Historical Detective Novels

When Sergeant George Watters is assigned to a scuttling case, he thinks he can solve it in a few days. Instead, he discovers a connection to a string of burglaries of high-value shops and hotels acro …

The night of his grandfather’s mysterious death at the Cedars, Bobby Blackburn was, at least until midnight, in New York. He was held there by the unhealthy habits and companion-ships which recently …

The Morley family–a husband, his wife and her three children from a former marriage, one young ward, and a governess. Add in Giles Ware, a young man who was engaged by a family agreement to the youn …

Thomas W. Hanshew was an actor and writer who wrote detective stories featuring Hamilton Cleek, ‘the man of the forty faces’ who was skillfully able to disguise himself. Cleek was a British detective …

An heiress has been murdered, and only Fleming Stone can see the vital evidence. … So Miss Van Norman was by no means a favorite with the Mapleton young people in a personal sense, but socially she …

What does a police officer think about while he’s on his beat? Hulbert Footner’s Officer! not only tells you the necessary thoughts but gives you the necessary actions in this romantic mystery told w …

Tex Larimee, a grizzled sheriff, leaving the deserts of Cactus County, Arizona, behind and blazing a trail east to mix it up with The Slickers in the canyons of New York. Robbed of his cash, gun and …

This volume of the best-selling MEGAPACK series presents 5 classic Nick Carter stories. Included are: The Man Without a Conscience The Crime of the French Café Nick Carter’s Ghost Story The Mystery o …

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. …

It takes place in northern England. Oliver Bassett, an acter and director of a theater company is missing. A young author Mr. Copplestone, who has come to meet with Bassett and the business manager s …