Mystery & Detective / Historical

The Burry Man's Day

Dandy Gilver #2

by Catriona McPherson

The second classic whodunnit starring Dandy Gilver. Summer 1923, and as the village of Queensferry prepares for the annual Ferry Fair and the walk of the Burry Man, feelings are running high. With his pagan...

Farriers' Lane

Charlotte & Thomas Pitt #13

by Anne Perry

BONUS: This edition contains excerpts from Anne Perry's Treason at Lisson Grove and Execution Dock.

When the distinguished Mr. Justice Stafford dies of opium poisoning, his shocking demise resurrects one of the...

Lake Charles: A Mystery Novel

by Ed Lynskey

"Bears comparison with the best noir fiction being published today. I loved it." -Ed Gorman

"LAKE CHARLES is going to scorch your soul. Ed Lynskey has given us a geographical and spiritual wasteland that that...

Tragedy at Sarsfield Manor: A Joe Scintilla Mystery

Joe Scintilla Mysteries #2

by S.T. Joshi

Members of the Sarsfield clan have gathered at the palatial family estate under terms of the will of John Sarsfield, who created a riddle they must solve to inherit the family fortune. Scintilla is summoned...

Queen of Ambition

Ursula Blanchard #5

by Fiona Buckley

Ursula Blanchard, loyal lady of the Queen's Presence Chamber and gifted sleuth, is at home amid the glittering complexities of the royal court. Now, Ursula has a new part to play in the service of her Queen...

The Girl Who Would Speak for the Dead

by Paul Elwork

It is the summer of 1925. Emily Stewart and her brother, Michael, are thirteen-year-old twins—privileged, precocious, and wandering aimlessly around their family’s Philadelphia estate. One day Emily discovers...

Royal Flush

Her Royal Spyness Mysteries #3

by Rhys Bowen

1930's London: Poor Lady Georgiana-thirty-fourth in line to the throne- has been sent home due to a little scandal. Now she must keep the entirely unsuitable Mrs. Simpson from seducing the Prince of Wales-and...

The Tale of Oat Cake Crag

The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter #7

by Susan Albert

Miss Beatrix Potter has returned to Near Sawrey, where her friend Grace has been receiving anonymous letters that threaten her good name and her plans to marry. Beatrix must investigate quietly so as not to...

Sovereign: A Matthew Shardlake Mystery

A Matthew Shardlake Mystery #2

by C. Sansom

The third installment of C. J. Sansom's acclaimed Matthew Shardlake mystery series

C. J . Sansom has garnered a wider audience and increased critical praise with each new novel published. His first book in...

Her Royal Spyness

Her Royal Spyness Mysteries #1

by Rhys Bowen

INTRODUCING "A FEISTY NEW HEROINE" (JACQUELINE WINSPEAR) who's thirty-fourth in line for the throne-and flat broke.From the Agatha Award-winning author of the Molly Murphy and Constable Evan Evans mysteries!...

Dark Fire

by C. Sansom

From the acclaimed author of Dissolution comes a new sixteenth-century thriller featuring hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake. In 1540, during the reign of Henry VIII, Shardlake is asked to help a young girl...

A Rich Full Death

by Michael Dibdin

Florence,1855. "The English are dying too much," the city's police chief observes. And members of the foreign

community in this quaint Italian backwater, both English and American, are indeed dying at an alarming...

Jane and the Stillroom Maid: Being the Fifth Jane Austen Mystery

Jane Austen #5

by Stephanie Barron

Jane Austen as sleuth continues to delight in her latest adventure (after Jane and the Genius of the Place), which sheds new light on the author's travels in 1806. While enjoying a ramble in the Derbyshire hills...

Graveyard Dust: A Novel of Suspense

The Benjamin January Mysteries #3

by Barbara Hambly

Bestselling author Barbara Hambly's A Free Man of Color and Fever Season established Benjamin January as one of mystery's most exciting heroes. Now he returns in a powerful new novel, a sensual mosaic of old...

Among the Mad

Maisie Dobbs #6

by Jacqueline Winspear

In the thrilling new novel by the New York Times bestselling author of An Incomplete Revenge, Maisie Dobbs must catch a madman before he commits murder on an unimaginable scale

It’s Christmas Eve 1931. On the...

Island of Bones: A Novel

Crowther and Westerman #3

by Imogen Robertson

The third novel in the critically acclaimed Crowther and Westerman historical suspense series reveals the dark secrets of Crowther’s past

England, 1783. For years, reclusive anatomist Gabriel Crowther...

The Secret Journals of Sherlock Holmes

by June Thomson

SECRETS, SUSPENSE, AND CONSPIRACY. LONDON THROUGH THE EYES OF THE GREAT SHERLOCK HOLMES

As Dr Watson’s secret manuscripts are revealed to the public, a multitude of previously unseen cases come to light. An...

The Cutting Season

by Attica Locke

In Black Water Rising, Attica Locke delivered one of the most stunning and sure-handed fiction debuts in recent memory, garnering effusive critical praise, several award nominations, and passionate reader response....

Death of Kings: No 2

by Philip Gooden

London, 1601, and the atmosphere is tense. Aspiring actor Nick Revill finds himself in a compromising situation where he is forced to act as government spy and keep watch over his won company. Nick has a privileged...

The Game

Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes #7

by Laurie R. King

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Laurie R. King's The God of the Hive and Pirate King.

It’s only the second day of 1924, but Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, find themselves embroiled...