Historical Detective Novels

New York’s ‘Diamond Horseshoe’ balcony in the Metropolitan Opera House glittered with ladies’ jewels in January 1899, and Society seated in private boxes heard Mozart’s murder victim sing his song of …

‘Excellent . . . The surprising revelations that populate the book, mixed with a mood of regret and wistful longing for dead loves, imbue the story with a seductive power. Readers will eagerly antici …

‘So where exactly did Albert Campion stand on the Abdication?’ ‘Behind the throne, slightly to the left?’ suggested Commander Charles Luke. Margery Allingham’s Mr Campion finds himself masquerading a …

Skillfully plotted … Adams shines light on the darker realities of the times without being heavyhanded Publishers Weekly>/b> Detective Chief Inspector Henry Johnstone discovers that things are …

Wrexford and Sloane must unravel secrets within secrets—including a few that entangle their own hearts—when they reunite to solve a string of shocking murders that have horrified Regency London . . . …

March 1943. As the Buffalo winter ends, the father of Betty Ahern’s friend, Lee Tillotson, disappears. At first his absence is a relief, providing Lee, his mother and sisters refuge from the man’s fr …

Set in the Downton Abbey era of post-WW1 England, this evocative historical series features Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady’s maid, Eva Huntford, solving crimes among the gentry, in a well-crafted m …

Toxic medicine, a fanatic Chicago detective, and a fatal plunge down a steep staircase embroil Val and Roddy De Vere in a dangerous quest for facts in 1899. Roddy’s fledgling business teeters as …

Heaven Will Protest the Working Girl is the third book in the Julia Nye historical mystery series. In 1910, sexual slavery traps immigrant women and country women new to the cities-and now women …