Historical Detective Novels

In their fifth adventure, Rosalind Bernaud, an artist/photographer from Brisbane, and Edinburgh archaeologist Philip Trevasco travel to Cornwall to help his uncle Jeremy achieve his dying wish: to fi …

The Silent House (1899) is a mystery novel by Fergus Hume. Although not as successful as The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886), an immediate bestseller for Hume, The Silent House is a gripping novel wit …

A rash of poison pen letters has enveloped the sleepy English village of Walmsley Parva in cloud of suspicion and paranoia. But when rampant aspersions culminate in murder, enquiry agents Beryl Helli …

Perfect for readers looking for a darker twist on Bridgerton, this first in a vibrant, inclusive historical mystery series from an acclaimed author Vanessa Riley portrays the true diversity of the Re …

The first in a new series featuring Detective Jim Kinsella. Who murdered Molly? Was it Leopold Bloom, in the kitchen, with a teapot . . .? This finely crafted historical mystery, using several recogn …

Daniel ‘Hawk’ Fishinghawk is the best of the best — a detective’s detective. Raised by his Cherokee grandfather to be sensitive to the subtle signs of nature, no clue goes by unnoticed, and each and …

A formal dinner in palatial, Gilded Age Newport stuns Val De Vere when her closest friend whispers a terrifying rumor. The friend’s ultra-rich auntie’s fatal heart attack at Mrs. Astor’s annual …

Praise for Peter Dickinson’s mysteries: ‘A literary magician controlling an appar-ently inexhaustible supply of effects.’—Penelope Lively For best-selling author Lady Margaret, the past is no longer …

A female undertaker in Victorian London suspects death by unnatural causes in a mystery “rich with historical incidents and details” (Publishers Weekly).   Only a woman with an iron backbone cou …

Ursula’s quiet life on her Surrey estate is thrown into chaos by the arrival of a new neighbour in this absorbing Tudor mystery. August, 1582. The queen’s spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, has order …