Historical crime and mysteries

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

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

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

From the critically acclaimed, award-nominated author comes a new noir crime classic about one of the most notorious trials in American history.

From "e;a singular voice in fiction"e; (USA Today) comes a remarkable new novel about one of the most infamous murders in Florida history.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;MURDER MYSTERY COLLECTION: Detective Fleming Stone Mysteries, Complete Pennington Wise Series, Sherlock Holmes Cases & Many More"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:Fleming Stone MysteriesThe ClueThe Gold BagA Chain of EvidenceThe Maxwell MysteryAnybody But AnneThe White AlleyThe Curved BladesThe Mark of CainVicky VanThe Diamond PinRaspberry JamThe Mystery of the SycamoreThe Mystery GirlSpooky HollowPrillilgirlThe Bronze HandWhere's EmilyPennington Wise MysteriesThe Room with the TasselsThe Man Who Fell Through the EarthIn the Onyx LobbyThe Come-BackThe Luminous FaceThe Vanishing of Betty VarianOther NovelsThe Deep-Lake MysteryFace CardsThe Adventure of the Mona LisaThe Adventure of the Clothes-LineCarolyn Wells (1862-1942) was an American writer and poet.

They say a painting can have a life of its own.

Readers everywhere have fallen for New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn's intrepid amateur sleuth and socialite, Lady Julia Grey.

The stunning second book in the Annie Graham crime thriller series* * * *Six months on from the case that changed everything, police officer Annie Graham is not looking to stir up more shadows of the past.

Two seemingly unrelated murders put Tampa homicide detective Karen Sweeney in the crosshairs.

When the deck has been stacked against you, working outside the law is the only card left to playFollowing a victorious evening, shots ring out, leaving the Democratic presidential front-runner near death.

Few could argue that the exclusive island of San Martin is anything less than paradise.

In a riveting exploration of the power the past wields over the present, critically acclaimed author Antoinette van Heugten writes the story of a woman whose child's life hangs in the balance, forcing her to confront the roots of her family's troubled history in the dark days of World War II.

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Archaeologist Sophie Malone is still haunted a year after she was left for dead inside a remote Irish cave.

Partners now in marriage and in trade, Lady Julia and Nicholas Brisbane have finally returned from abroad to set up housekeeping in London.

'Tis the season for an investigation!

After eight idyllic months in the Mediterranean, Lady Julia Grey and her detective husband are ready to put their investigative talents to work once more.

'A ghost story and a police procedural all rolled into one with bags of tension.

After he shoots a man, the stakes for gambler Logan Devereaux have never been higher.

It's 1927 and New Orleans-born novelist Jeff Caldwell is called back to that most colourful of American cities by a frantic letter from Dave Hobart, a boyhood friend.

Jim Blake, journalist and successful spy novelist, is sent to New Orleans to do a story on James Claiborne Blake, a congressional hopeful in the 1912 election.

Young Roderick Kinsmere was a country bumpkin when he strolled into the Great Court of Charles II's Whitehall Palace.

A chilling Gothic tale of warped passion and bizarre murder by the master of the historical whodunit.

Lady Betty Calder is a prostitute and a blackmailer - or is it her sister, Glynis, using her name?

Matthew Damon was a loving father and a figure of moral rectitude.

One October night in the middle of the twentieth century Detective Inspector John Cheviot got into a taxi, bound for New Scotland Yard.

Dick Darwent brooded in a dark cell of Newgate Prison - waiting to be hanged.

The scene is a fashionable French seaside resort; the witness, Eve Neill, is looking out of her window in the early hours of the morning when she sees the battered body of her prospective father-in-law in the room opposite.

Relating Sherlock Holmes's part in real-life crimes of the day, Donald Thomas brings the Great Detective to life once again in six narratives that display Holmes at his most determined, inventive and downright devious.

For more than two decades, Sherlock Holmes played a vital, though secret, role in solving the major crimes and scandals of his day - some too damaging to the monarchy, the government or the security of the nation to be fully revealed at the time.

The sensational events of the summer of 1907 - the disappearance of the Ascot Gold Cup from the Royal Enclosure, and the even more astonishing theft of the Irish Crown Jewels from a locked and guarded strongroom in Dublin Castle - remain mysterious but apparently random events.

When John Posthumous Lerici, decadent poet, black magician and unacknowledged son of Lord Byron, is murdered, the family hire Inspector Swain.

Robert Louis Stevenson's strange and sinister tale of the gentle Dr Jekyll and the sadistic Mr Hyde is filled with oddities suggesting a dark reality behind a classic fiction.

In the slum alleys of Lambeth in 1891 a sinister silk-hatted figure lurks in the shadows - but trade is there for the taking and a girl must make a living.

The man the world knew as Lewis Carroll, author of the adventures of Alice, was known to his colleagues in the Christ Church Common Room as the Reverend C.

Beautiful and engaging and cleverManda Scott, bestselling author ofA Treachery of Spies A young witch to rival Tiffany Aching.

';Intriguing, comforting and endearingly familiar' Katie Fforde';The BBC's most downloaded radio show' The Guardian';Incredible legacy' The BBC';Longest running drama in the world' The iNewsWonderfully nostalgic and comfortingCulture Fly Its 1941 and the war rumbles on.

From the million-copySunday Times bestseller comes a thrilling novel about a woman with an extraordinary life, based on a true story.

';A page-turning literary gem' THE TIMES,BEST BOOKS OF 2020 From the highly acclaimed author of The Photographer of the Lost, a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick, comes a beautiful and compelling story based on true events,perfect for fans of Maggie OFarrell and Helen Dunmore.

A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK ';This excellent debut is a melancholic reminder of the rippling after-effects of war'The Times A touching novel of love and lossSunday TimesFor fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz andWhere The Crawdads Singcomes a moving story, inspired by real events, about how hope and love will prevail against all odds.

*SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH, MARCH 2021* ';Absolutely spellbinding.

From the author ofLegacy, now a major BBC Film, comes a brilliant new historical crimenovella for fans of Antonia Hodgson and CJ Sansom.

The UNMISSABLE novel from the million-copySunday Timesbestseller.

From the million-copySunday Timesbestsellercomes a timeless love story, lost in letters of the past .

A heart-warming and nostalgic family saga from the acclaimed author of The Land Girls.

ThinkWuthering Heightsor Jane Eyre, butten times darker, and you haveThe Vanishing as dark and eerie and gothic as the Yorkshire Moors it is set on.

I found the photograph album by chance when we were clearing out the old coach house.

A heart of darkness beats within this sparkling series.

';Beautifully written and superbly executed' Times This clever and moving Faustian tale is packed with fascinating historical detail Express Ajoyous romp around England's dark past Suzie Feay, GuardianFrom the author of the bestselling The Time Travellers Guide to Restoration Britain, this isa stunningly high-concept historical novelthat is both as daring as it is gripping, andperfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, SJ Parris and Kate Mosse.