Historical Detective Novels

‘Brilliant’ –Publishers Weekly Starred Review The legendary Judge Dee Renjie investigates a high-profile murder case in this intriguing companion novel to Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen …

An exhilarating page-turner set in 1920s Vancouver post prohibition, when liquor was the fuel driving big business, big government—and major crime. In this spellbinding follow-up to his mystery The W …

Accident . . . or murder? Detective Inspector Hardcastle’s seemingly simple investigation turns more complicated, in his latest case June 1918. A patrolling constable discovers the body of Georgina C …

Henry David Thoreau’s impassioned activism in the Underground Railroad leads him away from the banks of Walden Pond into a morass of murder… In the spring of 1848, Thoreau returns to Plumford, Massac …

In 1950s England, a debutante disappears from a Soho jazz club, pulling a pair of sleuths into a seedy underworld, in this “series that deserves a long run” (Booklist).   In the years following …

The Good Old Summertime is the first book in the Julia Nye historical mystery series. In 1910, prohibiting the sale of alcohol is the hot-button issue of the day. And sometimes the debate gets out of …

A rattling good yarn and a suspenseful whodunit, against the backdrop of real historical events, that brings sixteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes together with Karl Marx and his brilliant daughter Eleano …

‘Superb . . . a fast-moving and gripping plot’ Publishers Weekly Starred Review of The Merchant Murderers March 1557. Jack Blackjack is back in London and enjoying a sedentary life – after …

A living man is rescued from a coffin on its way to the cemetery—in a puzzling whodunit with an “interesting exploration of Victorian mourning practices” (Kirkus Reviews). One of Victorian London’s m …

‘Buckley draws even the most minor characters with subtlety and skill, making the dramatic conclusion that much more satisfying’ – Publishers Weekly Starred Review Ursula Blanchard must acquire a mys …