Historical Detective Novels

Historic-archaeological Thriller A secret hidden for centuries, places soaked with magic, a tormented love story, an occult sect: these are the ingredients of a novel where history and irony, archaeo …

Three attempts on Russian General Trebass’s his life have failed, but the Czar is determined to keep him alive. The Czar assigns the redoubtable, French detective reporter, Rouletabille to the case. …

Another gripping novel from Classic Detective Presents…Something between Sherlock Holmes and the Scarlet Pimpernel and a jolly good read. …

The observer might have fancied it a robbers’ den, but he would have been wrong; for the inhabitants were fairly honest. The Hotel de Perou was one of those refuges, growing scarcer and more scarce e …

A wealthy man named Ashton is found murdered in an alley, apparently robbed for his jewelry and pocketbook. The police believe they have the killer, a young man who the next morning tries to pawn one …

Dickens is considered to be one of the greatest British writers. He was a social activist who wrote plays and novels during the Victorian period. His most famous novels include Tale of Two Cities, Ol …

Le Blanc’s creation, gentleman thief Arsene Lupin, is everything you would expect from a French aristocrat — witty, charming, brilliant, sly . . . and possibly the greatest thief in the world. In th …

Styles was Christie’s first published novel. It introduced Hercule Poirot, Inspector (later, Chief Inspector) Japp, and Arthur Hastings. Poirot, a Belgian refugee of the Great War, is settling in Eng …

A new force stalks the fog-shrouded streets of London, bringing death to its victims … the mysterious Fire-Tongue! Psychic detective Paul Harley investigates, in this mystery classic with supernatu …

Like ‘The Mystery of the Yellow Room’, ‘The Secret of the Night’ is a Joseph Rouletabille mystery written by Gaston Leroux in 1913. Gaston Leroux, perhaps best known as the author of ‘The Phantom of …