Historical Detective Novels

A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in …

In the depths of the blackout, the silence of London's Royal Albert Dock is broken only by the lap of inky water against the quay and the occasional scurrying of rats' feet. A patrolling po …

The Man in Lower Ten Mary Roberts Rinehart – A case of mistaken identity ignites this clever mystery from America’s queen of crime A happy bachelor in Washington, DC, Lawrence ‘Lollie’ Blakeley is ju …

Jack the Ripper is dead. This simple certainty may come as no surprise, since the prostitute killer raged in the Whitechapel slum in London more than 130 years ago. But it never became quiet around t …

Longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Historical Fiction Dagger, 2019 A Walter Scott Prize Academy Recommended Read 2019 'Rich, intelligent and dark in equal measure, leaving you wr …

Here you will find the complete Father Brown stories in the chronological order of their original publication. Content : – The Innocence of Father Brown – The Wisdom of Father Brown – The Donnington …

Nicolas Picard is riding home from Exeter when he's attacked by a snarling wildcat. Yet, when the body is found, there are lacerations on his neck put there by a human hand. He is involved in a …

‘The Phantom of the Opera’ is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was published in 1911 and has since been adapted into many other forms. The story of a man named Erik, an eccentric, physicall …

Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown makes for an improbable super-sleuth. But his innocence is the secret of his success: refusing the scientific method of detecti …

It’s old Mr. Bartle, sir, he whispered. He’s in your room there — dead! Dead? exclaimed Eldrick. Dead! Pratt shook his head again. He came up not so long after you’d gone, sir, he said. Everybody ha …