Historical crime and mysteries

Book 1 in the gripping Oswald de Lacy series, which can be read as a standalone, from 'the medieval CJ Sansom' (Jeffery Deaver)England, 1350: the Black Death has changed the country forever, taking master and servant alike.

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'One of the most reliable thriller writers in the world' Daily MailTo do what is right, she risks losing everything.

Some people will do anything to keep their secrets safe.

HUNTED, Abir Mukherjee's explosive contemporary thriller, is available NOW*Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month**A 'Book of the Year' pick in The Times*'An engaging, evocative thriller that captures the heat of Indian nights and heady days of a bygone era, without being sentimental or simplistic' Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal'Abir Mukherjee is doing something uniquely different in the crime genre.

Espionage and intrigue light the fuse of rebellion in medieval Scotland for sleuth Margaret Kerr.

The hit novels behind the major new TV series Vienna Blood___________________________Vienna, 1902.

An absolutely heartbreaking and gripping historical novel based on a true story, for fans of Suzanne Goldring, Bridgerton and The Girl Behind the Gates.

'I was seduced from John Grey's first scene' Ann Cleeves1670.

Instant Psychology pulls together all the pivotal psychological knowledge and thought into one concise volume.

'Davis's prose is a lively joy, and Flavia's Rome is sinister and gloriously real' The Times on SaturdayFlavia Albia's day-old marriage is in trouble - her new husband may be permanently disabled and they have no funds.

Fans of Ellis Peters, S J Parris, Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell will love Candace Robb's gripping and compelling murder mystery - full of suspense and tension and with a real sense of medieval York.

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The 18th-century meets the sharp blade of forensic science.

An enthralling prequel to his bestselling Roma Sub Rosa series of mysteries set in the Ancient World, Steven Saylor takes readers back to the younger days of Gordianus the Finder.

'I came fully equipped with the old prejudice that anything to do with Egypt involved corruption and deceit.

A cosy Dandy Gilver mystery set in 1920s Scotland.

Jack D'Arc is a gripping thriller that takes the reader from the seedy underbelly of London to the Royal court of the King and those willing to do anything to protect the monarchy from scandal.

One perfect island.

'An exciting period murder mystery' Reader review 'If you want a fun mystery to read, I highly recommend it' Reader review 'Couldn't put it down!

Frankenstein meets The Shadow of the Wind in a Gothic thriller set in the diabolical city of fin-de-siecle Barcelona.

A cosy Dandy Gilver mystery set in 1930s Scotland.

For the twentieth anniversary of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere reissued the books with beautiful new illustrated covers.

While traveling in France, Carrie Mitchell meets a boy, Jacques, who changes her life.

Magic, murder and a mystery rooted in a murky wartime past.

'Haunting' Independent'A powerful story of loss, malice and deception' Ann Cleeves'A splendidly macabre thriller' Andrew Taylor1920.

Freedom - in eleventh-century France, it is a luxury enjoyed by only the King and nobility.

Lady Georgiana Rannoch knows nothing is simple when you're thirty-fifth in line for the British crown, but her upcoming marriage proves to be the ultimate complication in the tenth mystery in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series.

In Oliver Cromwell's London, nothing is as it seems - Captain Damian Seeker must battle to find justice, when an innocent man's life hangs in the balance.

Hugh Corbett is drawn into the dangerous disputes for the Scottish throne.

Another excellent historical adventure from Susanna Gregory featuring 17th-century spy Thomas Chaloner------------------------London in the spring of 1665 is a city full of fear.

'A ripping yarn .

In another historical adventure from Susanna Gregory, Chaloner the spy investigates a murder in a plague-ravaged 17th century LondonThe plague raging through London in 1665 has emptied the city.

A spellbinding literary thriller about terror, war, greed, and the darkest secrets of the human soul, by the author of the million-copy bestseller, The Interpretation of Murder.

Chosen by The Times as one of the Top Ten Crime Novels Written by Women since 2000Flavia Albia is the adopted daughter of a famous investigating family.

The EPA came to numerous towns in the mining west armed with a computer program that they were certain was more accurate than any testing method for determining blood lead that was currently known to man.

Egypt's enemies are massing in the North.

WINNER OF THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD 2014.

The spellbinding SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and RICHARD AND JUDY BOOKCLUB PICK about old family secrets .

Death descends on the New Forest in Ann Granger's gripping eighth Victorian mystery featuring Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie.

A NEW EMPEROR SEEKS AN EXPERIENCED AGENTMarcus Didius Falco is a private informer, the closest thing that first-century Rome has to a detective.

A locked room.

On a cold November night in a Deptford yard, dock worker Harry Parker stumbles upon the body of a dead woman.

Havana in the 1850s is a city as dangerous as it is exotic.

Sherlock's landlady and Dr.

Transport yourself to mid-century New York in this compelling and evocative story of secrets, jealousy and hidden love'Book of the Month' WOMAN & HOME'Dazzling debut' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'So vividly evoked' CLARE CHAMBERS'I was gripped from the first page' SARA COX__________NEW YORK CITY, 1955.

Pitt is on a secret mission for Queen Victoria, which may be his last.

Rome is in chaos.

Die clevere Amateurdetektivin Myrtle Hardcastle untersucht in diesem Abenteuer einen Fall rund um eine vermisste Erbin, die auf hoher See verschollen ist.

Pellegrino Artusi, the great gastronome and amateur detective, is back.