Historical Detective Novels

The latest novel in bestselling author Andrea Penrose’s popular Regency-set Wrexford & Sloane historical mystery series is a brilliant blend of intrigue and romance, complete with the excitement of a …

As plague stalks the streets of 16th century London, Christopher Marlowe is drawn into a baffling murder investigation where nothing is as it first appears. September, 1592. “Kit, I know we have neve …

In 1911, the fastest trip from San Francisco to St. Louis takes four days-every one potentially deadly for two honeymooners. In April 1911, Julia Nye Mc Connell has enjoyed a delayed honeymoon with h …

The death of a young girl leads Detective Sergeant Harry Barnard and Kate O’Donnell into a hotbed of simmering tensions, violence and threats in sixties’ Soho. London, 1964. At three a.m. on a chilly …

‘a well-crafted plot that builds to a chilling climax’ – Publishers Weekly Starred Review A medieval mystery from the author of the Hawkenlye series It is 1087 and William Rufus has just ascended the …

”This remarkable novel is nothing less than a secret history of southern California—a radical past that might yet redeem our future.’—Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz A chance encounte …

November, 1942. Betty Ahern is doing her part for the war, working at Bell Aircraft while her older brother and fiancé are fighting overseas, but she really wants to be a private detective like her m …

Love is personal, war is not, especially in North Carolina, 1865-1867, during the reconstruction. With a love they are certain will transcend all else, southern belle Penny Kennedy marries Union Offi …

A Mystery of Medieval Ireland 1510. A great feast is being held. Into a crowd listening to the story of Balor, the one-eyed god, come two strangers. The younger of the two, Larla, bears a letter that …

A Mystery of Medieval Ireland Christmas, 1510; the Burren, West coast of Ireland. Mara, Brehon of the Burren, has accepted the offer of marriage made by King Turlough Donn O’Brien, ruler of that tiny …