Historical Detective Novels

As the Great Depression loosens its grip on New York City, Mayor La Guardia and his team meet their greatest foe in the fight against organized crime … Lane Sanders and her fiery boss, Mayor Fio …

Dry Bones, the third novel of the Fintan Dunne series by Peter Quinn, follows Fintan, who works for the OSS, the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The novel is set during World War …

Was the wrong man hanged for a young woman’s murder, or is a copycat killer on the loose? DCI Henry Johnstone and DS Mickey Hitchens must crack a darkly complex case when the community close ranks. 1 …

In the latest Hawkenlye mystery, desperate men commit terrible crimes, but vengeance is on its way . . . Winter, 1211.Former abbess Helewise moves back to her cell near Hawkenlye Abbey to help the ne …

CRT Awards – Fiction Book of the Year 2013 “A wonderfully atmospheric story of sudden death in a secluded Welsh valley.” Pennant Melangell lies at the head of a mountain valley in North Wales. It con …

Coroner Sir John investigates the murder of a man with too many enemies to count in this pacey, twisty instalment in the Crowner John medieval mystery series, set in twelfth-century England. Exeter, …

The year is 1618 and the beginning of the brutal Thirty Years’ War. Lieutenant Jack Channing’s life is about to be immutably altered by two events. He falls in love with a beautiful countess and witn …

Sister Fidelma returns in the thirty-second Celtic mystery by Peter Tremayne. Ireland. AD 672. The Feast of Beltaine is approaching and the seven senior princes of the kingdom of Muman are gathering …

When Crispin Guest finds himself trapped in circumstances outside his control, he must rely on the wits of his young apprentice, Jack Tucker, to do the rescuing. Crispin awakens in a strange bed afte …

The Blitz Business opens in London’s East End on December 29, 1940, when the Blitz is at its worst. Jamie is almost 15, has mild retardation, and lives with his grandmother and cousin Roy as a virtua …