Historical Detective Novels

‘ An atmospheric and gripping standalone thriller’ – THE TIMES The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times and one million copy bestselling author of The English Führer. In this brilliant st …

‘The Man’ is a novel written by Bram Stoker, best known as the author of ‘Dracula.’ Published in 1905, ‘The Man’ is a lesser-known work by Stoker, often overshadowed by his more famous vampire tale. …

Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell’s personal account of his experiences and observations fighting in the Spanish Civil War for the POUM militia of the Republican army. Published in 1938 (about a y …

‘Beautifully written and impeccably researched, …. the story is certain to captivate fans of both manor fiction and cozy murder mysteries, many of whom will not foresee the villainy that Stasz unve …

“I can’t resist: The Swill is swell. It reads like the princely offspring of Chandler and Lehane. It’s sharp, witty, violent. It’s a sort of political/historical thriller, but what made it important …

As a deadly cholera pandemic burns its way through Victorian London in the winter of 1866, a trailblazing female physician and a skeptical Scotland Yard detective reluctantly team up to stop a sadist …

The acclaimed author of the Anthony, Agatha, Macavity, and Lefty Award-nominated Devil’s Chew Toy delights with the first in a new historical mystery series set in turn-of-the-19th-century Chicago, a …

‘The Night Horseman’ is a novel written by Max Brand, the pseudonym of Frederick Schiller Faust. It was first published in 1920. The story follows the character of Whistling Dan Barry, a young cowboy …

Join Countess turned advice columnist Amelia Amesbury as she tries to juggle a new Season and a new murder in this charmingly deadly historical mystery. ‘A beautiful debutante, a wealthy widow, and a …

Is evil decided at birth, or is it cultivated? In this rousing mystery thriller, readers may find an answer to the question of why villains choose the dark paths they walk. As a child, Buzz knew one …