Historical Detective Novels

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close – the meeting of the great detective and Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime. Their struggle, seemingly to the death, wa …

The fascinating story of how Balthasar Cossa, a descendant of an ancient family descended from Cornelius Cossa, general and consul of the Roman Empire, goes through three life stages.Growing up, whic …

1579, St Andrews. When Hew Cullan, a young lawyer, returns home after studying in Paris, he arrives to find a close friend accused of murdering a thirteen-year-old boy. For the first time, Hew finds …

Jane Principal’s father was murdered by a madman in 1812 and her mother re-married soon after. Jane and her husband moved to the depths of the countryside. In winter the tiny village was bleak and is …

1922. Ruby Vaughn has made a life for herself running a bookshop alongside octogenarian Mr Owen. When she finds herself at Penryth Hall, deep in the Cornish countryside, painful memories emerge of he …

Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers) retells the historical incident involving the forty-seven rōnin and their mission to avenge the death of their master, Asano Naganori. This book presents …

After a plot to assassinate the Czar of Russia is foiled by government agents, Inspector Thomas Chard is ordered to apprehend an assassin, thought to be under the protection of a gang of anarchists s …

A chance encounter between newly minted journalist Anna Lendorph and rookie detective sergeant Christian la Cour, leads to a tour de force chasing real criminals in Copenhagen anno 1910. Both draw on …

WINNER OF THE PRIX JEAN GIONO FINALIST FOR THE PRIX INTERALLIÉ Winter, 1939. As WWII rages, the Soviet Union’s Red Army invades Finland. They aren’t expecting the Finns to fight back – and win. The W …

The Secret Adversary is the second published detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in January 1922 in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head and in the United Stat …