Historical Detective Novels

Finalist for the 2019 Oklahoma Book Awards, Fiction ‘The murder investigation allows Loewenstein to probe into the lives of proud people who would never expose their troubles to strangers. People lik …

Despatched to Whitby Abbey to barter for a Holy Relic, Hildegard of Meaux is plunged into a baffling murder investigation in this gripping medieval mystery. Late December, 1389. Ordered to undertake …

Tom Harper must catch a traitor intent on disrupting the war effort and bringing terror to the streets of Leeds in this page-turning mystery. ‘Nickson does his usual superb job of evoking the period …

Owen Archer suspects an old adversary is on his tail as he seeks to solve the mystery surrounding a dead body found on the road to York. ‘A standout . . . Robb reinforces her place among the top …

For fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age, explore the dark side of the alluring world of America’s 19th century elite in this gripping series of riveting mysteries… For Newport, Rhode Island’s high society, …

‘Irresistibly seductive…a masterpiece.’ —Anthony Bourdain In the sweltering New York summer of 1841, five people are found brutally murdered. At the center of it all is High Constable Jacob Hays, the …

Progessive History With a Mystery Twist The eight Sage Adair Mysteries are set in 1902, Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. These adventure stories highlight the positive changes made by that …

‘Watson, do you believe in ghosts?’ With this question, Sherlock Holmes shatters the calm of a quiet evening in their London flat and, with Dr. John Watson at his side, embarks upon a particularly st …

With the discovery of a young woman’s charred and blackened body, Richard Nottingham tackles his most disturbing case yet March, 1733. Fire rages through an empty house in a rundown area of Leeds, bu …

In the same vein as Rhys Bowen’s and Susan Elia Mac Neal’s engrossing mysteries, Stephanie Graves returns with the latest book in her captivating historical mystery series set in England during World …