Historical Detective Novels

When businessman Horace Warren hires attorney Perry Mason to investigate threats against his wife, Mason finds himself pulled into a complex web of blackmail, stolen cash, and murder. As Mason works …

A young woman is accused of killing her father. After she is exonerated by some smart lawyer work, she starts acting strangely. It takes her father’s lawyers figuring out the clues to solve the case. …

Murder and smuggling keep Johnny Liddell busy aboard a cruise ship in the Carribean. The list of suspects and potential victims is longer than Johnny’s arm. …

Hercule Poirot takes on international intrigue as he investigates ‘the Big Four’ on an international stage. With his friend Hastings and his ‘twin brother’ to help—will it be enough to solve one of h …

This contains the first 8 of the 12 stories in the published book The Man Who Knew Too Much and Other Stories. In these 8 detective thrillers, the main protagonist is Horne Fisher. (The omitted four …

I was not the only passenger aboard the s.s. Mandalay who perceived the disturbance and wondered what it might portend and from whence proceed. A goodly number of passengers were joining the ship at …

‘The Moon Rock’ is Australian mystery writer Arthur J. Rees’ locked-room conundrum. In fact, the room — the murder scene — not only is locked from the inside, but also two hundred feet up the cold …

The elusive Oriental villain known as Mr. King masterminds an insidious plot to hold London’s wealthy at his mercy. His henchmen have already killed one socialite, and more are threatened. Hot on the …

In 1914 there were not twenty men in England who had ever heard of the island of Salissa. Even now – I am writing in the spring of 1917 – the public is very badly informed about the events which gave …

"Hallo! Is that Hampstead Police Station?" "Yes. Who are you?" "Detective-Inspector Chippenfield of Scotland Yard. Tell Inspector Seldon I want him, and be quick about it.&qu …