Historical Detective Novels

Welcome to Hollywood of the 1920s: a world filled with glamour, fake names . . . and the occasional felony! July, 1924. After nine months of living in Hollywood and working as a companion to her beau …

Traveling secretary Hattie Davish is returning to her once-quiet hometown, where a deluge of deadly secrets leaves her feeling anything but welcome… When her good friend Virginia Hayward’s father pas …

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 …

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 …

A historical crime fiction novel set in Victorian London’s gaslit theatre scene, where ghosts lurk in the shadows and murder takes centre stage. Gaslight. Ghosts. Murder. Hastings Wimbury has always …

Lambda Literary Award-winning author delves into the sudden and extraordinary wave of gay-bashing in 1940s Philadelphia. It’s steaming August in post-war Philadelphia. Clifford Waterman, dishonorably …

A stolen valuable is just the beginning of a trail of strange events Junio has to uncover in this skilfully plotted historical mystery set in 2nd century Britain. ‘ A mastery of period detail matches …

Still an earth-bound spirit-detective, Tuck is on the case of the murder of a mysterious philanthropist with ties to the Russian mob and 1939 gangsters. With the help of his wife, Professor Angela Tu …

Melbourne during the depression. A seedy, corrupt city. Someone has struck at the heart of Australia’s soul: they have killed the horse that would have won the Melbourne Cup. For what motive? Profit, …

Is it possible that Forrest Fenn was in fact D.B. Cooper? You be the judge in this fictional drama filled with mystery and real life letters from Forrest. …