Historical Detective Novels

In Edith Nesbit’s enchanting literary world, readers embark on an extraordinary adventure alongside the plucky and imaginative Bastable siblings. Set against the backdrop of Edwardian England, this h …

Step into the whimsical world of P.G. Wodehouse, where humour and hijinks reign supreme in this riotous comedy of manners. Join Bertie Wooster, a well-intentioned but often bumbling aristocrat, as he …

‘The Scalp Hunters’ is a novel written by Mayne Reid, a 19th-century Irish-American author known for his adventure novels. The book was first published in 1851. Here are some key points about ‘The Sc …

Mason is hired to identify a woman based on an appendix scar, as she fears being a look-alike to an heiress may be a setup for her arrest. Mason later defends the heiress on murder charges. …

Time: the late nineteenth century. Place: the city of New York, a mecca for the ambitious and the corrupt where the poor barely survive on the wages for their fourteen-hour work day. Crime is at its …

As Prohibition era speakeasies and Jazz Age excitement reign supreme throughout a deeply divided country at the height of the Roaring 20s, a young psychic in small town Illinois helps the Black commu …

Reporter, sleuth, and new mother Emma Cross Andrews comes to the aid of a distraught wife who’s convinced her husband is trying to kill her . . . April 1903: Emma and Derrick Andrews have been invite …

Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by English novelist George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell& …

‘Mistress Wilding’ is a historical romance novel by Rafael Sabatini, first published in 1910. Rafael Sabatini was an Italian-English writer known for his swashbuckling adventures and historical roman …

The Romance of Lust, or Early Experiences is a Victorian erotic novel written anonymously in four volumes during the years 1873–1876 and published by William Lazenby. The novel is told in first perso …