Historical Detective Novels

Three thousand years ago the Mongolian Kingdom of Shilla, under the leadership of a group of monks, developed an elaborate new system of hand-foot combat called Soo Bak. The skill and style …

It rose for them—their honey-moon—over the waters of a lake so famed as the scene of romantic raptures that they were rather proud of not having been afraid to choose it as the setting of their own. …

The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum’s favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum’s publisher, Reilly & Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparen …

Émile Gaboriau was a renowned 19th century French writer who wrote a number of mystery classics that helped revolutionize the genre. This is one of his most famous works. …

For cruelty was what this expert read in the knowing eyes and firm little mouth of Miss Mystery. And because of this indubitable element in her nature, he deemed her pathetic. Which shows how much sh …

THERE is no more distinguished family in England than the Blantyres of Glenallan. Its very name is a sufficient passport into the best society. Nevertheless, those who know shrug their shoulders, gla …

Ripped from the pages of the October, 1937 issue of Secret Agent ‘X’ magazines comes this sensational novel, The Assassins’ League! When a wealthy arms manufacturer and a powerful gang lord both kill …

When a priest is murdered, the police seek Nick Carter’s help to unravel the mystery. A classic Nickel Weekly mystery! Das E-Book Paying the Price wird angeboten von Wildside Press und wurde mit folg …

Tom Nelson, cynical American expatriate ‘gone native’ in China, stumbles into the path of the expansionist Japanese government’s incursion into Northern China and is catapulted out of his world-weary …

Edwin Balmer’s 1923 novel Keeban is a mystery-adventure-romance, billed as “a novel of the Underworld and the Upper”—meaning, of course, that it has High Society clashing with the criminal classes. I …