Historical Detective Novels

Dan Wheeler has been condemned to live his life outside of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as a result of his conviction for forgery. Murder will happen … …

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. …

‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’ is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham’s Magazine in 1841. It has been recognized as the first modern detective story; Poe referred to it as one of hi …

Marquand’s final novel featuring Mr. Moto, set in Japan shortly after the Korean War. Jack Rhyce is an American secret agent in Japan, hunting a Russian agent. He’s travelling with a female American …

‘The Mystery of the Sycamore’ is an early type of detective story, falling somewhere between Conan Doyle’s genius Sherlock Holmes and Hammett’s tough-guy Sam Spade. It contains elements of the Gothic …

When Dr Raymond Ferens moves to a practice at Milham in the Moor in North Devon, he and his wife are enchanted with the beautiful hilltop village lying so close to moor and sky. At first, they see on …

When an old professor of art informs a museum curator that a piece his institution owns is actually half of a full statue—whose other section is housed at the Louvre—an old crime begins to unravel. …

“Another gripping novel from Classic Detective Presents”…When the student of medicine, Richard Bracquemont, decided to move into room #7 of the small Hotel Stevens, Rue Alfred Stevens (Paris 6), thre …

1945, with England still at war. Scotland Yard’s Chief Inspector Robert Macdonald is tasked with solving an impossible crime—finding the killer of a man on the bridge. The only clue: a set of bicycle …

Valeria Brinton marries Eustace Woodville despite objections from Woodville’s family leading to disquiet for Valeria’s own family and friends.Just a few days after the wedding, various incidents lead …