Historical Detective Novels

‘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 …

Harrison, like Peter Tremayne in his Sister Fidelma series, provides a superior brand of historical mystery – Booklist February, 1512. Mara, Brehon of the Burren, judge and lawgiver, has been invited …

A gruesome discovery leads Libertus on a dangerous quest . . . – Wealthy Volus, ex-lictor to the Imperial Governor of Gaul, is retiring to the town of Glevum. Libertus is sent to his new apartment, w …

Dundee, December 1879. Ann Craig is waiting for her husband to return home when she sees the newly built iron rail bridge across the River Tay collapse. The train her husband is travelling on plunges …