Historical Detective Novels

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors …

The Mystery of Edwin Drood was Charles Dickens’ last novel and remained – unfortunately – unfinished. There was a lot of discussion about what Dickens could have had in his mind as solution for the p …

In the summer of 1849, cholera threatens the city and the people of London. The authorities send millions of gallons of sewage cascading into the Thames – for many Londoners the only source of drinki …

Sherlock Holmes is a private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a ‘consulting detective’, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, forens …

London, 1871. Traveller, photographer and sometime intelligencer Adam Carver is asked by a friend from the Foreign Office to find Dolly Delaney, a West End dancing girl who has been involved with a d …

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meani …

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 …

The Green Eyes of Bâst – Sax Rohmer – Sax Rohmer, better known as the author of the infamous Fu Manchu stories, wrote a number of paranormal mysteries, The Green Eyes of Bast being one written in 192 …

A Set of Six is a collection of six short stories by the famous author Joseph Conrad. Each originally published elsewhere, they have been combines into a collection that include:GASPAR RUIZTHE INFORM …

Eldorado is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. It was first published in 1913. The novel is notable in that it is the partial basis for most of the film treatments of …