Historical Mystery category: 10101 books
by Charlotte MacLeod
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
A historical mystery set in early twentieth-century New England from the acclaimed author of the Peter Shandy series.
Upon graduating from an academy for respectable young ladies, Lavinia Tabard heads to the New England countryside and her rich cousin Zilpha’s summer cottage with the low...
by Oscar de Muriel
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
The brutal slaying of a violinist in his home in 1888 sparks a locked-room murder mystery investigated by two diametrically opposed Edinburgh detectives.
1888: a violinist is brutally murdered in his Edinburgh home. Fearing a national panic over a copycat Jack the Ripper, Scotland Yard sends...
Winter at Death's Hotel
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
**"**Part historical fiction, part psychological thriller, Cameron's work is all page-turner."-Library Journal, STARRED Review
Sherlock has nothing on this woman in 1890s New York, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's wife hunts down a serial killer...
New York, January 1896. Arthur...
Savage Liberty
A Mystery of Revolutionary America
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
For fans of Geraldine Brooks' novels, Caleb Carr's The Alienist, or Laird Hunt's Neverhome, Elliott Pattison is an exciting talent, capable of weaving the most page-turning of historical thrillers
Set during the American Revolutionary War, Book 5 of the series is sure to capture the widest...
A Poisonous Plot
The Twenty First Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
The twenty first chronicle in the Matthew Bartholomew series.
In 1358, over a century after its foundation in Cambridge, the college of Michaelhouse is facing a serious shortfall of funds and competition from upstarts rivals such as Zachary Hostel. Their problems are made no easier by the hostility...
by John Dickson Carr
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Golden Age mystery author John Dickson Carr displays his mastery of the historical mystery in this thrilling tale of courtship and punishment in Regency-era England
To inherit her family fortune, beautiful Miss Caroline Ross must marry before her twenty-fifth birthday. But she has found only...
by Paul Doherty
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
"Medieval mystery fans have cause for rejoicing with the return of Brother Athelstan" Booklist on Bloodstone|January, 1381. Guests of the Regent, John of Gaunt, Brother Athelstan and Sir John Cranston have been attending a mystery play performed by the Straw Men, Gaunt’s personal acting...
The Book of Shadows (Kathryn Swinbrooke Mysteries, Book 4)
Magic and murder abound in an unputdownable medieval mystery
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
What do you do when everyone is a suspect?
Paul Doherty writes a medieval mystery shrouded in secrets in The Book of Shadows, the fourth novel to feature physician and sleuth Kathryn Swinbrooke. Perfect for fans of Susanna Gregory and Michael Jecks.
The year is 1471. Shortly after the...
The Masked Man
A gripping historical novel of mystery and intrigue
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
During the reign of Louis XIV, a mysterious man was kept prisoner in Bastille. Who was he?
The mysteries of 18th century France are explored in Paul Doherty's masterful novel, The Masked Man. Perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom and Susanna Gregory.
Ralph Croft, an English rogue, is plucked from...
by Margaret Frazer
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2011
ACT OF MERCY, ACT OF MURDER
Leaving the safety of her nunnery walls behind, Dame Frevisse is drawn into an unholy web of treachery and deceit. Waylaid on the King's Highway by a band of outlaws, Frevisse is shocked to discover that their leader is her long-lost cousin Nicholas. When he pleads...
The Reek of Red Herrings
A Dandy Gilver Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
Winner of the 2017 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel!
“Dandy Gilver is marvelously, hopelessly, hilariously wonderful. If you haven’t discovered Catriona McPherson yet, it’s time to start!” —Charles Todd, author of the Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery series
On the rain-drenched,...
A Wicked Deed
The Fifth Matthew Bartholomew Chronicle
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2010
The fifth chronicle in the Matthew Bartholomew series.
Matthew Bartholomew, doctor of medicine and fellow of Michaelhouse, Cambridge, is travelling with a party from the college to accept the gift of the living of a parish in Grundisburgh, Suffolk. One of his companions, Unwin, an unworldly...
A Killer In Winter
The Ninth Matthew Bartholomew Chronicle
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2010
The ninth chronicle in the Matthew Bartholomew series.
As Christmas of 1354 approaches, the town is gripped by the worst blizzards in living memory. As physician of Michaelhouse, Matthew Bartholomew struggles to help the poorer citizens cope with freezing temperatures while his colleagues prepare...
Mystery In The Minster
The Seventeenth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
The seventeenth chronicle in the Matthew Bartholomew series.
In 1358 the fledging college of Michaelhouse in Cambridge is in need of extra funds. A legacy from the Archbishop of York of a parish close to that city promises a welcome source of income. However, there has been another claim to...