Historical Detective Novels

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 …

“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 …

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 …

It is 9 A.D and the Roman Empire, finally cured from the years of murderous civil war, lies in peace under the rule of Caesar Augustus. In the midst of this tranquil peace, Decimus Julius Virilis has …

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 …

Serapis Classics proudly presents a thrilling mystery from the creator of Charlie Chan! An American visiting London makes the mistake of checking the personals column…the ‘agony column’…and finds …

For retired Detective Inspector George Trevelyan, an invitation to Britain’s “Jurassic Coast” in the May of 1890 sounds like a holiday—but he soon uncovers murder and deception, playing upon a local …

Roy Melville goes to China to save his kidnapped father, who is being held for a million-dollar ransom in diamonds. On the voyage over he meets Myrna Lang, whose father is murdered in mid-ocean, and …