Historiska detektivromaner

Two monumental granite statues by famed German artist Käthe Kollwitz—the Grieving Parents—have been stolen from a World War I soldiers’ cemetery in Belgium. What could the motive have been for such a …

It’s 1888 — the Autumn of Terror.  Jack the Ripper is brutally murdering prostitues in Whitechapel, the poorest section of London.  The police bungle the investigation and are stumied. Que …

Esther Brookstone is at it again, this time obsessing about the life and times of St. John the Divine, all triggered by the discovery of a parchment hidden in the frame of a Botticelli painting that …

Gossip columnist Lorna Whitcomb knows every dirty secret in Hollywood . . . except who killed her tipster. Sleuthing duo Lillian Frost and Edith Head investigate in this head-turning mystery. 1940, L …

A church art exhibition turns deadly . . . ‘Art, my dear boy, ’ said Mr Askern, ‘especially sacred art, needs tradition. Tradition is the bedrock of our art . . .’ He broke off, staring at the woman …

’Spencer continues to display her mastery of the British procedural and this one… is one of her best yet’ – Booklist Starred Review ’Spencer expertly balances personal and prfessional angst in this …

London’s social season is in full glory when Scotland Yard Inspector Frederick Abberline discovers an unidentified, well-dressed corpse down by the London docks. A widower for three years, Lord Langs …

Is It Time to Exit the Stage? A close brush with death in Texas has left Pinkerton agent Lilly Long wondering if the demands of the job she wanted so badly are more than she can mentally and physical …

Brother Athelstan must solve a theft from the royal treasure chamber and the murders of six executioners in this gripping medieval mystery. London. January, 1382. The Crown’s treasury has been robbed …