Historical Detective Novels

1861, East Anglia. Alone in a first-class carriage, the Swarbricks are robbed at gunpoint, but when the universally-admired Swarbrick fights back, the train robber takes more than money and jewellery …

'Historical fiction at its most sumptuous' Rory Clements 'S. J. Parris fans will be pleased' Publishers Weekly From the bestselling, CWA Historical Dagger Award-nominated author o …

Prepare to have your blood chilled and your nerves tingled … This collection of eighteen short stories blurs the line between the real and unreal, and transports you to the misty world of the superna …

Autumn, 1897. Rose Mc Quinn has lost the love of her ambitious fiance, Jack Macmerry, and now it seems she is to lose her elusive deerhound as well. Hubert Staines claims his fatally ill stepdaughter …

A maritime mystery from Edward Marston, author of the bestselling Railway Detective series. November 1907. George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield sail from Liverpool on the maiden voyage of the Maure …

TWO IMMORTAL CHARACTERS, A CHANCE MEETING, A VISIT TO 221B BAKER STREET. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MOST FAMOUS FRIENDSHIP EVER RECORDED. Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson, famous for their crime-solving …

Belsfield Hall, 1805. The sudden disappearance of her niece's fiancé at their engagement ball leads Miss Dido Kent to worry that something sinister may have occurred. Before long, her fears are …

York, 1865. A passenger train stands ready to depart amid the bustle at the station. The flurry of passengers and porters, the swooping pigeons and barking dogs are thrown into a state of turmoil whe …

This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literatur …

London, 1890: A group of seven amateur criminologists based at the Septimus Club in Piccadilly set out to investigate a series of mysterious crimes committed in the capital. Including a professor, a …