Historical Detective Novels

It’s just another murder, one of the hundreds of simple homicides in 1939: A spinster nurse is killed in her apartment; a suspect is caught with the murder weapon and convicted. Fintan Dunne, the P.I …

“Balances Downton Abbey–style period charm with a tight plot that twists and turns right until the end… a plot that would satisfy Poirot.” —Library Journal “Dame Agatha would be proud.” —Publishers W …

Poet-sleuth Geoffrey Chaucer is caught up in the chaos of the Peasants’ Revolt as he attempts to track down a brutal killer. June, 1381. Embarking on his annual pilgrimage to Canterbury, Geoffrey Cha …

Ancient Roman freedman and pavement maker Libertus investigates the death of the pie-maker and the disappearance of his slave amid ‘green man’ sightings Libertus has an important order to fulfil for …

For fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age, explore the dazzling world of America’s 19th century elite in this lush, page-turning saga… In early twentieth-century New York, a young social butterfly discovers t …

‘A thought-provoking plot, and an affecting and powerful conclusion make this one of Clare’s best’ – Booklist Starred Review Physician-sleuth Dr Gabriel Taverner uncovers dark secrets in his small De …

AD 180: Quintus Suetonius and his stepson Manius are frumenatarii, the Roman Empire’s secret police. Dispatched to Britannia on a mission whose purpose is kept veiled from them, they join forces with …

As America staggers through the Great Depression,   death stalks the pioneer blues musicians.    In the depths of the Great Depression, father and son musicologists John and Alan …

Ursula travels deep into the New Forest to investigate rumours of a plot to overthrow Queen Elizabeth in this gripping Tudor mystery. May, 1586. Ursula and her retinue return home from a lengthy trip …

The Man in the Chimney by Betty Vaughn is a Civil War story of an unlikely and troubled romance between a New York Calvary officer in Union occupied New Bern, and the Lenoir County woman who saves hi …