Historical Detective Novels

Jake Reynolds is an art thief. Perhaps the greatest, luckiest art thief ever. He steals rare paintings and replaces them with forgeries so exact that nobody can tell the difference. It’s 1915 and WW1 …

An academy degree—or handcuffs? This was the extraordinary alternative facing a client of Duff, the psychological detective. A Classic mystery story first published in 1925. …

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. …

Can a wrong be rectified in death? Eight months ago, Simone experienced her first spectral encounter. It awakened a dormant second sight and opened a chasm to the afterlife. Now, another spirit from …

Mason defends Della Street, who is accused of helping a material witness or possible murder suspect vanish from a crime scene. Das E-Book The Case of the Careless Kitten wird angeboten von Alien Eboo …

An Antarctic Mystery:  • With a picture of Jules Verne, a detailed biography of him is added. • All content is redone in a new style, with the author’s name and the title of the novel at the top …

Florence, 1677. While Sam assumes a new identity as part of his mother’s Cardinale family, Raphael introduces his new family to his Florentine one, only to unearth life-changing revelations. Meanwhil …

Kansas City, 1922: a hub of jazz music and the mob. While the Kansas side of the city had Carrie Nation and prohibition, on the Missouri side the Irish Pendergast brothers kept the liquor flowing. Cl …

“Are you expecting to be murdered?” “As a matter of fact I am. I’ve been expecting it for some time.” “And who is likely to murder you?” “That’s just it. I haven’t the remotest idea…” …But a lot …

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 …