Historical Detective Novels

Returning, whether it means going back or giving back, is never easy, at least not in this volume of three Miriam bat Isaac novelettes:  In the first story, ‘The Bodyguard, ‘ Miriam’s twin broth …

A lavish weekend party, a practical joke that goes murderously wrong, and stolen state secrets all transpire in The Seven Dials Mystery, by Agatha Christie. Full of her usual sly wit this clever murd …

The delightfully irreverent eldest daughter of the not-so-ill-fated Romeo and Juliet returns to sleuth another day in fair Verona, in this hugely entertaining historical mystery series with a refresh …

Wealthy London tycoon, Richard Goodborn, has mysteriously vanished! Travel back to Victorian England, where the Earl of Glamford, a young man named Alexander, receives a prewritten letter from the mi …

History tells us that baseball legends Christy Mathewson and Ty Cobb volunteered as Captains in the World War I Chemical Warfare Service. After the 1918 baseball season ended, both shipped out for Fr …

Philadelphia – September, 1785. Benjamin Franklin is certain of Quaker stonecutter Jacob Maul’s innocence , despite the fact that Maul has been jailed for murder after a second woman is found de …

Stepsisters Mary and Jane find themselves caught up in a mystery involving a drowned Russian and missing diamonds, while falling for the charms of poets Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron—in this gr …

What do you do if the bad guys in your life grab you to get back a priceless diamond–which, by the way, you don’t have–and they’re willing to kidnap, torture, and/or kill to obtain it? After you ma …

Offering “a vibrant picture of the roles Black and mixed-race people played in Regency life” (Publishers Weekly), this unique historical mystery series, featuring a mixed-race heroine with a notoriou …

‘ An atmospheric and gripping standalone thriller’ – THE TIMES The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times and one million copy bestselling author of The English Führer. In this brilliant st …