Historical Detective Novels

The future of Thorncroft House and its occupants is in the balance while a mysterious murder brings up a past best forgotten! An authentic Victorian murder mystery depicting upstairs-downstairs life …

A dark, captivating novel of family secrets, desperate ambition and the deepest betrayal . . . TO BECOME ONE OF THEM, SHE WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES. 1938. Gillian Larking is used to blending in and …

Rumor has it madness is for sale in London. Dr. Ezra Talbot isn’t buying, not when his was free. As an affiliate physician with the Thames Police Court, Ezra has one job-to sort the sane from the mad …

This Victorian crime caper marks BAFTA award-winning writer and director Mario Theodorou’s debut novel. London. 1904.  Three years after Queen Victoria’s death, Edward VII sits on the throne, th …

American expat Tabitha Knight has found a new life in postwar Paris, along with a delightful friend in aspiring chef Julia Child. Yet there are perils in peacetime too, as a killer infiltrates one of …

Living in Greece at the turn of the twentieth century, widow Minnie Harper struggles to find her place in a swiftly changing world. But when a local woman is murdered, her resolve is put to the test …

Nate Ross once again rides the Wild West of 1930s Hollywood when retired silent film star William S. Hart hires him to recover a valuable painting stolen from Hart’s home and held for ransom. Trouble …

Be careful what you wish for . . . Introducing Hollywood script supervisor Evelyn Galloway, who’s drawn into a murder investigation after landing her dream job on the set of Hitchcock’s Rebecca. 1939 …

A tale of greed and betrayal unfolds in the middle of an old mill’s renovation. The discovery of hidden Civil War treasure ignites a deadly game of power, where trust is a liability, and every handsh …

It’s January 1932 and Shanghai is about to explode. Private detective Jack Ford doesn’t think things can get much worse, and then a young woman looking for a missing brother walks into his life. The …