Historical Detective Novels

Secrets, mystery and wedding bells at Dovecote Hatch! 1933, Dovecote Hatch, England. Florence Norris knows she has found a good man in George ‘Birdie’ Bird, the landlord of the local pub, The Dog & W …

A young Mayor’s assistant gets caught between Tammany Hall gangsters and her childhood nightmares in this mystery set in Depression Era New York.   New York City, 1936. It’s been six months sinc …

Set in the dream factory of the 1940s, this glittering debut novel follows a young Hollywood hopeful into a star-studded web of scandal, celebrity, and murder . . .   The chipped pink nail polis …

The Second in the Sam Spray series (Book 1 Fatal Connections). The Irish Potato Famine resonates with events thirty years later in the Peak District where a man is found shot in a railyard and a lock …

A sleuthing team pursues purloined pigeons—and finds a dead body—in this “captivating” mystery set in a 1920s English village (Publishers Weekly).   One would hardly call them birds of a feather …

As We Forgive Them (1904) is a mystery novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the height of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, As We Forgive Them is a st …

The Doctor of Pimlico (1919) is a mystery novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the height of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Doctor of Pimlico i …

An important discovery puts Roger the Chapman’s life in danger . . . – In the autumn of 1483, Roger goes on an errand of mercy to Hereford, where he is caught up in the Duke of Buckingham’s rebellion …

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 …

Death and danger await intrepid nun Hildegard of Meaux when she undertakes a secret mission for the good of her Order, in this eleventh action-packed installment of the medieval mystery series. Febru …