royal Navy during the reign of George III. Hoare is charged with finding the murderer of his Majesty's captains and uncovers an egregious conspiracy of theft and violence. Resurrected once again is...

1651 The so-called English Civil War has been dragging on for nine long years. Oliver Cromwell’s troops have defeated the Royalist army at Dunbar, and an uneasy peace prevails throughout the land. Battle weary, and nursing a wound to his thigh, Rob Haddon, cavalryman in the New Model Army, rides...

First in a dazzling new historical mystery series featuring Ruby Proulx, a psychic with a questionable past who suddenly finds her future most uncertain... Canada, 1898. The only life Ruby Proulx has ever known is that of a nomad, traveling across the country with her snake-oil salesman father....

In 1934, actress Candy Carmichael was murdered. Detective Jack Vance immediately suspects her husband, movie star Rex Harper. When Rex returns from a location shoot, he finds the love of his life engaged to his longtime enemy, as well as someone trying to frame him for more murders. This prompts Rex...

Amelia Gresham is 18 years old. Happy, in love, and looking forward to life with the man she will marry when she is 21 years old. Neither Amelia, Harry Beaumont or Amelia’s parents can forsee World War 1 and the way the world will change their lives forever. Harry and Amelia’s Father go...

In Salem in 1692, as the paranoia leading to the famous trials is heating up, Rebecca Martin, a midwife and healer, tries desperately to save her son Michael who has been accused of murder. Harassed by Magistrate John Hathorne, the novelist's ancestor, she finds the suspicion of witchcraft hovering...