Historical Detective Novels

My name is Madeleine Warwick and I’m a woman under siege. Several years ago, a treasure hunting reality show resurrected the long-forgotten tale of Civil War treasure buried on my family’s property. …

November in Mobile, Alabama is a long way from the horrors of the sweltering jungles of Vietnam. In the fall of 1968, what passes for winter is coming to the heart of the deep South. And so are death …

House of Living Death by Arthur Leo Zagat is a spine-chilling journey into a haunted estate where the line between life and death is terrifyingly thin. When a group of intrepid investigators arrives …

1950’s Yorkshire. When former Battle of Britain pilot, D.I. Yarrow of West Garside CID, finds himself faced with three seemingly unconnected murders, he has his work cut out. The cases include a long …

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA JOHN CREASEY DAGGER AWARD ‘Splendid’ Wall Street Journal ‘A wry, warm and proper rib-tickling slice of dirty Victorian gothic’ J …

Mason is hired to find the identity of an ‘heiress’ who ran ads in a lonely hearts magazine. Later, he defends the heiress against a murder charge. …

Angel Esquire by Edgar Wallace is a thrilling dive into the world of high-stakes crime and clever deductions. When a wealthy magnate dies, his vast fortune is up for grabs, but only to the one who ca …

The start of a totally gripping 1920s cosy murder mystery series A fatal jump. A missing suffragette. An inexplicable murder. London, 1920. Reporter Iris Woodmore lands a headline story when, for the …

The chance discovery of a gravestone, seemingly out of place among the ancient, and weathered monuments of a London cemetery, begins a simple quest to pass the time for the retired army officer, turn …