Historical crime and mysteries

An exuberant and propulsive thriller laced with sex, art, and history.

"e;This 1958 Edgar Award winner for best novel from Lacy (1911-1968) masterfully combines a classic genre trope with a powerful depiction of the impact of racism in 1950s America.

Ten years after the eruption of Vesuvius, the surrounding countryside lies buried and barren.

Das ungewöhnlichste Ermittlerduo Wiens ist wieder auf MörderjagdWien, 1895: In der Gruft unter dem Stephansdom liegt zwischen Knochen und Schädeln ein Toter, das Gesicht vor Entsetzen verzerrt.

';Another great series.

This early work by Anna Katharine Green was originally published in 1905 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction.

This early work by Robert Barr was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of that word.

Private investigator Maisie Dobbs receives her first assignment from the British Secret Service in A Lesson in Secrets, the eighth book in Jacqueline Winspears award-winning mystery series.

Painter and amateur sleuth Georgia O'Keeffe investigates a tragic death when she returns to Taos in the second instalment of this twisty historical mystery set in the 1930s by multi award-winning author Kathryn Lasky.

*As seen on the new BBC TWO TV book club, Between the Covers*Longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown AwardIndie Book of the Month for March, selected by the Booksellers AssociationOne of OBSERVER'S 10 best debut novelists of 2020 / WOMAN & HOME Best of 2020 / EVENING STANDARD Best books of 2020 / MAIL ON SUNDAY 2020 Highlights / I Best of 2020* * * *'Full of life and love .

"e;Ramsay evokes a time and a place so vividly through Jesse's voice that I didn't read this novel so much as savor every page.

This early work by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1854.

Another day, another grand scheme!

Turn-of-the-century archaeologist-sleuth Margaret Murray returns for the second in her captivating historical mystery series.

Includes BONUS short story*****Part of the bestselling John Shakespeare series of Tudor spy thrillers from Rory Clements, winner of the Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award*****'[Clements] does for Elizabeth's reign what CJ Sansom does for Henry VIII's' Sunday Times**********England is a Judas nest of conspiracyIt is 1582, and the conflict between Protestant and Catholic threatens to tear the country in two.

Full of suspense, surprises, and sympathetic characters.

Im Frühjahr 1947 liegt Berlin in Trümmern, und der Winter scheint nicht enden zu wollen.

This early work by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1881.

This early work by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1885.

This captivating, atmospheric and gripping page-turner by million copy bestselling author Paul Sussman is a must read for fans of Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy and Wilbur Smith.

The Oath tracks the intertwined lives of Dr.

In the year that the Colonel died he took little Rupert to see the swallows fly away.

Woods Cop mystery author Joseph Heywood takes readers to an era when people had to be as hard as the lives they lived.

Checkmate (1871) is a novel by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

Spies, secrets and suspicious circumstances: Friar-sleuth Brother Athelstan races against time to solve impossible crimes and uncover a traitor in this gripping historical mystery set in medieval London.

The professionals meet the amateurs in this firstever anthology of Indian detective fiction.

A master forger.

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018Haunting, gripping and gorgeously written, SEE WHAT I HAVE DONE by Sarah Schmidt is a re-imagining of the unsolved American true crime case of the Lizzie Borden murders, for fans of BURIAL RITES and MAKING A MURDERER.

The new hilarious and inspirational memoir from Sunday Times bestselling author of Mad Girl and Mad Woman, Bryony Gordon.

Colin Pendragon's reputation as a brilliant detective is undisputed in Victorian London.

The beautifully compelling wartime story of freedom and love set deep in the Scottish islands'A powerful Second World War love story' THE TIMES'Deeply evocative of Orkney and its wild beauty.

Originally published in 1911, The Innocence of Father Brown is the first of five official collections of short stories focused on the crime-solving Roman Catholic.

Spät im Jahr hält der Frühling Einzug auf Hukejaure in den Fjälls von Schwedisch Lappland.

Be careful what you wish for .

Scotland Yards Ian Rutledge seeks a killer who has eluded Scotland Yard for years in this next installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series.

It’s 1939.

Ex-pat Stella and British aristocrat Viscount ';Lyndy' Lyndhurst are thrilled to celebrate their first Christmas together as Morrington Hall comes alive with caroling, intricate decorations .

ENTER THE LATEST ISAAC BELL ADVENTURE AS HE IS JOINED WITH DIRK PITT OVER A CENTURY APART TO DISCOVER A TRUTH LOST WITH THE TITANIC .

In 1958, as the snow fell across Nebraska, 19-year-old Charlie Starkweather and his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann, climbed into a stolen car and blazed into history with a string of bloody murders that stunned America.

Hugh Corbett returns in the twenty-first gripping mystery in Paul Doherty's ever-popular series.

Apprentice healer Lassair encounters a mysterious veiled noblewoman who brings unexpected peril When Lassair encounters a veiled noblewoman on the quay at Cambridge one morning, set on by an angry mob, she assumes involvement with her will be brief.

Havanna im Ausnahmezustand: Der historische Besuch Obamas und das legendäre Rolling-Stones-Konzert stehen kurz bevor.

It's the winter of 1923 and the border towns are under a deep freeze, with ferries ice-bound in the Detroit River, snow burying the streets, and power interruptions.