Historical Detective Novels

The White Lie (1915) is a mystery novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the height of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The White Lie is a story of esp …

For fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age, explore the dark side of the alluring world of America’s 19th century elite in this gripping series of riveting mysteries… The pursuit of stolen diamonds once belong …

Love is personal, war is not, especially in North Carolina, 1865-1867, during the reconstruction. With a love they are certain will transcend all else, southern belle Penny Kennedy marries Union Offi …

‘Superb . . . a fast-moving and gripping plot’- Publishers Weekly Starred Review August, 1556. Jack Blackjack is on a simple mission: make it back home to his beloved London. It should be s …

When Ursula’s young son is kidnapped, she is lured into an impossible dilemma. March, 1581. Queen Elizabeth is once again being urged to consider marriage to the Duke of Alençon, a French Catholic tw …

Will the remains of a soldier be the key that unlocks the secrets of Leysmorton Manor . . . ? 1922. Lady Emily Fitzallan has returned to the country house where she spent her childhood for a family w …

Introducing Detective Chief Inspector Henry Johnstone in the first of a brand-new historical mystery series. Lincolnshire, England. June, 1928. When three freshly-buried bodies are unearthed in the f …

A London séance sets a lady spy on a deadly mission across Europe in this post-WWI Era mystery by the Daphne Award-winning author of This Side of Murder. Verity Kent can sympathize wit …

From the bestselling author of the American in Paris mysteries featuring Julia Child’s best friend, and the Phyllida Bright mysteries featuring Agatha Christie’s fictional housekeeper , this spe …

The last novel to feature Superintendent Robert Mac Donald finds the officer planning his retirement. After buying a hill farm to the south of Lunesdale, he rents it to a young couple to oversee his …