Mystery & Detective / Historical

The Breaking Point

by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Elizabeth Wheeler lives in a small town, sings in the church choir, and dreams of a man who will sweep her off her feet. Instead, she is thrust into a series of events beyond her control leading to passion,...

Murder in the Holy City

by Simon Beaufort

This first book in the critically acclaimed 11th century mystery series featuring Sir Geoffrey Mappestone. Jerusalem, 1100. On returning to the city following an exhausting desert patrol, Crusader knight Sir...

Death Comes to London

by Catherine Lloyd

Murder makes a debut on the London social scene in this Regency-era mystery by the author of Death Comes to the Village.

With the reluctant blessings of their father, the rector of Kurland St. Mary, Lucy Harrington...

Fear in the Forest

by Bernard Knight

Who would dare kill one of the king’s foresters? Coroner Sir John investigates in this characterful instalment in the Crowner John medieval mystery series, set in twelfth-century England.

Devon, 1195. A tall,...

Grim Reaper, The

by Bernard Knight

Coroner Sir John chases down a serial killer with a taste for Biblical justice in this suspenseful instalment in the Crowner John medieval mystery series, set in twelfth-century England.

1195. County coroner...

Mist Over the Water

Aelf Fen mysteries #2

by Alys Clare

'This page-turning historical thriller from one of Britain's most talented popular fiction authors ticks all the boxes' - Booklist Starred Review

The second in a brand-new medieval mystery series from the author...

The Slickers

by L. Ron Hubbard

Tex Larimee is a grizzled Arizona sheriff who’s leaving the deserts of Cactus County behind, blazing a trail east to mix it up with The Slickers in the canyons of Manhattan. Years later Clint Eastwood would...

Eye of the Law: A Burren Medieval Mystery 5

Burren Mysteries #5

by Cora Harrison

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 claims that...

Music of the Distant Stars

Aelf Fen mysteries #3

by Alys Clare

The new Lassair mystery from the author of the Hawkenlye books

Very early one summer morning, Lassair slips out of her Fenland village on a deeply personal mission and discovers the body of a young woman, hidden...

Writ in Stone: A Burren Medieval Mystery 4

Burren Mysteries #4

by Cora Harrison

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 kingdom...

Dead and Buried

The Benjamin January Mysteries #9

by Barbara Hambly

The new 'Benjamin January' novel from the best-selling author

New Orleans, 1836. When free black musician and surgeon Benjamin January attends the funeral of a friend, an accident tips the dead man out of his...

Out of the Dawn Light

Aelf Fen mysteries #1

by Alys Clare

'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 throne; England...

Traitor's Storm

by M. J. Trow

Christopher Marlowe faces the might of the Spanish Armada in the sixth of this intriguing historical mystery series

May, 1588. With Elizabeth I’s court rocked by stories of an imminent invasion and one of his...

After Midnight

by Diane Shute

As far as Alix is concerned, she has no past—only today, and her plans for the future: creating a dynamic stable of Thoroughbreds that will take the 1830s British racing world by storm. When forced into assuming...

Matter of Breeding, A

by J. Sydney Jones

October, 1901. Lawyer and private enquiries agent Karl Werthen accepts an assignment to protect the famous Irish writer Bram Stoker while on a speaking tour of Vienna. Meanwhile, his colleague, renowned criminologist...

Verdict of the Court: A mystery set in sixteenth-century Ireland

Burren Mysteries #11

by Cora Harrison

A festive celebration turns into a fight for survival when Mara and her clan come under attack . . .

Christmas 1519 is the twentieth anniversary of King Turlough Donn’s reign over the three kingdoms of Thomond,...

After the Exhibition

by Dolores Gordon-Smith

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 in...

Tinner's Corpse, The

by Bernard Knight

Coroner Sir John is plunged into the world of the tinners in this entertaining instalment in the Crowner John medieval mystery series, set in twelfth-century England.

1195. When county coroner Sir John de Wolfe...

Awful Secret, The

by Bernard Knight

Coroner Sir John gets entangled with the Knights Templar in this suspenseful instalment in the Crowner John medieval mystery series, set in twelfth-century England.

1195. Gilbert de Rideford is a Knight of the...

A Sense of Entitlement

by Anna Loan-Wilsey

Traveling secretary and dilettante detective Hattie Davish is bringing her talents to a small New England town whose wealthy residents have more secrets than they do money. . .

When Hattie Davish's job takes...