Historische detectiveromans

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886) is a mystery novel by Fergus Hume. An immediate bestseller for Hume, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a gripping novel with an atmospheric intensity and tightly wound …

Located on the idyllic Georgia coast, Jekyl Island was the playground of the rich at the turn of the last century. Vanderbilts, Goulds, Rockefellers, and other members of elite society vacationed the …

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 …

After surviving the horrors of the Great War, Paul Shenstone works as a police detective in 1920s Toronto, rooting out petty criminals and rumrunners. The unusual murder of a prominent industrialist …

The Doom List – you’d rather be dead than be on it: the intriguing new 1920s mystery featuring Irish-born cop turned private investigator Tom Collins. July, 1922. Newly-appointed ‘movie czar’ William …

‘Someone killed Richard. Now Richard wants to know why.’ New England, 1887. The millionaire William Knight is brutally murdered. His grandson, Richard, the only witness, is shocked into silence, then …

Private investigators Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham get more than they bargain for when they take on a case in a girls’ boarding school, in the latest World’s End Bureau Victorian mystery. London, …

The brand-new novel from the winner of the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition. ‘A CRACKING READ’ HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY ‘THIS ATMOSPHERIC WARTIME MYSTERY IS PERFECT FOR FANS OF FO …

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 chase is on for the greatest archaeological discovery of the 21st century. Two thousand years ago, a greedy Persian general and his seneschal march through the dunes, leaving behind rivers of blo …