Historical Detective Novels

April 13, 1861: Rebel troops are across the Potomac River,  only 800 feet from the White House and President Lincoln—but a murderer is even closer . . .   With the Confederate Army fir …

In this clever reimagining of Charles Dickens’s life, he and fiancée Kate Hogarth must solve the murder of an old miser, just before Christmas . . .   London, December 1835: Charles and Kate are …

Twenty or so years have passed since the arrest of the evil one. Now, in Marquette Island, View from the Snows, Sheriff George is confronted with a dead body and various robberies. The crime leads Ge …

For y oung American widow Jane Wunderly, there are worse fates than adventuring aboard a transatlantic liner with the only man who could change her mind about romance. Unfortunately, her first-class …

Detective Inspector Walter Hardcastle is following in his father’s footsteps, but is his rapid rise about to be threatened by a spate of disturbing break-ins linked to the war effort August, 1939. As …

“A lovingly detailed portrait of Egypt during the Great War. The result is a bit like a police procedural reimagined by Douglas Adams” Kirkus Reviews on The Bride Box Atbara, Sudan, 1913. A dead man …

Trailing the Bloody Footprints Danger is Detective Jake Jezreel’s business. In the first-century AD, Jake’s profession as a private detective makes him a rare breed. Jake lives in the very large shad …

After WWII, a woman settles in a seaside town—where her old intelligence skills come in surprisingly handy: “Great fun.”—James Runcie, author of the Grantchester mysteries   In post-World War II …

In Regency London, an unconventional scientist and a fearless female artist team up to trap a cold-hearted killer: “Thoroughly enjoyable” (Deanna Raybourn, New York Times–bestselling author).   …